A United Methodist Urban Ministry Plan
The San Francisco Children's Chamber Orchestra performed at the Holy Boldness Urban Convocation.
Churches are experiencing revival through the Holy Boldness Urban Plan.
Exsousia--the first new United Methodist church to open in downtown Detroit, Michigan, in over 30 years--celebrated its first worship service in its new church building on Easter Sunday earlier this year. The Rev. Bernardine Wormley-Daniels explains how small "Life Groups" meeting together in prayer and study grew into a new church. Exsousia is part of the Detroit Conference's Holy Boldness planning.
On the West Coast, the Portland United Methodist Association for Metro Ministries (PUMA) in Oregon is shaping up a Holy Boldness plan to energize the 45 congregations in the Portland-Vancouver area.
Mary Elizabeth Inn is a United Methodist Mission Project in San Francisco.The inn has been providing housing for women with limited financial resources since its founding in 1914.
Jane Wolcott, a seven-year resident of Mary Elizabeth Inn who has recovered from a severe brain aneurysm, now creates beautiful cards and paintings (below).
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Photos by Christie R. House. Unless otherwise noted, all photographs are copyright © The General Board of Global Ministries, The United Methodist Church and courtesy, New World Outlook magazine.
