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Change and Adaptation
Written by Bishop Max Whitfield Tuesday, 24 November 2009 00:00
She was adamant, “Either this is what the Church teaches, or it is not. It is either true or false. If the members do not agree then they need to get out or change their minds.” Part of me wanted to agree with her. It would be so much easier if decisions were either black or white.
God’s Renewed Creation: Call to Hope & Action
Written by Bishop Max Whitfield Thursday, 19 November 2009 00:00
The Council on Bishops adopted this Pastoral Letter at our meeting the first week in November. I encourage you to share this letter by reading, printing, or distributing it in whatever form you feel is best. This is God’s world and we are stewards of this creation. We must care for it and the people of this world in the most effective ways possible.
If you would like the study document or a liturgical document to format it into a worship service, those can be found in the next few days on the web site (found at the end of the letter). Please share this letter by the First Sunday of Advent.
Grace & Peace,
Max
God’s Renewed Creation: Call to Hope and Action
A Pastoral Letter from the Council of Bishops of The United Methodist Church[1]
God’s creation is in crisis. We, the Bishops of The United Methodist Church, cannot remain silent while God’s people and God’s planet suffer. This beautiful natural world is a loving gift from God, the Creator of all things seen and unseen. God has entrusted its care to all of us, but we have turned our backs on God and on our responsibilities. Our neglect, selfishness, and pride have fostered:
- · pandemic poverty and disease;
- · environmental degradation, and
- · the proliferation of weapons and violence.[i]
- · environmental degradation, and
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