United Methodists were among more than two dozen people arrested Friday, Nov. 23, while trying to block the removal of an unauthorized immigrant who had taken sanctuary in City Well UMC in Durham. Samuel Oliver-Bruno, 47, had taken refuge in the church for 11 months while applying to remain in the United States to care… Continue Reading→
CityWell UMC Receives Undocumented Father, Husband and Worker into Protective Sanctuary
On Sunday, December 10, 2017, Samuel Oliver-Bruno entered protective sanctuary at CityWell United Methodist Church in Durham. Samuel is the fifth undocumented immigrant to enter sanctuary in North Carolina. “Receiving Samuel into sanctuary at CityWell has everything to do with our wanting to receive the ways of Jesus as our way of life,” explains Pastor Cleve… Continue Reading→
Young Adults Connect for MLK Day of Service
UNC-Chapel Hill and NC Central University in Durham are schools that are geographically very close, but very distant from each other in the day-to-day lives of the students. At a recent meeting of the Conference Board of Higher Education and Campus Ministry, Gloria Winston-Harris of CityWell Wesley Campus Ministry at NCCU posed a question to Ryan… Continue Reading→