{"id":98,"date":"2021-03-15T19:14:36","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T19:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.briensburg.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=98"},"modified":"2021-03-15T19:14:36","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T19:14:36","slug":"immigrant-justice-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.briensburg.org\/wordpress\/inclusion\/immigrant-justice-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Immigrant Justice Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Briensburg UMC Statement of Inclusiveness<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>We invite everyone to share fully in the worship services, life, ministry, and leadership of Briensburg United Methodist Church\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">inclusive of<\/span>\u00a0age,\u00a0race, nationality, gender, LGBTQ, theology, politics, and <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">legal status<\/span>.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.umc.org\/en\/content\/ask-the-umc-what-is-the-united-methodist-position-on-immigration-reform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What does The United Methodist Church say about immigration reform?<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The church has called for passage of the Dream Act since 2012.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.umcjustice.org\/who-we-are\/social-principles-and-resolutions\/dream-act-3164\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">See Book of Resolutions, #3164<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Read UMNS coverage of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.umnews.org\/en\/news\/ministry-with-migrants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">church\u2019s ministry with migrants<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Learn more about the work of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/njfon.org\/2020\/06\/18\/home-of-the-dreamers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Justice for Our Neighbors<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Inclusive of Legal Status<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Immigration<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRegardless of legal status or nationality, we are all connected through Christ to one another. \u201d<br \/>\n<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.umc.org\/what-we-believe\/welcoming-the-migrant-to-the-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Book of Resolutions: Welcoming the Migrant to the U.S.)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/briensburg.umcchurches.org\/2018\/06\/24\/do-not-oppress-a-foreigner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cDo not oppress a foreigner\u201d<\/a><br \/>\nOur bishop, Bishop Bill McAlilly, has posted the article, \u201cDo not oppress a foreigner,\u201d a guest post by Morgan Stafford, Cross-Cultural Strategist and Ministry Intern for the Nashville Episcopal Area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Briensburg UMC Statement of Inclusiveness We invite everyone to share fully in the worship services, life, ministry, and leadership of Briensburg United Methodist Church\u00a0inclusive of\u00a0age,\u00a0race, nationality, gender, LGBTQ, theology, politics, and legal status. What does The United Methodist Church say about immigration reform? The church has called for passage of the Dream Act since 2012.\u00a0See [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":92,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-98","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.briensburg.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/98","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.briensburg.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.briensburg.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.briensburg.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.briensburg.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.briensburg.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/98\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99,"href":"https:\/\/www.briensburg.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/98\/revisions\/99"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.briensburg.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/92"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.briensburg.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}