Reconciling Justice Ministries

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Written By Lise Dehlbaek

Reconciling Justice Ministries encourages and promotes diversity, inclusion and acceptance of all peoples.

Join members of Dearborn First UMC in promoting social justice ministries at DFUMC.

We are committed to creating a welcoming culture for those who have felt ostracized by the church, by being a presence for good in the community.

We partner with neighboring churches and nonprofits such as Justice For Our Neighbors, address poverty alleviation through food distribution, and affiliate with Reconciling Ministries Network to promote full inclusion of LGBTQIA+ people in the United Methodist Church.

We acknowledge the sin of racial bigotry and confess our neglect of the plight of people of color. We are a work in progress as we mourn and learn together to take steps in a more equitable future.

To learn more about Reconciling Justice ministries at Dearborn First UMC, or to join the Reconciling Justice Team, contact Linda: Justice@dearbornfirstumc.org

Reconciling Justice Team plants a rainbow garden in preparation for DFUMC’s Pride Sunday celebration (May 2020).

Reconciling Justice Team plants a rainbow garden in preparation for DFUMC’s Pride Sunday celebration (May 2020).

 

TAKE PART IN JUSTICE MINISTRIES AT DEARBORN FIRST UMC:
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Food Pantry Ministries
Food Pantry Ministries

Join members of Dearborn First UMC in supporting the Dearborn Community Food Pantry, a collaborative partnership between Good Shepherd UMC and Dearborn First UMC.

Immigration Law & Justice - Michigan
Immigration Law & Justice - Michigan

Immigration Law & Justice - Michigan (ILJMi), formerly Justice For Our Neighbors - Michigan, welcomes and supports low-income immigrants with free immigration legal services and public advocacy

Blessings in a Backpack
Blessings in a Backpack

Join members of Dearborn First UMC in supporting the Dearborn chapter of Blessings in a Backpack by helping to pack bags of food to be distributed in Dearborn elementary schools.

Reconciling Ministries Network
Reconciling Ministries Network

As a reconciling congregation, Dearborn First United Methodist Church celebrates that all persons are created in God’s image and worthy of receiving God’s unconditional love and grace.

Hospitality Week
Hospitality Week

A Dearborn First UMC Hospitality Ministry welcoming and supporting those served by the Cass Community Social Services Rotating Shelter Program.

Reconciling Justice Ministries
Reconciling Justice Ministries

Reconciling Justice Ministries encourages and promotes diversity, inclusion and acceptance of all peoples.

Stories of Justice at Dearborn First UMC

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Embracing Inclusivity: The Heart of Reconciling Congregations
Embracing Inclusivity: The Heart of Reconciling Congregations

RMN board member Mary Gladstone-Highland shares insights about the evolution of Reconciling Ministries Network (RMN) to promote intersectional justice , the important role of Reconciling Congregations to support welcoming and inclusion, and what that means to her own congregation of Dearborn First UMC.

UnEqual: Four Stories in America
UnEqual: Four Stories in America

Four profiles of activists fighting for race equality in health care, commerce, environment, and historic identity, representing only a fraction of the countless Black individuals fighting for equality throughout our nation’s history.

Fall On Campus
Fall On Campus
The “Three Cs” of Lent
The “Three Cs” of Lent

Motor City Wesley, brings community, creativity and conspiracy to Lent, impacting lives of college students and young adults while striving to bring goodness to the community in which it serves.

Profiles from Black History
Profiles from Black History

These profiles of poets, composers, world leaders, abolitionists, and activists is only a symbolic fraction of the countless achievements of Black individuals throughout history.

John Wesley’s Covenant Prayer: Renewing Our Commitment to God
John Wesley’s Covenant Prayer: Renewing Our Commitment to God

John Wesley’s Covenant Prayer helps us renew our commitment to God. Dearborn First UMC’s Covenant helps us to live it out.

Motown Mission 2021
Motown Mission 2021

Each day our Dearborn First Youth and their adult counselors will have the opportunity to serve alongside Detroit neighbors on projects of economic, environmental and community justice. Each afternoon Motown Mission staff will help our team reflect theologically on issues like poverty, injustice, resiliency and beloved community. Each evening our team will return to their homes for COVID-safe accommodations.

Dearborn First UMC Stands for Justice for our Neighbors
Dearborn First UMC Stands for Justice for our Neighbors

Dearborn First UMC is a long-time supporter of JFON-Michigan, providing free, immigration legal services to those in need. Read how JFON continues to stand with immigrants, despite the pandemic.

Reconciling Race: A New Normal
Reconciling Race: A New Normal

How to reconcile race relations? That’s a question Dearborn First UMC will seek to answer in 2021 - one step at a time. This edition covers Step 3: Normalization.

Agents of Goodness
Agents of Goodness

Our church regularly asks young people to take the faith of their childhood and make it their own through Confirmation. $100 projects might be another way that we can take Confirmation to new levels.

Other Opportunities to Serve the World

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Dearborn Community Food Pantry (Copy)
Nov 16
Dearborn Community Food Pantry (Copy)

Food Distribution takes place the third Saturday of every month. Show up at Good Shepherd UMC from 9 a.m. - 10 a.m. to serve, or to be served. Learn more on our food ministry web page.

Youth Retreat @ Lake Louise
Nov 22
Youth Retreat @ Lake Louise
Holiday In-Gathering
Nov 24
Holiday In-Gathering

HOLIDAY IN-GATHERING: bring food donations to 10 a.m. worship on Sunday, November 24, 2024, to support the food pantries at Henry Ford College and U-M Dearborn.

Blessing in a Backpack Pack Session
Dec 10
Blessing in a Backpack Pack Session

6 - 7 VOLUNTEERS NEEDED TO PACK LUNCHES FOR BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK! Tuesday, December 10 @ 6:30 p.m., Christ Episcopal Church. Dearborn First UMC is once again committing to monthly packing sessions to help fight hunger in Dearborn.

Blessing in a Backpack Pack Session
Jan 14
Blessing in a Backpack Pack Session

6 - 7 VOLUNTEERS NEEDED TO PACK LUNCHES FOR BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK! Tuesday, January 14 @ 6:30 p.m., Christ Episcopal Church. Dearborn First UMC is once again committing to monthly packing sessions to help fight hunger in Dearborn.

Lise Dehlbaek
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