Film Screening: "Incompatible with Christian Teaching"
When: Nov. 4 at 9 PM at Lexington UMC
or Nov. 6 at 2 PM at East Longmeadow UMC

What is it about?

In 1972, the United Methodist Church (UMC) adopted the phrase, “homosexuality is incompatible with christian teaching.”

In 1984, the UMC declared that “no self avowed practicing homosexual could be ordained.”

Then, in 1996, the UMC adopted into church law that no pastor could officiate over a same gender union and such a ceremony could not occur in a local Methodist church.

Three Petitions to General Conference 2012...

We offer three petitions to General Conference 2012 as an alternative vision to the "Call to Action" proposals. It is our hope that together we might find once again what it means to be a connectional people of God's grace and love at work in the world.

Click here to view the 3 models of UMC structure before us:
Current Structure, the Call to Action proposal, and
A New United Methodist Administrative Order.

How We Got Here & What's At Stake...

Metrics and Ministry: The Future Of The United Methodist Church

YOU'RE INVITED to join us for the 5th and final season of Reconciling Ministries Network's "Called to Witness" Campaign in the New England Annual Conference. This year's theme is "Love Your Neighbor."
Training will include:
(1) General Conference strategies and messages
(2) One-to-One organizing skills
(3) Advanced Storytelling
(4) Action plans for meeting with every General Conference delegate.
• Do you want to learn more about how to transform the world and our church one person at a time?

A long time member of our New England Chapter, the Rev. Scott Campbell, recently received two national awards at "Sing a New Song," a recent national gathering of progressive United Methodists in Ohio. Over 700 members of the Methodist Federation for Social Action, the Reconciling Ministry Network, and Affirmation were present as Scott received the Ball Award from MFSA and the Cup of Justice Award from RMN.

Join us for our first board meeting this fall. We will gather at St. Matthew's in Acton, MA.

We will hear a report from the contingent that attended "Sing a New Song" which will include updates regarding General Conference.

We will want to encourage participation in the anti-racism event being held October 1 at Eliot UMC, co-sponsored by the Anti-Racism Task Force and the ELCA (Lutheran initials!).

As we look to General Conference, to Jurisdictional Conference and the election of a New Bishop for our Area, what are our priorities for the coming year?

New England MFSA is a group of lay and clergy leaders within the New England Conference of the United Methodist Church committed to taking action on issues of peace, poverty and people’s rights within the church, the nation and the world. We are a chapter of the national Methodist Federation for Social Action, headquartered in Washington, D.C.