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March
23 articles found for March, 2000.
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In the middle of the Exodus story (Exodus 13-40),
Moses met God on Mount Sinai; God reaffirmed the
Covenant to be faithful to Israel despite the
repeated faithlessness of the Hebrew People.
Date posted:Mar 31, 2000
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"From your rich heritage, pursue justice and
empowerment," the Rev. Ruth O. Cortez urged
nineteen Filipina deaconesses who, together with
some spouses, gathered last February 11-13 at St.
Anthony Retreat Center in Three Rivers,
California, for a social justice workshop.
Recalling the special role that deaconesses had
played in their own lives, the Shasta district
superintendent from the California-Nevada
Conference urged her listeners to continue their
journey of empowering women, as did previous
generations of deaconesses in the Philippines.
Date posted:Mar 20, 2000
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"We are grateful for aid that has come from the
General Board of Global Ministries representing
the concern, care and love of people of the
church," Bishop Joao Somane Machado shared in
phone conversation with Dr. Randolph Nugent, who
heads The General Board of Global Ministries, the
mission agency of The United Methodist Church.
Date posted:Mar 20, 2000
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The United Methodist Board of Global Ministries
is creating a series of mission-related
experiences aimed specifically at older adults.
The "Primetimers" program draws upon parts of
Elderhostel, United Methodist Volunteers in
Mission and other programs, adding elements of
United Methodist history, doctrine and polity.
The Rev. Bud Heckman, board executive, called it
an ideal opportunity for active, older church
members "who might not want the rigors of a
regular volunteers in mission trip."
Date posted:Mar 17, 2000
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Just as Jesus sought out those in chains, United
Methodists are reaching behind bars to lend
prisoners comfort and tell the news of God's
saving grace.
In Iowa, for example, a number of prison
outreach efforts are taking place, led by
ministers and laypeople alike.
Date posted:Mar 14, 2000
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A group of Methodists in England have established
a trust fund to erect a bronze statue of John
Wesley at Epworth, his birthplace.
The Wesley Millennium Monument Trust was
created to raise funds for the commissioning and
constructing of a 6-foot-6-inch bronze statue of
Methodism's founder to overlook the garden of the
house where he was born and raised. The statue
will sit on a "plinth" or pedestal, made from
ancient stone salvaged from the tower of St.
Andrew's church, where Wesley's father preached.
Date posted:Mar 14, 2000
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In the previous structure of the General Board of
Global Ministries (GBGM), Mr. Grund reported, 30
to 50 new missionaries were commissioned each
year and 60 to 80 missionaries retired. This
decline in the overall number of missionaries
sparked the GBGM to revitalize the Mission
Personnel Program Area. As a result, in 1999, 199
new mission personnel were commissioned.
Date posted:Mar 14, 2000
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The Rev. Janna Tull Steed was on a retreat in
California when she made a discovery that would
unexpectedly lead to her development as an expert
on jazz great Duke Ellington.
Date posted:Mar 13, 2000
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We, the Congolese people, believing in God the
Creator and Savior of human beings, participating
in this National Consultation initiated and
organized by the Religious leaders in the
Cath‚drale du Centenaire Protestant de Kinshasa
from 24th February to 11th March, 2000.
Date posted:Mar 11, 2000
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When the Rev. Doug Wingeier first visited the
home of Abdel Jawad Jabber, in the Beqa'a Valley
east of Hebron, the Palestinian farmer was
watching bulldozers uproot his grapevines to make
way for a new concrete bypass road on land taken
from him by the Israeli government.
Date posted:Mar 10, 2000
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This information on conferences focusing on
restorative justice is offered to assist
interested persons in finding resources and
training. Each of the sponsoring organizations is
solely responsible for the content of their
events. The General Board of Global Ministries
does not endorse, but shares, this information
with our constituencies. Further information can
be obtained by contacting the sponsoring
organizations.
Date posted:Mar 10, 2000
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The United Methodist Church, through its
predecessor denominations, has had a mission
presence in Sierra Leone for more than two
centuries. Some Methodists went there as early as
1792, when a Briton, Thomas Clarkson, brought
1100 freed Blacks from Nova Scotia, Canada, to
settle in the area. Thus "when George Warren, a
Wesleyan Methodist missionary from Great Britain,
arrived in Sierra Leone in 1811, [he] 'found the
whole apparatus of Methodist organization and
discipline already in progress,' with a 200-
member strong Society."
Date posted:Mar 10, 2000
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Through the connectional work of the General
Board of Global Ministries, the Institutional
Ministries area, and family residences like the
Sybil H. Smith Family Village, families like
Liz's and Tommy's are given a chance to
experience safety, healing, and rebirth.
Date posted:Mar 07, 2000
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In its eight-year civil war, Sierra Leone has
seen some of the worst violations of human rights
in the world.
While it is impossible to give accurate figures
for the number of casualties, the Human Rights
Watch reported last June that "perhaps 50,000
people have died and up to [half] the population
of 4.5 million is displaced."
Date posted:Mar 07, 2000
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A visit to war-torn Sierra Leone gave six United
Methodists a first-hand look at the suffering and
need for relief in the West African country.
Date posted:Mar 07, 2000
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Dr. David Wu began the briefing by discussing the
common perception of Mongolia as "the end of the
earth," which perfectly fits Christ's injunction
to his disciples, "You shall be my witness in
Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and to the end of the
earth." (Acts 1:8) A United Methodist mission in
Mongolia, approved by the cabinet, brings the
Gospel of Christ to the ancient land of Genghis
Khan.
Date posted:Mar 07, 2000
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United Methodist disaster coordinators will be
booking volunteer teams into the foreseeable
future to help rebuild homes for flood victims in
North Carolina and Virginia.
Date posted:Mar 06, 2000
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At the Wesley Community Center in Dayton, Ohio,
program success is not exclusively measured by
how many people have been helped to train for
jobs, secure employment, and move out of the
welfare rolls. Rather, success is also seen in
the ways that individuals are able to begin
valuing their human worth and appreciating their
God given potential. As the center's executive
director, Mr. Robert Walker, explains, "It's a
spiritual thing."
Date posted:Mar 06, 2000
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On Mother's Day, 1999, Marilyn Wakefield visited
Beacon Correctional Facility for the first time
to meet O. C., an inmate serving her sentence
there. Marilyn had not been in a prison since she
had taught English when she was much younger. Her
memories included the clang made by the big metal
doors when they opened to admit her and closed
behind her. Beacon, a women's facility in
Dutchess County, New York, housing between 200-
250 women, was a less forbidding prison.
Date posted:Mar 03, 2000
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We are deeply saddened by the acquittal on all
charges of the officers charged with pumping 19
fatal shots into the body of an unarmed young
man, Amadou Diallo, as he stood in the vestibule
of his building.
Date posted:Mar 03, 2000
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A prayer presented by the Rev. James R. McGraw,
pastor of John Street United Methodist Church,
the oldest Methodist society in America, on
Sunday, February 27, 2000 on the occasion of the
verdict in the trial of the police officers who
killed Amadou Diallo.
Date posted:Mar 03, 2000
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On Mother's Day, 1999, Marilyn Wakefield visited
Beacon Correctional Facility for the first time
to meet O. C., an inmate serving her sentence
there. Marilyn had not been in a prison since she
had taught English when she was much younger. Her
memories included the clang made by the big metal
doors when they opened to admit her and closed
behind her.
Date posted:Mar 03, 2000
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In Michigan a 6-year-old kills a classmate. The
same day, a 15-year-old in Maryland receives
combined sentences totaling life plus 40 years
for murdering a pizza deliveryman and a classmate
when the shooter was only 14.
Date posted:Mar 02, 2000
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