Seeing Through Another's Eyes

In light of recent events surrounding justice, accountability and race relations, Bishop Leonard Fairley asked the chairpersons of the conference SBC21 and Religion & Race teams to spearhead ongoing dialogue within the Kentucky Conference to share and care for one another around this sensitive issue.
 
The team, working with the theme Do You See What I See? How Race Relations Cause Us to See Things Differently, will offer a multi-week Bible study, worship elements and resources to help facilitate conversations, to name a few. 

In addition to Rev. Goodwin's testimony (shared below), the SBC21 and Religion & Race teams would like to ask you to share your testimonies of pain and hope; joy and tears; justice and accountability around this issue of race and reconciliation in America and the United Methodist Church.  Although you may be sharing a difficult time in your life or the life of the church, please try to share your testimony through the vision and spiritual eye of God.
 
Please keep your testimony to 750 or fewer words and email it to testimony@kyumc.org.

WORSHIP RESOURCES

• Do you see what I see? Litany and prayer
• Prayers for the Healing of a Nation
• Devotion written in response to George Floyd’s murder

RESOURCES FOR PROMOTING RACIAL JUSTICE

• Resources and Pre-Recorded Webinar "Do You See What I See? How Race Relations Cause Us to See Things Differently"
• Kentucky Annual Conference Children & Family Ministry Team On Anti-Racism in Children’s Ministry - Download the PDF Plan
• Discipleship Ministries has collected these resources to help churches address the topics of racism, systemic oppression, violence, and more.
• Racial Justice Conversations Guide
• Implicit bias what we don't think we think
• Twenty-five ways to affirm Diversity