Church and Society

The Newburg Church and Society Committee seeks to educate, advocate, and implement action toward social justice. We encourage Newburg Methodist Church members to respond to critical social issues such as:

• poverty
• children's welfare
• human rights
• health
• nurturing communities for all persons
• peace with justice
• environmental stewardship

The Church and Society committee has actively pursued these goals with four specific actions.

• educating Newburg parishioners by publishing in the Newburg newsletter summaries of positions of the United Methodist Church on key social principles
• facilitating an annual letter writing campaign to U.S. Senators and Representatives in support of Bread for the World
• obtaining adoption of the use of Fair Trade coffee at all official Newburg functions
• actively promoting recycling at Newburg functions

General Board of Church and Society
Go here to read about the activities of the General Board of Church and Society of the UMC. This web site provides links to the church' positions on social and justice issues as well as current actions that you as an individual may participate in.

Would You Like On-going information About Social Issues?
Would you like to receive periodic information about Newburg Church & Society activities and social justice issues delivered to you via email? We email occasional information about our activities, concerns and general social justice issues of the United Methodist Church. If you would like to receive these, go to the Newburg home page here and complete the form "Get Connected!" on the left side of the page.