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October
59 articles found for October, 2005.
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They're called "recreational vehicles," but
among some United Methodist pastors on the
Mississippi Gulf Coast, they're called "home."
More than 20 pastors whose homes were damaged by
Hurricane Katrina are living in trailers usually
used for weekend getaways and vacations. Those
living in them, however, are glad to have
somewhere to stay in their communities.
Date posted:Oct 31, 2005
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In addition to trying to meet spiritual needs,
pastors find themselves meeting physical needs
they never expected, for items such as housing,
food and clothing.
Date posted:Oct 31, 2005
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As we mission-minded Methodists approach the
488th anniversary of Luther's demonstration in
front of the Wittenberg Church, I suggest we
reflect on a few consequences of Reformation for
us.
Date posted:Oct 31, 2005
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Music and Theology will converge as the Grammy award-winner,
Emily Saliers of the Indigo Girls, joins her father Don E. Saliers of
Candler School of Theology, as Keynote Speakers at the United
Methodist Women's Assembly 2006 in Anaheim, Calif.
Date posted:Oct 31, 2005
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UMCOR Disaster Response Network Assists the Most Vulnerable Wilma Survivors
NEW YORK, Oct. 28, 2005—Hurricane Wilma is the
latest in a string of major hurricanes to strike
the US. Its strong winds tore a path across
South Florida, blowing off roofs, shattering
windows, and tearing down trees. In this active
storm season, responders feel weary and, in some
cases, have been slow to be on the scene
following this latest hurricane.
Date posted:Oct 28, 2005
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UMCOR Gets Government Nod to Coordinate Case Management
NEW YORK, Oct. 27, 2005— Eight weeks after one
of the worst hurricanes on record displaced more
than a million Gulf Coast residents over a
90,000 square mile area, United Methodist
Committee on Relief officials said the agency
will lead a consortium of providers in a two-
year case management grant worth $66 million.
UMCOR is the humanitarian relief and development
arm of the United Methodist Church and a unit of
the church’s global mission organization.
Date posted:Oct 27, 2005
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For more than 135 years United Methodist Women and our
predecessors have been organized for mission. Members have
united to pray and study together; to raise funds for mission and
to work to improve the lives of women, children and youth
around the world.
Date posted:Oct 27, 2005
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We are called as women, as Christians, as United Methodist
Women to enable others to have the same song in their hearts
as we do. But ladies we have gotten a “bit slack” in our
commitment to mission. In many arenas, it’s all “about me,
what I do, how I feel, and how I’m holier than thy!”
Date posted:Oct 26, 2005
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Rosa Parks, an African American seamstress, made
an enormous contribution to the struggle for
justice within human society by her courageous
act of refusing to surrender her seat to a white
man on a public bus in Montgomery, Alabama in
1955. She emerged from her arrest for that
defiance as a powerful symbol of the
determination of racial communities and women to
gain equal treatment under law, not only in the
United States, but in all places where freedom
and democracy are honored.
Date posted:Oct 25, 2005
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The UMCOR Hotline, October 25, 2005
In Today's Hotline:
US: Hurricane Wilma
Pakistan: Seeking Shelter
Central America: Hurricane Stan Response
Malawi: Food for the Hungry
UMCOR Sager Brown: School Kits Needed
Date posted:Oct 25, 2005
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The Women’s Division of The United Methodist
Church responds
to the needs and concerns of millions of women,
children, and
youth in the United States and around the globe.
As the Division
works to respond proactively to the gospel
mandate of Jesus
Christ, we are aware of the ongoing changes and
trends within
our denomination and society
Date posted:Oct 24, 2005
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As Hurricane Katrina and consequent hurricanes
devastated so
many parts of the Southern United States, United
Methodist
Women members feel called to respond to the
devastation in
their backyard.
Date posted:Oct 24, 2005
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Urgent action is needed to stop funding cuts to Medicaid.
Date posted:Oct 24, 2005
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New York, NY, October 24, 2005—Russian United
Methodists have sent $1,013.00 for hurricane
relief in the United States.
Date posted:Oct 24, 2005
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Almost two months after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast,
close to one million United Methodist Women members around the
country are being urged to study the issues of racism and poverty
intrinsic in the devastation, and then act with deep thought for
justice.
Date posted:Oct 21, 2005
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As a missionary attorney I provide legal advice
and representation to refugees and asylum-
seekers that have fled persecution in their
homelands, to families that are divided by
international borders, to women and children
that are victims of domestic violence, and to
other vulnerable immigrants from around the
world.
Date posted:Oct 21, 2005
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New York, NY, October 20, 2005—People of faith
can end world hunger if they combine their
efforts, according to a new book by a bipartisan
team of veteran politicians and a theologian.
Date posted:Oct 20, 2005
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On May 4, 1956, in Minneapolis, the General Conference of the
Methodist Church approved full clergy rights for women. Half a
century later, the fruits of that action are the nearly 12,000 United
Methodist clergywomen who serve the church at every level, from
bishops to local pastors.
Date posted:Oct 20, 2005
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On October 12-16, Theresa Navarro, director of the Women’s
Division, attended “The Leadership Institute for Women
Students in Higher Education in Latin America” in Porto Alegre,
Brazil. Education has been a crucial mission of United Methodist
Women. “To educate is a way to promote the full participation of
women not only in positions of leadership in the church and
society, but also as an opportunity to create academic
knowledge based on women’s experiences,” says the
preparatory document for the event.
Date posted:Oct 20, 2005
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Preparation and Information Meeting in Porto Alegre, Brazil, on
September 3-4, 2004
WOMEN’S EDUCATION AS MISSION
1. Background of the Women’s Division Initiative of the General
Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church...
Date posted:Oct 20, 2005
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“In my sleep, pain falls drop by drop upon my heart, until in my
agony, the grace of God is revealed.” Aeschylus
Hit by the most powerful earthquake in the South Asia region in
a century, Kashmir, long divided by an old rivalry between India
and Pakistan, lies united by a shared language of pain and
death, created by a natural calamity.
Date posted:Oct 20, 2005
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Bishop Tom Bickerton spent a lot of time on his
knees
recently - laying tile on the third floor of the
new Russia United
Methodist Seminary building.
Bickerton, who leads the United Methodist
Church's Pittsburgh Area,
organized the first Volunteers In Mission team
hosted by the seminary.
Date posted:Oct 20, 2005
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A caravan of United Methodist deacons,
searching for a site for an AIDS treatment
project, personally
confronted the needs of those suffering from the
disease.
Date posted:Oct 20, 2005
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White City is a place where a legacy of conflict
dating back to the 1930s still intrudes into
every day life.
This area of Oranienburg, a suburb of Berlin,
still has as many as 2,000 unexploded bombs -
dropped during World War II - buried beneath its
surface. Nicknamed "White City" because of its
sprawl of uniform white block apartment
buildings, the area was also home to Soviet
soldiers during the Cold War when Oranienburg
was part of what was then East Germany.
Date posted:Oct 19, 2005
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During World War II, 20,000 bombs were dropped
on the suburb of Oranienburg.
Six decades later, as many as 10 percent or
2,000 of those bombs still lie unexploded
beneath this community. No one knows where they
are. When one is discovered, everyone in the
area has to evacuate.
Date posted:Oct 19, 2005
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The UMCOR Hotline, October 18, 2005
In Today's Hotline:
Pakistan: Shelter for the Homeless
US: Cruise Ship Casework
Worldwide: International Disaster Response
Indonesia: New Report to Donors
Date posted:Oct 18, 2005
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Two General Agencies Work with Louisiana
Conference to Link Dispersed Congregations
Date posted:Oct 17, 2005
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UNICEF needs to work in partnership with United
Methodists and others to end the threats to
children in today's world.
That was the message delivered by Rima Salah,
UNICEF's deputy executive director, to directors
and staff of the United Methodist Board of
Global Ministries during a forum at the Church
Center for the United Nations.
Date posted:Oct 17, 2005
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Mission is the living, breathing confession by
witness and service—individually and through the
church--that Jesus Christ is Savior; that we
belong to God. Many of you know the computer
phrase, “save to…,” as in save to a disk or save
to the hard drive? To make a theological
adaptation, we are “saved to God in Christ.” We
belong to God, and in the mission vineyard, we
trust God to provide any reward God might want
us to have?IF any.
Date posted:Oct 14, 2005
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Like many of us having viewed the coverage of and
taken in the
reality of Katrina, followed shortly by Rita, I
was full of various
emotions and insights:
Awed by the power of nature; Devastated by the
loss of life;
Saddened by the loss of my own personal sacred
space, Gulfside
United Methodist Assembly in Waveland,
Mississippi;
Date posted:Oct 14, 2005
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The United Methodist Church commissioned 11 new
missionaries in the chapel of the Church Center
for the United Nations on the night of October
11. A cool rain fell outside but the chapel was
filled with the warmth and light of Christian
witness and service.
Date posted:Oct 14, 2005
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What a joy it is to be in church praying,
singing, and listening among our fellow
Christians! Indeed, it is comfortable and
comforting. In James 1:22, however, the people
of God are made less comfortable by these
words: "But be doers of the word and not merely
hearers who deceive themselves." (NRSV)
Date posted:Oct 13, 2005
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I greet you in the name of Christ and pray God’s
blessing on
each of you. Today, I completed my third week as
your
treasurer. Having the good fortune to attend
the ‘Envisioning
the Future’ event in August, I’ve had the
opportunity to
construct some tactical initiatives for the
Section on Finance as
we move forward.
Date posted:Oct 13, 2005
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When Judith Siaba, a vice president of the Women's Division of
the United Methodist Board of Global Ministries, went to
Montevideo, Uruguay, she saw a warehouse with a history.
Date posted:Oct 13, 2005
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United Methodist Women is calling on its
membership to
address issues of race and class raised by
Hurricane Katrina.
Date posted:Oct 12, 2005
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A long-term decline in funding, impacted by
inflation, will mean
a new approach to finances for the Women's
Division of the
United Methodist Board of Global Ministries.
Date posted:Oct 12, 2005
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I want to say again what a joy it is to see you
all in this room
together! As I have come to know members of the
Board of
Directors across the last 14 months, I have been
deeply grateful
for the gifts, talents and determination you
bring to your work.
At this meeting, however, I am particularly
excited to have so
many Conference Presidents who, with your
mission teams,
constitute part of the backbone of the whole
organization.
Date posted:Oct 12, 2005
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UMCOR Directs Tsunami Funds to Chennai, Andaman
NEW YORK, October 11, 2005—United Methodist
Committee on Relief (UMCOR) Directors agreed
yesterday to grant $505,893 to the Methodist
Church of India in Chennai and Andaman Island to
assist them in their community-wide tsunami
recovery efforts. They are among the hardest-hit
areas in India.
Date posted:Oct 12, 2005
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My dear sisters and brothers in Christ, so much
has taken place
since we last saw each other as a full division
in mid-August. A
week after we gathered for the Women’s Division
Symposium,
Hurricane Katrina, the worst natural disaster in
U.S. history hit
the Gulf coast, as most of us helplessly watched
on our TV
screens tens of thousands of our citizens lose
their homes,
families and lives.
Date posted:Oct 11, 2005
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The UMCOR Hotline, October 11, 2005
In Today's Hotline:
Pakistan: Providing Relief, Now and in the
Future
Central America: Digging Out after Hurricane
Stan
Hurricane Recovery: $5.4 Million Approved for
Hurricane Response
Sri Lanka: Helping Methodists in Sri Lanka
Respond to Disaster
UMCOR Calendar: Make 2006 a Year of Hope
Date posted:Oct 11, 2005
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UMCOR Responds to Hurricane Stan, Volcanic Eruption in Central America
Days of unrelenting rains spawned by Hurricane
Stan caused massive flooding and mudslides in
Guatemala, Mexico, and El Salvador. More than a
thousand are feared dead in Guatemala alone.
This devastating loss is in addition to
destroyed roads, homes, crops, and livestock.
The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR)
is currently assessing the situation to
determine the most effective long-term response
to this tragedy.
Date posted:Oct 11, 2005
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One of GBGM’s main partner organizations in the
People’s Republic of China is the Amity
Foundation, a Chinese social service
organization initiated by Christians there as a
way to live Christ’s gospel within Chinese
society. Amity has been involved with several
schools for the children of migrant workers over
the past five years and GBGM has assisted Amity
in this crucial work with one of China’s most
marginalized groups of people. Diane Allen
provides some background.
Date posted:Oct 11, 2005
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A few weeks ago, after Hurricane Katrina
devastated the lives and property of residents
around the Gulf Coast, I had the opportunity to
visit one of our National Mission Institutions
in Mobile, Alabama. Thankfully, Dumas Wesley
Community Center was spared serious damage, and
quickly moved into the role of caring for
others.
Date posted:Oct 10, 2005
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UMCOR Responds to South Asia Earthquake
October 10, 2005, NEW YORK— The United Methodist
Committee on Relief (UMCOR) is responding to the
most powerful earthquake to strike South Asia in
a century. At least 20,000 people are assumed
dead and twice as many are injured. Up to 4
million could be homeless in the mountainous
region of Pakistan, India, and Afghanistan, just
as the cold winter months approach.
Date posted:Oct 10, 2005
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Pakistan Earthquake in Remote Area Kills Over 20,000
A powerful earthquake, centered in northern
Pakistan, on Oct. 8 2005, sent tremors eastward
across India and as far west as Afghanistan. The
quake leveled whole cities in Kashmir and shook
and destroyed highrises, homes, and schools in
many parts of the region.
Date posted:Oct 09, 2005
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Central America Woes: Crumbling Mountains, Waterlogged Plains, and a Volcano Roaring to Life
Please give: UMCOR Advance #501300, Central
America Emergency. Rescuers are slogging
through dangerous territory in a five-country
region waterlogged by relentless rains spawned
by Hurricane Stan. Whole mountainsides are
crumbling, and the mudslides are killers--1,400
people in one village in Guatemala, according to
press reports. Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador,
and Mexico are also affected.
Date posted:Oct 09, 2005
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Louisiana native and United Methodist News
Service reporter Kathy Gilbert was on assignment
in Liberia when Hurricane Katrina struck the
Gulf Coast. Upon learning where she was from,
the children of Reeves Memorial United Methodist
Church in Monrovia presented Gilbert with a $20
donation "to help the children of Louisiana."
Date posted:Oct 07, 2005
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Doug Finnell used to lie in bed waiting to die.
He has been HIV-positive for 16 years, but two
years ago, he attended his first United
Methodist camp for HIV/AIDS patients. Spending
about a week at Suttle Lake Camp and Retreat
Center near Sisters, Ore., changed everything.
Date posted:Oct 07, 2005
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The General Board of Global Ministries joins the
Hispanic Heritage Month celebration, but turns
it into the Hispanic/Latino month. We do this to
follow suit with the 2004 General Conference
action that changed the National Plan on
Hispanic Ministry into the National Plan for
Hispanic/Latino Ministry.
Date posted:Oct 06, 2005
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“If young people are not in mission, then we are
afraid mission will not exist,” said Rev. John
Yambasu, a missionary of the General Board of
Global Ministries, who shared signs of hope with
the board staff in New York at an informal
dialogue last month.
Date posted:Oct 06, 2005
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The UMCOR Hotline, October 4, 2005
In Today's Hotline:
US: UMCOR Continues Gulf Coast Aid
Democratic Republic Of Congo: Samuteb Hospital
Repair
Africa: All Africa Famine Relief
Date posted:Oct 05, 2005
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The Global Justice Volunteer program, supported
by United Methodist Women's undesignated giving
and the Mission Volunteers Program Area, enabled
eight United Methodist young adults to devote
two months this summer, working in programs and
projects dealing with justice issues.
Date posted:Oct 05, 2005
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This October marks the 14th National Observance of Children’s
Sabbaths.® This program empowers congregations in action
and advocacy for and with children.
Date posted:Oct 05, 2005
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Some of pop music's best-known names helped a
United Methodist congregation raise nearly
$35,000 for the denomination's hurricane
response.
Date posted:Oct 05, 2005
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Black colleges have often been misunderstood as
recipients of mission, when in fact they provide
ministry and mission to The United Methodist
Church and to society, according to presidents
of some of the denomination's schools.
The presidents of the historically black United
Methodist colleges focused their Sept. 27
meeting on the lack of understanding across the
church regarding their schools.
Date posted:Oct 04, 2005
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When students in colleges along the Gulf Coast
fled Hurricane Katrina, the United Methodist
Church's historically black
schools were among the many institutions that
responded.
Date posted:Oct 04, 2005
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Early this fall, Nayadette Currington took on Capitol Hill on
behalf of premature babies, low-income families and specialty
pharmacies that provide hard-to-get drugs.
Date posted:Oct 03, 2005
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New York, NY, October 3, 2005-Cash
contributions to the United Methodist Committee
on Relief (UMCOR) for hurricane relief and
rehabilitation in the Gulf Coast region reached
$11 million on October 3, 2005.
Date posted:Oct 03, 2005
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The recent hurricanes that have struck the U.S.
Gulf Coast have changed how the Rev. Doug Ezell
views catastrophic storms.
Date posted:Oct 03, 2005
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