Faith-Based Immigration Study — May 15 – June 19

“Transcending Borders” Training

Join Rev. Madeline Carrasco Henners for a training to lead the faith-based immigration study, “Transcending Borders,” in your local congregation.  Laity and clergy who are interested in starting conversations about immigration in their local church are invited to this training.  We will go through the 6 week study together:

-     Session 1: Getting Started

-     Session 2: Immigrants of the Bible

-     Session 3: The Alien, Orphan & Widow

-     Session 4: Welcoming the Stranger

-     Session 5: Citizens of Heaven

-     Session 6: Our Christian Response

The training will be from May 15^th – June 19^th, Sundays from 4:00-6:00 p.m. at Northwest Hills United Methodist Church (7050 Village Center Dr. 78731), in the Family Life Center.  Please register by emailing, mc.henners@nwhillsumc.org.  The cost of printing the document is the only fee, $10.  For more information contact Rev. Madeline C. Henners at (512)345-1743 or via the email noted above. 

“To refuse to welcome migrants to this country—and to stand by in silence while families are separated, individual freedoms ignored, and the migrant community in the United States is demonized by members of Congress and the media—is complicity to sin.” 

– The Book of Resolutions 2008