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America's 250th anniversary

Dr, Ashley Boggan hosts a video series about the Sand Creek Massacre, offering a historical perspective on the complex relationship between the denomination and Indigenous Peoples that dates back to John Wesley.

The General Commission on Archives and History has created a series of five videos to educate United Methodists and others about the horrific tragedy of the Sand Creek Massacre.

In this file photos from 2014, some 650 members of the Rocky Mountain Annual (regional) Conference (now Mountain Sky AC) and their guests tour the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site, near Eads, Colo., on Friday, June 20, 2014. A Methodist clergyman-turned-soldier ordered the 1864 attack against a Cheyenne and Arapaho village, and descendants of the survivors joined in the June 20 pilgrimage. Photo by Sam Hodges, UMNS

We challenge United Methodists across the connection to join in solidarity with the descendants of Sand Creek as we journey in a contemplative run. Check out a few resources that you can listen to as you run/walk on this healing journey.

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