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August
22 articles found for August, 2001.
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United Methodist missionary Carol Partridge,
currently serving in Strumica, Macedonia shared
in a recent newsletter, the significant role
that
the church has played in the midst of this
struggle, as it relates to children and youth.
Date posted:Aug 31, 2001
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Letter from Rev. Sandra Olewine, United Methodist
Liaison - Jerusalem.
The good news this morning is that the Israeli
Occupation Forces have withdrawn to their
positions of Monday, 27 August,
Date posted:Aug 31, 2001
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The sign by the gate of the Lutheran Church of
the Reformation in Beit Jala, West Bank,
yesterday afternoon, August 28, was badly
damaged. "Abraham's House" it said in German. The
sign pointed the way to an unfinished guesthouse
begun two years ago by this Palestinian Lutheran
congregation. It was to be a site for encounter
among "the children of Abraham"--Jew, Christian,
and Muslim--from this land and abroad.
Date posted:Aug 31, 2001
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United Methodists are watching prayerfully as
Congolese peace talks begin. For the first time
since the outbreak of war in the Democratic
Republic of Congo (DRC), Congolese civil society,
government, political parties and rebels will
meet to prepare for peace talks.
This "preparatory meeting" is being held here in
Botswana, hosted by the United Nations and
Organization of African Unity which appointed
former Botswanan President Sir Ketumile Masire as
facilitator. President Sir Ketumile Masire as
facilitator.
Date posted:Aug 28, 2001
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A demonstration by children of the old city of
Hebron was cut short this morning at 10:45 when
Israeli soldiers confronted them as they
proceeded toward an open area in the souk. The
group of around 40 children under the age of 11,
accompanied by some of their parents, prepared to
break the curfew that has been imposed on them
for more than 183 days during the past 11 months
of the current intifada.
Date posted:Aug 28, 2001
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I was asked what had been going through my mind
when I was walking twenty screaming children
through the old city while it was under curfew.
What was going through my mind was that I would
have rather been facing a herd of charging bulls
on a Colombian mountainside.
Date posted:Aug 28, 2001
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The United Methodist Church has been carefully
monitoring the current dialogue and debate
regarding the Bush Administration's Faith-Based &
Community Initiative. Recently, three United
Methodist agencies, including the General Board
of Global Ministries (GBGM), released a
booklet, "Community-Based Ministries and
Government Funding: A Response to Questions
United Methodists Are Asking about Faith-based
Initiatives."
Date posted:Aug 28, 2001
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A new informational database will be launched on
the GBGM website on August 31, 2001. The aim of
this database is to provide contextual
information and analysis on the realities and
issues affecting communities of faith globally.
Date posted:Aug 28, 2001
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I continue to be amazed at the wealth of
opportunities for young people to be in mission
in the United Methodist Church," says Terrell
Starr, a 21-year old, Philander Smith College
student among the most recent class of Global
Justice Volunteers of the United Methodist Church.
Date posted:Aug 22, 2001
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Produced by the Evangelization and Church Growth
Mission Program Area of the General Board of
Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church,
the purpose of the Multi-ethnic Net Circular is
to share information, ideas and happenings to
leaders of churches engaged in ministry in a
multi-ethnic context.
Thanks for the responses to the Multi-ethnic Net!
Keep them coming!
Date posted:Aug 22, 2001
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Along with a selection of photos from an eight-
inch stack built up
over the last two years, Bill and Jimmye
Whitfield send this note of
rejoicing and jubilation:
We continue to give thanks each day for the
opportunity to represent your love and concern
for the beautiful people here in Tanzania.
Date posted:Aug 21, 2001
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When the Rev. Candace Lewis, 33, pastor of New
Life Community United Methodist Church in
Jacksonville, Fla., spoke at a recent School of
Congregational Development, both clergy and lay
members were encouraged by her success.
Date posted:Aug 20, 2001
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U.S. Needs to Commit to Combating Racism, says United Methodist Women's Division
August 20, 2001 -- The Women’s Division of the
United Methodist Church is asking if the United
States is really serious about combating racism.
Date posted:Aug 20, 2001
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An ecumenical group of missionaries who served in
Angola plan to renew ties with the country they
served until the 1960's.
Date posted:Aug 14, 2001
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In Wyoming, rock climbers scale Devils Tower,
intruding on Lakota rites. On Mt. Shasta,
California, a proposed $21 million ski resort
endangers a Wintu sacred spring. And coal and
pumice mining drain more springs in the
Southwest, preventing Hopi ceremonies.
Date posted:Aug 14, 2001
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While the US, Israel and the UN balk at the idea,
a multinational presence is an unmistakable, if
unofficial reality along the frontlines of the
Israeli-Palestinian crisis.
Date posted:Aug 13, 2001
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With testimony, tears and song, some 200 former
and current US-2 missionaries gathered here to
share stories of crossing boundaries, expanding
horizons, and confronting some of the "isms" that
afflict American society.
Date posted:Aug 08, 2001
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ISSUE: Israel's helicopter gunship attack on July
31 on a seven-story apartment building in Nablus
killed eight people. Among the dead were two
children. The State Department strongly condemned
Israeli tactics as it has repeatedly condemned
Israeli assassinations. The escalating violence
makes it imperative that an international
observer force be deployed between Palestinians
and Israelis.
Date posted:Aug 08, 2001
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A pastor of the Vieques Methodist Church, jailed
last Friday for protesting the resumption of US
naval bombing exercises on island, is expected
free on bail tomorrow morning.
Date posted:Aug 07, 2001
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The Rev. Lucy Rosario Medina, pastor of the
Vieques Methodist Church, and supporters were
arrested Friday afternoon for trespassing on U.S.
government property.
Date posted:Aug 02, 2001
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Hoisting banners, placards and a cross, an
estimated four to five hundred Sri Lankan
Christians joined in a religious procession in
the city of Colombo late last month.
"We do not have to live by the gun," a placard
read, emphasizing the war-weary marchers' desire
for peace.
Date posted:Aug 01, 2001
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The streets of Bethlehem, Beit Jala and Beit
Sahour are quiet this morning, as are most cities
and villages across the West Bank and Gaza. After
a day in which 12 Palestinians were killed, two
of them children under the age of 12, it is a day
of mourning and burial.
Date posted:Aug 01, 2001
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