MARCHA 48th Annual Meeting held in Philadelpia, PA on August under the theme The Extraordinary Power of God: Tesoros en Vasos de Barro led us to a communal reflection and strategic work on ways to leverage the extraordinary power of God as Hispanic/Latinos. Aknowledging our weakeness and vulnerabilities but rendering ourselves to the extraordinary power of God to serve our people as a movement that promotes respect of human rights as well as a commitment to peace, justice, liberty and equality.
Everyone one who raise their voice for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me” (Matthew 25:40, CBS) is MARCHA. Through your actions and statements you have been part of this work, and today we invite you and your congregation to celebrate the work that MARCHA does by celebrating “MARCHA Sunday” on Sunday October 13 (you can choose to do it on a different Sunday according to the availability of your church’s calendar).
MARCHA was organized in 1970 and held its first national meeting on 1971, yet people in the pews of know very little about our organization and the significant ministry that MARCHA has implemented in our denomination through the years. We invite you to list some examples of how MARCHA had contributed to your jurisdiction, conference and church and taking a few minutes during the worship service to speak about MARCHA and its ministry.
You can also present the short video What is MARCHA? Click here
CLICK HERE for more resources to promote MARCHA Sunday.
Your local church can send their free will MARCHA Sunday offering to the MARCHA Treasurer where your offering will be received and acknowledged, as follows:
Raul Alegria, Treasurer
MARCHA
241 Circle View Drive
Franklin, TN 37067
MARCHA’s Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) is 74-2785218.
Please remember that much of the programs and resources that our Latino congregations enjoy today are the result of the work of advocacy of MARCHA. Many of the opportunities in education and employment that are now in place in the UMC for Latinos are also, in a large part, a result of the work of MARCHA across the years. Visit www.marchaumc.org to read about MARCHA’s vision and mission. The future ministry of MARCHA depends on you and persons like you who are committed to Hispanic/Latino Ministries within our beloved Church.
May our loving God bless you and your ministry abundantly.
In Christ service,
Bishop Elias Galvan, Executive Director
