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A three-year monitoring project by United
Methodist Women (UMW) has uncovered flaws in the
reporting or classifying of hate crimes around
the country.
Date posted:Oct 30, 2001
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In an article written by Brian Donahue of The
Star-Ledger, on Friday, September 20, 2002, it
was reported that the number of persons granted
legal immigrant status in the United States grew
by 25 percent in the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2001. The increase has major
implications for multi-ethnic and multi-cultural
churches.
Date posted:Oct 30, 2001
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STAMFORD, Conn. – From providing information on
prevention to supporting the availability of
cheaper drug treatments, church leaders in Africa
must become more active in the fight against
HIV/AIDS.
Date posted:Oct 29, 2001
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Protestors emerged cheering from the restricted
area in Vieques as US Navy ships withdrew May 1,
ending military exercises unannounced.
Date posted:Oct 29, 2001
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The White House decision to fund a global effort
against AIDS with what it costs the US to produce
one F-22 fighter jet is a death sentence for
millions of Africans, a policy group charged.
Date posted:Oct 29, 2001
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Twenty one individuals were commissioned by the
Board of Global Ministries as missionaries or
deaconesses charged with taking the Gospel of the
Lord into the world on behalf of the United
Methodist Church. The service of commissioning
was held Oct. 24 at the Stamford Marriott during
the Board's Annual Meeting.
Date posted:Oct 29, 2001
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The question that immediately comes to mind is
predictable: "If you weren't doing this, what
would you be doing." And so is the answer-- at
least from those who love their work: "I can't
imagine doing anything else."
Date posted:Oct 29, 2001
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A network TV journalist told grieving
Washingtonians that the longing for national
unity should not cause Americans to blind
themselves to the realities of war.
"We need to take a stand for the truth no matter
where that truth leads us," Michel Martin, an ABC
news correspondent who is also a student at
Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, told
participants in "A Time to Heal," a retreat
sponsored Oct. 19-21 by the Baltimore-Washington
Annual (regional) Conference of the United
Methodist Church.
Date posted:Oct 24, 2001
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Healthy Homes, Healthy Families Kit Program
The Healthy Homes, Healthy Families Kit (HFK) is
an infection control and basic care kit. It
contains 22 essential supplies needed to take
care of an ailing loved one and prevent the
spread of infection. Advance Special #982315-
1 A Prgram of the United Methodist Committee on
Relief and Health & Welfare Ministries
General Board of Global Ministries, The United
Methodist Church.
in cooperation with United Methodist
Congregations & Interchurch Medical Assistance,
Inc.
Date posted:Oct 23, 2001
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With media focus on the aftermath of September
11th and the U.S. war against Osama ben Laden and
the Taliban government in Afghanistan, news from
United Methodist missionaries help us to learn
about other issues in other places. These
missionaries are carrying out God's mission in
places where the people live in fear, poverty,
and destruction every day of their lives. One
such story comes today from Palestine.
Date posted:Oct 22, 2001
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Directors Take Bold Stances at Fall 2001 Meeting
Women’s Division directors, the policy-making
body of 1-million member United Methodist Women,
met in Stamford, Conn., for their fall board
meeting on October 19-22. Directors discussed and
approved a variety of resolutions.
Date posted:Oct 21, 2001
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NANA KPAAN ANUKAM shares progress of work at
Tusaide Watoto Kibera Project Methodist Church
in
Kibera, Nairobi,Kenya.
Vision of the Tusaide Watoto Kibera project
is
to enable children and their mothers in the
Kibera "slum" to be relieved from abject poverty
by helping them socially, academically,
economically, and spiritually to become useful
citizens for the nation and world.
Date posted:Oct 20, 2001
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DEARSLEY & INA SCHOENFELD-DABLE share progress
of
their work with physically challenged children
at
the Mission Station Bali in Nigeria.
We thank God for giving up opportunity to serve
humanity in our respective areas of
specialization. Some accomplishments follow.
Date posted:Oct 20, 2001
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Helping the walking wounded and providing
sanctuary for prayer and hope, United Methodist
churches in Manhattan threw their doors open
following the Sept. 11, 2001 World Trade Center
tragedy.
Date posted:Oct 19, 2001
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The Rev. Chuck Ferrara stood in front of John
Street United Methodist Church, a few blocks from
what was once the World Trade Center, waiting for
his ride to "ground zero."
Date posted:Oct 19, 2001
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In a move aimed at buttressing the mission of the
church against the negative influences of a
declining stock market, the General Board of
Ministries today announced measures to reduce
expenditures during these difficult economic
times.
Date posted:Oct 18, 2001
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Education is key in bridging the divide between
the haves and the have-nots in our society.
United Methodist-related community houses
provide
a vital service in helping hundreds of young
adults get their GED (Government Equivalency
Diploma) and fulfill dreams of raising their own
living standard and the living standard of those
for whom they are responsible. Maggie Eiselein
of
Tacoma, Washington, tells how Tacoma Community
House helped her achieve this goal.
Date posted:Oct 18, 2001
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David Okimoto is executive director of Atlantic
Street Center, Seattle, Washington, one of more
than 90 United Methodist-related community
centers throughout the country. He describes how
the center helps to build community by teaching
children of different races and backgrounds to
live and act with mutual respect for one another.
Date posted:Oct 18, 2001
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Judith A. Olin, director of Connectional
Ministries of the East Ohio Annual Conference
participated in the Global Ministries-sponsored
mission study travel seminar to Africa in the
year 2000. So moved was she by the experience
that more than a year later she continues to
interpret and lend strong support to the United
Methodist bishops' appeal, "Hope for the
Children
of Africa". One of her significant contribution
is NYARDZO: Comfort and Consolation, a book of
meditations that speaks of her experience in
Africa.
Date posted:Oct 18, 2001
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Substance abuse, welfare reform, housing and
economic development, fundraising, team-building,
and conflict resolution are just some of the
topics that the United Methodist Community
Developers Program will explore at its national
training event in Little Rock, Ark., Nov. 7-11.
Date posted:Oct 17, 2001
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The East Africa Annual Conference (Burundi,
Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan and Uganda) of the United
Methodist Church has in recent months increased
efforts to raise awareness among women about
HIV/AIDS.
Date posted:Oct 17, 2001
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New York--The Rev. German Acevedo-Delgado, an
assistant general secretary for the United
Methodist Board of Global Ministries, was
sentenced to one-year probation following his
Oct. 11 conviction for unauthorized entry to the
United States Navy installation on the island of
Vieques.
Date posted:Oct 16, 2001
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United Methodists involved in cutting-edge
ministries with youth and young adults may obtain
grants of up to $15,000 from the denomination's
four program agencies.
Date posted:Oct 16, 2001
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Dee and Charlie Ivy are missionaries serving in
the Philippines. Charlie reflects poverty and
prejudice surrounding the poor community where
they serve.
Date posted:Oct 16, 2001
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SATA KARGBO shares progress of work with refugee
children in Accra, Ghana. Working in mission
over
the past year and a half has been a great
experience for me. When I began the assignment
with the children's ministry we had over 50
young
people.
Date posted:Oct 16, 2001
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After the IDF re-occupied Beit Jala in August,
the world was quick to condemn the action. Within
a little more than 48 hours the IDF had retreated
to the positions just beyond Area A in Beit Jala.
Date posted:Oct 15, 2001
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A United Methodist commission and two Muslim
groups have issued a joint statement affirming
a "common commitment to living together, under
God, in the unity of mutual respect and
compassion."
Date posted:Oct 15, 2001
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The welcome at the Islamic Center of Southern
California could not have been more genuine.
From their participation in a discussion about
Islam with one of the center's founders to their
presence as honored observers at the regular 1
p.m. worship service, United Methodists visiting
on Sept. 12 were regarded as friends.
Date posted:Oct 15, 2001
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NEW YORK--The United Methodist Development Fund
(UMDF) is making available $30 million for loans
to United Methodist churches and church-related
institutions seeking financing to construct new
buildings or improve existing ones for mission
and ministry.
Date posted:Oct 15, 2001
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In May, 1970, the Women's Society of Christian
Service and Wesleyan Service Guild met at the
Houston Coliseum in a celebration of
life, "Choose Life." At that time, the United
States was deeply involved in a war in Southeast
Asia and thousands of people had died in Vietnam,
Cambodia and Laos.
Date posted:Oct 15, 2001
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News Bulletin: The Rev. German Acevedo-Delgado
was declared guilty of illegally entering the
limits of Camp Garcia Naval Installation at
Vieques, Puerto Rico, as an act of Christian
Obedience, and sentenced to one year probation.
Date posted:Oct 15, 2001
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Africa University forges ties with school in Mozambique
A new linkage agreement with Eduardo Mondlane
University in Mozambique is already bearing fruit
for Africa University.
The Instituto Camões, a cultural agency with
headquarters in Lisbon, Portugal, has agreed to
provide funds to support a full-time lecturer to
teach Portuguese at the Mutare school. The
lecturer will be based in the languages
department at Africa University's Faculty of
Humanities & Social Sciences. Africa University
is working with Eduardo Mondlane University to
identify and recruit the lecturer.
Date posted:Oct 10, 2001
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The Roman Catholic lay association, the Community
of Sant'Egidio, sponsored a Muslim-Christian
summit Oct. 3-4, 2001 at the organization's
international headquarters in Rome.
Date posted:Oct 10, 2001
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Herbert & Mary Zigbue are assigned as
missionaries to the Education Program in
Liberia,
West Africa. In a recent newsletter they shared
their thoughts on the value of education to
Liberian youth and told how many children are
unable to afford school in the present economy.
Date posted:Oct 10, 2001
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Joel and Noel Calhoun, General Board of Global
Ministries missionaries serving in Moscow, are
part of a congregation that has established
a "Task Force on Racial Attacks and Harassment"
in response to racial incidents involving
congregants. They described the situation in
their quarterly newsletter.
Date posted:Oct 10, 2001
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The General Board of Global Ministries has just
received news from Puerto Rico that Rev. Lucy I.
Rosario-Medina was found guilty by Judge Aida
Delgado and sentenced this morning to 5 days in
jail, one year probation and 150 hours of
community work.
Date posted:Oct 10, 2001
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The first of a series of "listening posts" at
United Methodist churches in New York opened
Oct.
5 in the area near "ground zero."
Date posted:Oct 08, 2001
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The air horns and whistles began to blare just
beyond the wall of tanks and British soldiers
blockading the street. A mother tending a small
toddler in a stroller visibly flinched and
quickly made the sign of the cross. Another woman
covered her ears and grimaced.
Date posted:Oct 08, 2001
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Cambodian Methodist congregations in Cambodia and
around the world now will be able to sing and
worship from a hymnal written in the Khmer
language and composed mainly of songs that
reflect their culture.
Date posted:Oct 08, 2001
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The historic Methodist hymnal that has just come
off the press was more than three years in the
making. More than half the songs in this landmark
publication are indigenous Cambodian music and
texts composed in the Khmer language and growing
out of the Cambodian culture.
Date posted:Oct 08, 2001
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Christians in Pakistan could be among those
affected by whatever action the United States
takes against Afghanistan.
Date posted:Oct 01, 2001
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As we attempt to heal from the recent American
tragedy, foremost in the minds of adults in this
country and around the world is the care of
children. Efforts are being forged in churches
and society on how best to assuage their
suffering and fear for the future. Beyond this is
our collective response to the thousands of
children who are now without parents.
Date posted:Oct 01, 2001
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