Portland United Methodist Church

06/14/2026

All are welcome!

06/14/2026

06/13/2026

In this month’s blog, Bishop David Bard writes that learning to share our journey with Jesus is part of who we are as United Methodists and encourages us to practice telling our story to others.

BISHOP DAVID ALAN BARD
Michigan Conference

We just concluded our annual conference, under the theme of “Love Boldly.” I believe the work we did together and the spirit with which we engaged it allowed rivers of grace to flow through and around us. May the Spirit of the risen Christ continue to inspire us to move out into the world to love boldly, serve joyfully, and lead courageously.

As we gathered, we each brought our experiences of faith and the church, our own journeys with Jesus. For United Methodists, knowing and sharing our personal experiences of faith is an important part of who we are. In his recent book “An Aura of Hope,” Lovett Weems writes: “The Wesleyan revival was first and foremost a religious revival stressing personal experience. If we lose that, we have lost a key element of our heritage” (42). We have stories to share, and we need to encourage one another to tell them. As 1 Peter 3:15 says, “Always be ready to make your defense to anyone who demands from you an accounting for the hope that is in you” (NRSVUE). Weems also notes that “the inherent connection between the personal and social was clear from the beginning of the Methodist movement” (43).

Read the full blog here: https://michiganumc.org/the-impact-of-telling-our-faith-story/

06/11/2026

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06/08/2026

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06/08/2026

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