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 BMCR -- Hattie Holmes of
Silver Spring, Md., hands out the newsletter of Black Methodists for Church Renewal
(BMCR), the black caucus of the United Methodist Church, outside the Cleveland Convention
Center, site of the denomination's 2000 General Conference. A UMNS photo by John C.
Goodwin Photo number gc2kC13, 5/3/00 |
 MARCHA
PAPERS -- Irving Cotto, a reserve delegate from the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference, hands
out newsletters from Methodists Associated Representing the Cause of Hispanic Americans
(MARCHA), the national Hispanic caucus of the United Methodist Church. A UMNS photo by
John C. Goodwin Photo number gc2kC12, 5/3/00 |
 BISHOP
KLAIBER -- Bishop Walter Klaiber presides over a session of the United Methodist Church's
2000 General Conference. A UMNS photo by Mike DuBose Photo number gc2kC11, 5/3/00 |
 LOWERY
-- The church's challenge in the new century is to provide spiritual, ethical and moral
leadership according to the Rev. Joseph Lowery. Lowery
was speaking at a dinner for the United Methodist Board of Church and Society. A UMNS
photo by John C. Goodwin Photo number gc2kC10, Accompanies UMNS# GC-011, 5/3/00 |
 JOSEPH
LOWERY -- The church's challenge in the new century is to provide spiritual, ethical and
moral leadership according to the Rev. Joseph Lowery (center). Lowery was speaking at a dinner for the United
Methodist Board of Church and Society. At
left is the Rev. Thom White Wolf Fassett, top executive of the board. A UMNS photo by John C. Goodwin Photo number
gc2kC09, Accompanies UMNS# GC-011, 5/3/00 |
 REMEMBERING -- Anne
Marshall (right) tells delegates to the United Methodist Church's 2000 General Conference
in Cleveland how the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building five years ago in
Oklahoma City changed her life. Marshall's husband was killed in the blast. Behind her is
Bishop Dan Solomon. A UMNS photo by John C. Goodwin. Photo number gc2kC08, Accompanies
UMNS# GC-009, 5/3/00 |
 STOLES -- Jean Hodges of
Boulder, Colo., reads names from the Shower of Stoles project in front of the Cleveland
Convention Center as delegates to the United Methodist Church's 2000 General Conference
return from a lunch break. The project has gathered stoles from gay, lesbian and bisexual
church leaders who have been barred from church service because of their sexual
orientation. A UMNS photo by Mike DuBose Photo number gc2KC07, 5/3/00 |
 SHOWER OF STOLES -- Jim
Scurlock (left) of San Francisco and John Fletcher of Minneapolis read names from the
Shower of Stoles project in front of the Cleveland Convention Center as delegates to the
United Methodist Church's 2000 General Conference return from a lunch break. The project
has gathered stoles from gay, lesbian and bisexual church leaders who have been barred
from church service because of their sexual orientation. A UMNS photo by Mike DuBose Photo
number gc2KC06, 5/3/00 |
 BRINGING COMFORT -- Anne
Marshall (left) hugs Bishop Dan Solomon after telling delegates to the United Methodist
Church's 2000 General Conference in Cleveland how the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah
Federal Building five years ago in Oklahoma City changed her life. Marshall's husband was
killed in the blast. A UMNS photo by Mike DuBose Photo number gc2kC05, Accompanies UMNS#
GC-009, 5/3/00 |
 HANDBELL CHOIR -- The
Georgia Mass Handbell Choir plays during morning worship at the United Methodist Church's
2000 General Conference. The conference runs through May 12 at the Cleveland Convention
Center. A UMNS photo by John C. Goodwin Photo number gc2kC04, 5/3/00 |
 BISHOP KULAH -- United
Methodist Bishop Arthur Kulah of Liberia tells delegates to the denomination's 2000
General Conference that if the church is to be truly global, then it must pay heed that
homosexuality is incompatible with Christian teaching. The conference runs through May 12
at the Cleveland Convention Center. A UMNS photo by John C. Goodwin Photo number gc2kC03,
Accompanies UMNS# GC-008, 5/3/00 |
 MUSIC DIRECTOR -- The
Rev. Cynthia A. Wilson of Atlanta is music director of the United Methodist Church's
General Conference 2000. The conference runs through May 12 at the Cleveland Convention
Center. A UMNS photo by Mike DuBose Photo number gc2kC02, 5/3/00 |
 LAITY ADDRESS -- Jim
Nibbelink of Milford, Ohio, tells delegates to the United Methodist Church's 2000 General
Conference that tradition is impeding the ability of congregations to engage in active
ministry. Nibbelink was chosen to give the laity address at the conference which runs
through May 12 at the Cleveland Convention Center. A UMNS photo by Mike DuBose Photo
number gc2kC01, Accompanies UMNS# GC-006 5/3/00 |
