2024 Summer Series: Revised Social Principles

Week 9 Political Community: Basic Rights & Freedoms (Part 2)

Completing the reading of the Revised Social Principles, the Rev. Virg Fryer leads us in reflecting  on healthcare, children and young people, elders and the aging, women and girls, men and boys, indigenous, native and aboriginal communities, migrants, immigrants and refugees, people with disabilities, sexual orientations and gender identities, and religious      minorities.  As with the previous videos, each section invites individuals and communities to pause and    reflect on the intersection of freedom and faith.

Week 8 Political Community: Government Responsibilities (Part 1)

This section speaks to the weighty work of faithfully engaging the Political Community. The Rev. Virg Fryer guides us through topics like Church and Government, Civil Disobedience, Restorative Justice, the Death Penalty, Criminal Justice, and War and Military Service. In each section, we are asked to reflect on topics that are neither comfortable nor easy. We are invited to listen, engage and reflect on the Political Community as part of our important work of faith.

Week 7 Economic Community: Social Community (Part 2)

The Rev. Dr. Becca Girrell and the Rev. Sean Delmore guide a diverse group through the UMC’s commitment to other social issues from substance abuse, alcohol and tobacco through sexual harassment, abuse and assault.  Two sections, Death with Dignity and Racism, Ethnocentrism and Tribalism, ask us to care for ourselves as we care for others while engaging these deeply activating topics

Week 6 Economic Community: Social Community (Part 1)

Next in our Revised Social Principles video series our focus will be on the Social Community. Join us as the Rev. Dr. Becca Girrell and the Rev. Sean Delmore read and reflect on the importance of healthy relationships throughout our lives. They will lead us in conversations and reflection questions on family, singleness, sexuality, marriage including child marriage, polygamy and divorce. 

Week 5 Economic Community: Economic Challenges (Part 2)

What do responsible consumerism, farming and agricultural production, the dignity of work, sabbath and renewal time, and corporate responsibility look like in your life and in the life of your congregation?  Join us as we read part of the Revised Social Principles, reflect on how these concepts are lived out in our lives and in our communities, and consider together questions that draw us deeper into embodying justice and love as disciples of Christ.

Week 4  Economic Community: Economic Challenges (Part 1)

This video will look at the Revised Social Principles’ understanding of The United Methodist Church’s stance on issues like globalization, poverty and income inequality, human trafficking and slavery as well as graft, bribery and corruption? these economic challenges along with personal reflections and questions that will engage individuals and congregations in exploring what these challenges look like in our lives today.

Week 3  Creation Care (part 2)  Continuing the conversation from above, Grace Pugh Hubbard, Climate Care Coordinator for the New England Annual Conference, joins Creation Care Circle members and others who invite us to care for all of creation by reflecting on a new section of the Revised Social Principles.

Week 2  Community of All Creation: Creation in Peril (part 1)  Join Grace Pugh Hubbard, the New England Annual Conference Climate Care Coordinator, and EarthKeepers as we reflect on the first part of the Revised Social Principles and engage how we can be good stewards of the community of all creation.

Week 1 Introduction to Summer Video Series  At the May’s General Conference, the Revised Social Principles were affirmed. The Social Principles are a United Methodist call to social action. Working through this revised document, we hope that you will join us for an eight week video series that will invite you to reflect and actively engage these principles.