They gathered on the campus of Claflin University, a United Methodist-related historically black college in Orangeburg, South Carolina.
St. Paul UMC is one of three historic churches affiliated with the Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument.
The group was welcomed at New Beginnings UMC for lunch and a taste of southern hospitality before visiting some of the city's historic sites of the Civil Rights Movement.
The conference is held annually to help youth develop their spiritual, leadership and interpersonal skills.
If this sounds like your church and you are looking for another way to lead your church more faithfully, more simply and with greater impact, attend the May 3 EVOLVE session to explore Streamlined Strategic Church Leadership.
The event will provide an opportunity to celebrate the ways in which the diversity of the Kingdom has come to the North Alabama Conference through different ethnicities and cultures from around the world.
Due to a lack of participation, this event has been canceled. The Multicultural Ministries Team is considering different dates to hold the event in the future.
“We are looking for Latino and Black leaders who are actively trying to grow the ethnic community in their congregations via communication or marketing activities,” noted Teresa Faust, Research Manager for United Methodist Communications.
The next EVOLVE session on February 8 will feature Jason Moore discussing why congregations should continue offering hybrid worship experiences.
The team would like to invite all congregations to celebrate the day in concrete and creative ways.
The goal is to find 40 high school seniors plus chaperones for this inaugural tour.
Grants up to $10,000 will be available this fall from Discipleship Ministries to strengthen ethnic local United Methodist churches.
Our country’s annual observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a powerful way to honor not only Dr. King, but also the contributions and accomplishments of many other African American, Native, Latino, Asian and White leaders who were a part of the civil rights movement.
My hope and prayer are that this incident will work as an opportunity for The Church to be the hope for the world and speak to injustice at a time when we desperately need something or someone to bring us together.
The new grant cohort gives you an opportunity to tell your ministry’s needs, expected outcomes, and the support that you need to make it come to fruition and prosper.
On Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017, the Ethnic Ministries Team is hosting a Black Church Summit at Lakeside UMC in Huntsville. Register by Monday, Jan. 30. http://www.umcna.org/postdetail/7304260
