![]() The worship services during Annual Conference are following a Lenten theme. ![]() The bishop’s words were punctuated several times by applause and “amens.” The bishop’s often-passionate message was partly reassurance and partly a call to civility as the UMC continues its long and sometimes-strident debate over LGBTQ policy. “What if there is a need for a deeper confession of the truth that we have not been the people God has called us to be?” “What if in this particular season in our lives personally, and in the collective life of our denomination, God is calling us to tarry a little while longer in the wilderness of our brokenness?” the bishop said during his sermon, titled “The Mark of Holiness.” COVINGTON, Kentucky – “It may be Friday” in The United Methodist Church – “but Sunday’s coming,” Bishop Leonard Fairley assured clergy and lay delegates Monday during the opening worship service of the 2019 Annual Conference.
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