KZUM Interview with Micah Corps Intern

Micah Corps intern, Brian Copley, had the awesome opportunity to talk with the “Green Grandma” in a KZUM interview on July 5, 2010. The talk centered on the work of the Micah Corps, the importance of the Council of Bishop’s “God’s Renewed Creation,” and the overall social justice issues that are intertwining with the environmental justice movement. The Micah Corps would like to thank KZUM for the time and space, and furthermore, would like to encourage any congregations to contact the Micah Corps if they would like an intern to come and speak. Specifically, Brian will be in the Blue River and Missouri River districts, and available to discuss or present on the “God’s Renewed Creation” document. Thanks and God bless!

Micah Corps in Washington D.C.!!!!!!

The Micah Corps went to Washington D.C.! The interns had the chance to tour many of the awesome sites in D.C., as you will see in the video. However, it was not all about fun, as we put your mission share dollars to good work. First, we had a chance to work at the General Board of Church and Society (GBCS). The interns worked on a variety of issues, including helping update resolutions in the Book of Discipline, videotaping messages to send to the Council of Bishops, learning from the GBCS’s policy experts, planning and participating in an awesome worship in their chapel, writing letters concerning the new START treaty, and much more! The time was highly enjoyable and the Micah Corps would like to thank the many people who made our experience at GBCS possible! However, the Micah Corps would also like to ask United Methodists and all people to get involved on the issues we learned about. Specifically, the Council of Bishops’ document known as God’s Renewed Creation was a hot topic at GBCS, and so if any local congregation would want an intern to speak about the document, contact Micah Corps! In addition, the new START treaty will be up for Senate ratification by the end of the summer. This treaty, between the United States and Russia, calls for a reduction of nuclear arms from 2,200 to around 1,500, while maintaining the United States’ prompt conventional global defense system and allowing for increased oversight of Russia’s adherence to arms reduction. Therefore, the treaty will not hurt the United States’ military structures and is in fact an issue of national security that rises above partisanship. There is more information available at the GBCS website, and should be a sample letter available in the coming weeks which would help people begin their own process of sitting down and writing their Nebraska representatives.