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Dear friends, As you likely have seen, there is breaking news on the United Methodist scene. A group of 16 folks from interested parties from across the connection, including conservatives, moderates, and progressives, has been meeting with a mediator to try to come to an agreement for how to move forward. In a news release […]
Read Morevia Colorlines The southern border isn’t the only theater of immigration-based family separation. In New York City, Debora Berenice Barrios-Vasquez is fighting to stay in the U.S. with her two young citizen children. Click here to continue reading.
Read Morevia Mic.com When Rev. Lea Matthews answered her phone in early June, she did not realize the call would be a divine one. “I got a call on a Saturday night and was informed that there was a family that needed an immediate safe space,” Matthews said in a video interview. “And would this church […]
Read Morevia the New York Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church Earlier this month, the Church of St. Peter and St. Andrew United Methodist (SPSA) in Manhattan was asked to put into action a commitment they had made in January 2018 to become a sanctuary church… Click here to continue reading.
Read MoreUpper West Side Church Offers Homeless a Home, and More : March 28, 2010 in The New York Times.
Read MoreEven in Churches, Wall Street Protesters Can’t Escape Watch of Police: November 17, 2011 in The New York Times.
Read MoreBOTTLE-CAP CHRISTMAS TREES€ BRING DELIGHTED SMILES Charlene Floyd’s trash tree in front of the parsonage, from the November 2012 Interpreter Magazine.
Read MoreA sweet story about a couple who met doing a play in the SPSA theater 20 years ago who returned to SPSA to get married. The New York Times, Oct. 27, 2013
Read MoreSt. Paul & St. Andrew in the Community A how-to by SPSA member Christie House, in the January-February 2014 issue of New World Outlook
Read MoreTheater About, And In, A Church. A play about St. Paul & St. Andrew, performed in our theater http://www.westsidespirit.com/city-arts-news/20150217/theater-about-and-in-a-church West Side Spirit, Feb. 17, 2015
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