Shalom
Desde el corazon de Dios
Como a un natural de vosotros tendreis al extranjero que more entre vosotros, y lo amaras como a ti mismo; porque extranjero fuisteis en la tierra de Egipto. yo Jehova vuestro Dios. Levitico 19:34
Cada metodista, en la definicion de Juan Wesley, es aquella persona en cuyo corazon se ha derramado el amor de Dios, y no anhela otra cosa mas que amar a Dios y en cuanto esta de el ejercer aquellas obras en favor de su projimo y su entorno social. para Juan Wesley la experiencia del corazon ardiente, fue una experiencia que no solo le cambio su vida sino que le impulso a salir y declarar, que "el mundo era su parroquia". por lo que en el contexto Wesleyano, ir al mundo implicaba no solo estar alerta a la diversidad de problemas o necesidades que este vivia sino que en cuanto estuviera de cada metodista provocar la iniciativas necesarias para dar respuestas a estos.
Hoy en dia unas de las problematicas que no somos ajenas a ellos es el incremento continuo de la migracion; nuestra congregaciones se han visto con mas frecuencia visitadas por migrantes. si ciertamente ha aumentado la migracion, tambien ha aumentado los hechos de injusticias sobre aquellos que estan en migracion. Por lo que el recorrer de estos no solo va acompañado por el dolor de haber dejado su casa, su tierra, o patria (voluntariamente o involuntariamente), sino que tambien conforme va el proceso de su migracion van a acumulando toda una serie de bajezas que van desde lo moral, espiritual y fisico. Creo que como metodistas si cada mañana estamos siendo tocados por el amor de Dios en nuestro corazon, considero que tambien nuestra actitud de servicio hacia el migrante debe de ser favorecida y enriquecida por este amor, y nos debe de impulsar a buscar una pastoral que no solo los acompañe en el momento que viven sino que tambien debemos de ir pensando como podremos hacer una coneccion con aquellos otros organismos que ejercen tambien esta pastoral con el fin de encontrar mas presencia en este ministerio y que esta presencia nos permita alzar una voz de profetica de denuncia ante los hechos de injusticias que estos viven.
Nuestra Comision Nacional de Asuntos Migratorios ha estado ejerciendo un trabajo de asistencia social donde estamos proveyendoles a los migrantes de alimentacion, ropa, en casos de asistencia medica o apoyo de trasporte, esto en la Frontera Norte de nuestro pais. Mas nuestro trabajo no solo debe de ir mas alla sino que debe de tener mas presencia a nivel nacional, como tambien debemos elaborar un programa donde podamos promover la cultura a travez de una educacion congragacional respeto a este tema, en la cual a la luz de la Palabra de Dios podamos comprender la pastoral hacia el migrante conforme al corazon de Dios. y en el despertar de una cultura hacia migrante y su pastoral este programa tambien debe de encerrar los mecanismos necesarios para trabajar en unidad con aquellas instancias que nos llevan mas experiencias.
Estimados pastores y hermanos les invito que estemos en un tiempo de oracion y porque no de ayuno para que sea Dios el que nos indique cual debe de ser nuestro caminar en este ministerio con el fin ser participe de esa tan anhelada "Reformando a la Nacion" y un espiritu de justicia de amor y cobertura hacia el migrante. Jehova guarda a los extranjeros...
Salmo 146:9.
Shalom
Conferencia Noroeste
Obispo Pbro. Eduardo Carrillo
Several members of the Methodist delegation to the People's Global Action on Migration, Development and Human Rights set up a table to share information on the ways that the United Methodist Church is working in relation to migration.
While sitting at the table Rev. Lorenza Smith met a woman who was sharing with her the reality for migrants in Arizona at this time. The woman shared a poem that she had written and Rev. Smith asked to share it with the United Methodist Women online community.
6am and the church was filled
With those I thought had forgotten us
Struggling through the words of a farmworker’s song,
They came to hear and learn and act
To uphold the rule of humanity
One of them flew in from Massachusetts
Another lived north of the town.
And from there they went
Into the desert streets
Hoping that perhaps just for one day
They could to stop the hate
Stop the raids
Stop their society
From imploding on itself
July 29 was a Thursday
Set aside as a day of battle
In a low-intensity war against the innocent
In Phoenix, Arizona
But on that day
A young and humble man
Chained himself to the gates of the jail
To defend a family he had never met
A student whose name he didn’t know
Young and old refused to disperse
Under the sheriff’s orders
And I wept that day
Just as I wept when the love of my life
Gently stroked my hand for the very first time
As I learned that I was not alone
~Madeline Newman Rios
Panravee Vongjaroenrat
Nov 4, 2010 1:20 AM
Why am I at the People’s Global Action on Migration, Development and Human Rights when my work is entirely domestic -- supporting the United Methodist network of church-based immigration law clinics?
Before coming here, I was not convinced that my attendance at an international meeting on global migration would be directly relevant or beneficial to my work. I am a
Now that I’m here, I have learned how wrong I was. This is the danger of succumbing to the limitations imposed on me and my work by others. Because the
But, here in
How did we, as workers of the world and as citizens of these nations that participate in the global discussion, allow this to happen? Because we succumb to the limitations imposed on us by our own governments and institutions. We put on a narrow, tunneled lens that focuses our attention only on the realities facing us at home. As a result, we forgot that others around the world are fighting the exact same fights. Most importantly, we forgot that we could draw great force and strength from the solidarity with our sisters and brothers around the world. And, significantly, we forgot that if governments and international corporations come together to set the scope of the discussion and narrow the issues, we as workers and advocates must do the same – if for nothing else, then to balance the dialogue, but more to make sure that we protect ourselves and our own rights as people and workers. We must come together and insist on our rights - as loudly, frequently, and many times as it takes.
What will I do, then, with this new perspective I gained? Nothing earth-shattering, but probably both professionally and personally transformative. I will not allow my thinking to be limited by institutional powers. I will ensure that I raise and insist on bringing the global context into my domestic work. Excuse a cliché – but it’s a cliché that has not been applied to
In regard to global migration and justice, the Social Principles of the United Methodist Church affirm:
You can read more on the philosophical conclusions of the United Methodist Task Force on Immigration, in regard to global migration by clicking here.
The Latehomecomer is a book featured in the United Methodist Women's Reading Program, and is written by Kao Kalia Yang. In this moving, intimate portrait of a family, Kao Yang describes a migration story with an escape from Laos, life in refugee camps, the hardships and great joy of caring for a growing family in a new land, and her personal experiences with American life.
Nurturing for Community
In another UMW Reading Program book, award-winning journalist Sonia Nazario recounts the unforgettable odyssey of a Honduran boy who braves unimaginable hardship and peril to reach his mother in the
This is a twenty-first-century Odyssey. Nazario’s powerful writing illuminates one of the darkest tories in our country. This is outstanding journalism. …you know these young heroes. They live next door. – Isabel Allende
This book belongs to Social Action category for the 2008 Reading Program.
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