With one more vacancy on the Supreme Court, we could be looking at a majority hostile to a woman’s fundamental right to choose [to have an abortion] for the first time since Roe v. Wade. The next president may be asked to nominate that Supreme Court justice. That is what is at stake in this [...]
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Helping people become givers
Posted in North Georgia Conference, Stewardship, United Methodist Church on September 19, 2008 |
Phil Schroeder, associate director of Connectional Ministries for the UMC’s North Georgia Conference, has an interesting idea for helping people take steps toward becoming more generous givers. From his column in the Sept. 19 Wesleyan Christian Advocate: Several years ago I was working with a friend’s church that was resistant to having any kind of [...]
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