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Bishop: Bear Each Other’s Burdens

September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. May we, as United Methodists, do all we can every month—and in all the ways we can—to prevent suicide.  Mental health is physical health. As pastor and author Rev. Sarah Griffith Lund reminds...

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Boy Scout Lawsuits and Settlement Update

The Boy Scout lawsuits and subsequent settlement have been approved by the courts. The Indiana Conference remains committed as a Conference to moving forward with our scouting ministry and our scouting ministry connection while supporting...

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Current UMCOR Efforts

UMCOR and its partners are responding to disasters across the globe every day. Please join us in prayer for the affected areas and consider giving to UMCOR U.S. Disaster Response to support these efforts. Click...

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INUMC Disability Awareness Sunday 2023

This content is purposed for INUMC Disability Awareness Sunday on September 10, 2023. However if your church isn’t able to observe it that Sunday, we encourage you to set aside a Disability Awareness Sunday and...

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Traveling with Bishop and First Lady Trimble

Friends, I pray this note finds you well and blessed.  We are writing to let you know the bishop’s Holy Land tour in December of this year has been cancelled, but there is still an...

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Plan Now to Celebrate World Communion Sunday, October 1

Holy Communion joins us in Christian unity. This sacrament invites us to focus on the holiness of communion with God and one another. On World Communion Sunday, United Methodists, in conjunction with other denominations and...

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Ending Gun Violence is Our Prayer

Gun Violence is strain and drain on society as a whole; however, the trauma and devastation happens in communities where we live and call home. There has been yet another mass shooting in our country,...

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Bishop on Affirmative Action: Why the Church Should Speak Up

The recent decision by the majority of the Supreme Court justices to end Affirmative Action based on race in the college admissions process should alarm all justice-seeking Americans. Christians—and those who value a more equitable...

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List of Congregations Seeking Disaffiliation – Annual Conference 2023

The Annual Conference voted to ratify the following list of churches that seek to disaffiliate from The United Methodist Church, providing they complete all requirements of BOD 2553 and the INUMC disaffiliation agreement. 

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    From the Bishop’s Desk

    Children Matter Most

    Join us in ministering to the most vulnerable among us: children. This team informs and equips churches about nonviolence, food insecurity, and partnering with schools.

    IN Against Racism

    The Indiana Conference is committed to dismantling racism and building bridges to becoming the beloved community.

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    Featured Article From the Bishop’s Desk

    Bishop on Affirmative Action: Why the Church Should Speak Up

    The recent decision by the majority of the Supreme Court justices to end Affirmative Action based on race in the college admissions process should alarm all justice-seeking Americans. Christians—and those who value a more equitable society that values diversity in higher education and the workforce—should mark this as a setback in the goal of ending systemic racism.

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