For this year’s High School Summer Advocacy/Mission Experience, we are excited to partner with The General Board of Church and Society of the United Methodist Church.
from the General Board of Church and Society of the United Methodist Church:
"Even as you educate, organize, and advocate, justice is unlikely to arrive overnight. The systems and structures that create and perpetuate injustice are often protected by people with power who have ample resources to keep those systems intact.
The 1908 Social Creed of The Methodist Episcopal Church, a predecessor of The United Methodist Church, called “for a living wage in every industry.” More than a century later, United Methodists are still pursuing this and other rights. Justice takes time, organization, and persistence. That is why it is important to take steps that create sustainability and ensure your efforts are movement-building rather than moment-building."
St. Luke’s Youth will immerse themselves in problems our world still faces through advocacy training activities, service assignments, a visit to Capitol Hill, and a walk-through of major landmarks in Washington, D.C.
