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September
16 articles found for September, 2000.
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The question for those of us who relate to multi-
ethnic congregations is this: is there
a “citizenship” that goes beyond our own
ethnicities and the fact that we live in the
United States?
Date posted:Sep 30, 2000
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Andres Thomas Conteris, a UM lay missioner has
announced the end of his fast and White House
vigil for Vieques, the Puerto Rican island that
the U.S. Navy is using for bombing practice.
Andres Thomas Conteris, a missionary between
assignments, said he will end his hunger strike
Oct. 2, 10 weeks after it began and seven weeks
after he switched to a more stringent, water-only
fast.
Date posted:Sep 29, 2000
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The global media-monitoring project, in which
more than 70 countries looked at how women are
portrayed and represented in the news, found that
they are most often depicted as victims of
violence and power, child care workers,
homemakers, students and celebrities.
Date posted:Sep 29, 2000
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With the current sensitivities over the holy
spaces in relationship to the on-going
negotiations about Jerusalem, I have to ask if
Ariel Sharon's visit to the Haram al-
Sharif/Temple Mount was anything other than a
blatant attempt to underline who has the power
here and to call attention that it is truly power
(sovereignty) 'over.' Can this be seen as
anything other than an attempt to demonstrate,
rather arrogantly, that one does not respect the
claims or viewpoint of others - either of your
own people or of 'outsiders?'
Date posted:Sep 28, 2000
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Dr. Randolph Nugent, General Secretary of the
GBGM, was keynote speaker for the second UM-
sponsored AIDS conference held in Zimbabwe,
August 20-25, 2000. The event was in response to
a request of the young people for a forum in
which more of their voices, the population most
affected by the HIV/AIDS crisis, could be heard.
Date posted:Sep 28, 2000
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As US presidential candidates stake out their
positions on prescription drug coverage, a
national coalition wants to restore universal
health care to the legislative agenda.
Date posted:Sep 27, 2000
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More than 800 religious organizations, labor
unions, and public-advocacy groups in Maryland
are calling for high-quality affordable health
care for all. Bishop Felton E. May said that
guaranteeing health care is a top priority.
Date posted:Sep 27, 2000
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The changing face of ethnic diversity in the
United States will increasingly challenge the
justice ministries of the church for years to
come.
Date posted:Sep 26, 2000
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The United Methodist Church in Nigeria has
followed the lead of the denomination's bishops
in launching an initiative on children and
poverty.
Date posted:Sep 25, 2000
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The GBGM released a statement in regard to the
arrest of two GBGM staff executives and a United
Methodist missionary arrested in Washington, D.C.
during a protest of the continued U.S. military
presence on the Puerto Rican island of Vieques.
Date posted:Sep 22, 2000
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UMCOR has entered into a partnership with the
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
to bring improved health care and social services
to impoverished people in Armenia.
Date posted:Sep 22, 2000
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Roman Catholic and Protestant church leaders in
the Philippines strongly criticised a massive
military offensive launched against an extremist
group of Muslims behind a spate of highly-
publicised kidnappings in the south Philippines.
Date posted:Sep 19, 2000
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Children orphaned by war, disease and poverty in
the Congo will have a place to call home
following the ground-breaking for an orphanage
being built with donations to the Bishops'
Appeal, "Hope for the Children of Africa."
Date posted:Sep 18, 2000
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Three deputy general secretaries have joined the
staff of the GBGM. The new staff executives, all
of whom are members of the mission board cabinet,
are the Rev. R. Randy Day, the Rev. Youngsook
Charlene Kang, and the Rev. Edith Gleaves.
Date posted:Sep 11, 2000
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A North American delegation of women met with
North Korean women during a recent trip to the
Asian country. In the capital of Pyongyang, the
group had post-worship meetings at Bongsu Church
and Chilgol Church as well as members of a house
church on Tong Il Road.
Date posted:Sep 11, 2000
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Strawberry Workers' Campaign Update
Thanks to United Methodist Women and many others,
Driscoll Strawberry Associates, Inc., responded
to pressure to improve working conditions in the
strawberry fields.
Date posted:Sep 11, 2000
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