News and Resources: Immigration and Refugees
Módulo III / Module III
"...fui forastero, y me dieron alojamiento..." La inmigración y la comunidad cristiana y la iglesia, www.upperroom.org/bookstore
"...I was a stranger and you took me in..." Immigration and the Christian Community, www.upperroom.org/bookstore
Recursos Importantes:
Lo Que Debes Saber Durante Una Redada de La Migra
(What You Should Know During An Immigration Raid)
Que hacer ante las redadas de la migra? PDF, 8pp, 255K
¡Ojo jornalero! Lo que debes saber durante una redada de la migra: PDF, 4pp, 257K
Bible Studies and Devotional Resources:
- Litany of Solidarity, 5/19/08
- Hallelujah Moment from the South Bronx: Creating Horizons, February 20, 2006
- Burning Bush Moments - Are We Consumed or Ablaze?, October, 2005
- Bible Studies:
- Let Us Bring Down the Walls and Open Pathways Towards a Culture of Compassion and Caring; Bible Study on Isaiah 58:6-12 (text and video)
Global Ministries News:
- First Monday: Internet Resource on the Church and Immigration, 11/3/09
- Refugee Ministry at Gig Harbor United Methodist Church, 5/26/09
- United Methodist Bishops Advocate Comprehensive Immigration Reform in US, 5/14/09
- Community Action for Immigrant and Civil Rights, UMW News
- Border Health Partnership Builds on Local Initiative
- United Methodists Join in Call for Justice, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, 2/12/09
- The UMCOR Hotline 9/30/08
- The UMCOR Hotline 8/5/08
- The UMCOR Hotline 6/3/08
- The UMCOR Hotline 5/27/08
- Statement of Bishop Felton E. May on the ICE Arrests of Immigrants in West Virginia and Iowa, Global Ministries, 5/19/08
- News and Statements from General Conference 2008
- Church Leaders Call for Sanctuary in a Time of Walls, 4/25/08
- The UMCOR Hotline 4/15/08
- Centro Latino: "Doing Jesus' Job" in the Immigrant Community, UMCOR, 9/7/07
- Immigration: Exploring Jesus' 'Outrageous' Hospitality , 4/27/07
- Directors of Mission Agency Step Up Advocacy Of Just Immigration Laws in the US and Elsewhere, 10/20/06
- Hispanic Church Leaders Voice Support for Immigrants, 9/21/06
- Katrina Cost Vietnamese Fishermen Their Livelihoods, 9/1/06
- Church Rallies Around Woman Battling to Stay in US, 8/17/06
- Religious, Political Leaders Speak on Immigration Reform, 7/25/06
- Love the Alien as Yourself, UMNS Commentary, 6/13/06
- Mission Leader Rejects All Immigration Proposals Before the US Congress, 5/25/06
- Two churchwide ethnic caucuses call for immigration reform, 4/28/06
- Bishop Calls for Immigration Reform, 4/6/06
- Thousands Rally on Capitol Hill to Protest Immigration Bill, 3/9/06
- The Strangers in Our Midst: Asylum Seekers and Migrant Workers, New World Outlook, July-August 2006
- Welcoming the Stranger, New World Outlook, July-August 2005
Women's Division News:
- United Methodist Women Support Immigrant Rights, 7/06
- "Tear Down Walls," Says Silvia Regina Lima de Silva at UMW Assembly, 5/06
- United Methodist Women Rally for Immigrant Rights, 4/12/06
- United Methodist Women to Explore Immigrant Rights, 4/4/06
- Women's Division Joins African-American, Labor and Immigrant Groups Demanding Reform, 9/29/05
- Detained South Asians and Muslims without Rights, 7/11/05
Offsite News:
- Justice for Our Neighbors Video, tnjfon.org
- Will the Immigration Debate be Different in 2009/2010? Read what one specialist says, LATimes.com, 5/7/08
- US Supreme Court Limits Use of Identity Theft Law in Immigration Cases, NYTimes 05/05/09
- Church Helps Immigrants Learn English, Get Ahead, UMNS, 3/4/09
- United Methodists Join Protest against Arpaio, UMNS, 3/2/09
- Church Program Helps Refugees Integrate, dailygazette.com, 2/15/09
- Prayer Vigils in Support of Immigration Reform, UMNS, 2/12/09
- Faith Leaders Call for Humane Immigration Reform, UMNS, 2/12/09
- NC Faith Leaders Ask for Fair Treatment of Immigrants; WRAL.com, 10/7/2008
- Rocky Mountain Conference Takes Part in Colorado Interfaith Immigration Action, 09/24/08
- Texas Church Crosses the Border for Ministry



