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Mike Slaughter
NOBLESVILLE, IN – The Rev. Dr. Michael Slaughter, Pastor Emeritus of Ginghamsburg United Methodist Church (UMC) in Tipp City, Ohio, (north of Dayton) will be the featured speaker during a rally of the Room for All Coalition, Sunday, May 19 at 5 p.m. ET (4 p.m. CT) at Noblesville’s First UMC.
Similar rallies will be held at Hillcrest UMC in Elkhart, Ind. and Neu Chapel on the campus of the University of Evansville. A video presentation will be shown featuring the Rev. Adam Hamilton, senior pastor of the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, KS, America’s largest United Methodist congregation with more than 20,000 members.
The Noblesville rally will be live-streamed at www.unitingmethodistsindiana.com.
Tour Group Redirected
The Rev. Adam Hamilton, senior pastor of United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, Kansas, was leading a tour group of nearly 500 people from multiple churches when word came of the Hamas attack on Israel. The group was redirected from a port near Gaza to the island of Cyprus, and then to Greece. (Courtesy Photo)
During the 90-minute rally, participants also will witness a panel discussion shared from an LGBTQ+ perspective, an introduction of coalition endorsed candidates to the 2020 Indiana General Conference delegation of The United Methodist Church, plus updates, questions and hopes shared going into the UMC-Next conversations at the Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, KS May 20-22 hosted by Hamilton.
The Room for All Coalition of the Indiana United Methodist Conference is composed of members and friends of the Uniting Methodists Indiana, Reconciling Ministries Network of Indiana, and The Methodist Reclamation Project. Uniting Methodists Indiana (unitingmethodistsindiana.com) is a movement of Christ-centered, hope-filled United Methodists in Indiana, uniting in Christ to make disciples for the transformation of the world and is called to be a unifying, clarifying voice in a divided conversation and polarized culture.
For more information contact:
Jerry Rairdon (Noblesville location) jrairdon@noblesvillefirst.com
Chris Tiedeman (Elkhart location) chris.tiedeman@inumc.org
Greg Pimlott (Evansville location) greg.pimlott@inumc.org