Embry Hills UMC Reconciling Ministries

06/17/2026

Tonight’s service will be live-streamed thanks to Oconee Street UMC. Service starts at 8pm. Here’s the link:

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06/17/2026

Attention all NGUMC folks! This year’s RMN Annual Conference service will be TONIGHT- June 17th at Oconee Street UMC.
All are welcome to join us for a meaningful night of worship. We will gather for Holy Communion, hear a powerful sermon, join the mighty choir in song, and so much more. This is one of my favorite nights of the year. I hope to see you there.

06/02/2026

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05/09/2026

On April 26th, Embry Hills United Methodist Church celebrated our 10th-anniversary as a Reconciling Congregation, and Jan Lawrence, retiring executive director of Reconciling Ministries Network, spoke at the service. After the service, she and her wife, Lindi Lewis, joined EHUMC laity, staff, and spouses for lunch, where we all enjoyed sharing stories and being together.

On Cinco de Mayo, EH RMN laity served a delicious taco buffet lunch at Lost-n-Found Youth, an Atlanta-based nonprofit that exists to end homelessness for LGBTQ+ youth. We also provided 12 MARTA passes for the youth served by Lost-n-Found.

If you're looking for a place of welcome and belonging, a place working for a more loving and inclusive community, come join us!

09/03/2025

We are so very sad to share this news.

We have heartbreaking news to share with you, and we wish we could do this with you in person. On the morning of Tuesday, September 2nd, Helen Ryde died unexpectedly in their home.

We mourn because Helen had so much left to do – not just through their role at RMN but in the love they had yet to receive and give, their compassion and thoughtfulness, their authenticity and courage.

We'll have chances in the coming days to recollect Helen's ministry. For now, we welcome you to share below and be for each other a cloud of comfort. (Please honor Helen's pronouns, they/them, as a part of who Helen was and is.)

Read on for more about Helen's life and legacy: https://hubs.li/Q03GBsl_0

05/02/2024

Thank you, Helen, for all of your work to get us here.

We love you Helen!!! RMN and Q***r Delegate Caucus organizer, Helen Ryde (they/them, Western North Carolina), receives the wave of love from the community after the ban on Q***r clergy was removed from the ordination section of the book of discipline
📸 credit: Alberto Hidalgo

05/02/2024

We grieve with those whom this language harmed & prevented from serving as called and with those who left our denomination in order to answer fully God's call on their lives.

There was a slight strain of sadness among the jubilant United Methodists celebrating in a courtyard of the Charlotte Convention Center after the ban on gay clergy was lifted. Those whose potential contributions to the church are forever lost were also remembered.

05/01/2024

GENERAL CONFERENCE VOTES TO REMOVE LANGUAGE PROHIBITING ORDINATION OF LGBTQ CLERGY

The United Methodist General Conference will meet April 23 – May 3, 2024, at the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, North Carolina.    ...