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August
42 articles found for August, 2006.
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When we started working here more than 25 years
ago,
nutrition was fairly stable. It’s a wonderful
area
for growing
crops.
Date posted:Aug 31, 2006
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The UMCOR Hotline, August 29, 2006
IN THIS HOTLINE:
--Katrina Recovery: Step By Step
--Hurricane Recovery: How You Can Help
--Relief Supplies: A Mission for Everyone
Date posted:Aug 29, 2006
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Generous responses by United Methodists to
Hurricane
Katrina enabled the United Methodist Committee
on Relief to assume its
largest role ever in a domestic disaster.
Date posted:Aug 29, 2006
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Three signs greet visitors to Gulfside Assembly
on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico. The
original, now storm-damaged welcome sign is
accompanied by two others that announce the
presence of the Mississippi United Methodist
Disaster Response and C.A.R.E. (Community Aid
Relief Effort.) These are signs of mission and
hope as residents of the Gulf Coast continue to
rebuild.
Date posted:Aug 25, 2006
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A cardboard cut-out ark stands at the front of
the sanctuary of Mt. Zion United Methodist
Church
in Pass Christian, Mississippi. The ark, a prop
for Camp Noah, is a symbol of God’s promise to
always be present. This promise is especially
important for children who have survived natural
disasters like Hurricane Katrina.
Date posted:Aug 25, 2006
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A year ago Hurricane Katrina and other mighty
storms swept across the Gulf Coast region doing
unprecedented damage to families, communities,
and congregations in five states and Central
America. Massive recovery efforts continue and
will do so for many years. This work involves
government, business, civic and community
groups,
and churches and other religious institutions.
Date posted:Aug 25, 2006
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A decade ago, Hutu extremists killed 800,000
Tutsis, and hundreds of thousands of Tutsis fled
Rwanda for neighboring Zaire and Tanzania.
Today, Tutsis and Hutus worship together in United
Methodist churches in Rwanda.
"It's the power of Jesus Christ," explained Bishop
Daniel Wandabula, who leads the denomination's
East Africa Area.
Date posted:Aug 23, 2006
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The UMCOR Hotline, August 22, 2006
In Today's Hotline:
Sri Lanka: Notes from the Field
US: Young Humanitarians
Niger: Food Security
Resources: Bright Spots
Date posted:Aug 22, 2006
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The experience of the United Methodist Church's
international consultation for clergywomen will be
transferred to Europe Feb. 25-28 to bring women
pastors on that continent together for worship,
support and affirmation.
Date posted:Aug 22, 2006
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The United Methodist Church must do more than pay
lip service to the disciplinary requirements of
spiritual formation, said a United Methodist
seminary professor.
The Rev. Gennifer Brooks, assistant professor of
homiletics at Garrett-Evangelical Theological
Seminary in Evanston, Ill., told United Methodist
clergywomen that the church must be partners with
the academy in developing Christian leaders.
Date posted:Aug 22, 2006
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The president of the United Methodist Council of
Bishops has urged U.S. President George W. Bush to
press Philippines President Gloria
Macapagal-Arroyo to take steps to reduce violence
throughout the Southeast Asian country.
In a letter to Bush on behalf of the council,
bishops' President Janice Riggle Huie of Houston
cited the Aug. 3 murder of Isaias Santa Rosa, a
United Methodist local pastor. He was the 21st
church worker killed in the Philippines since 2001.
Date posted:Aug 22, 2006
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United Methodist clergywomen attending an
international
consultation were challenged to be like the
persistent, sassy, forever
present, importunate widow in the Bible who kept
knocking on the door of the
unjust judge.
Date posted:Aug 21, 2006
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Car, planes and trains brought 1,500 United
Methodist clergywomen together to celebrate their
past and proclaim their future.
Participants from around the globe came here Aug.
13-17 to hear sermons from bishops, participate in
a banquet celebrating the 50th anniversary of full
clergy rights for women, and purchase books by
women who've written about women in ministry.
Date posted:Aug 21, 2006
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Elvira Arellano, a lay leader in Adalberto United
Methodist Church, has taken refuge in the church
that has stood by her in her battle to remain in
the United States and to raise her son - who is a
U.S. citizen - here.
"Here is an opportunity for a country that says
they care about children to care for a child,"
said United Methodist Bishop Minerva Carcaño, on
CNN's "Lou Dobbs Tonight" show Aug. 16.
Date posted:Aug 17, 2006
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U.S. policies in the Middle East would change if
the Christian church, a "sleeping giant," would
speak out in a loud voice against injustice and
violence.
That opinion was expressed with strong emotion
Aug. 16 by the Rev. Albert Isteero, a longtime
Christian leader from the Middle East, who spoke
at the weekly worship service at the Upper Room
Chapel. He also described the challenges that
Christians face in Muslim countries.
Date posted:Aug 17, 2006
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United Methodist clergywomen have signed on to a
declaration of peace that encourages the United
States to bring its troops home from Iraq by
Sept. 21.
The Declaration of Peace - endorsed by numerous
civic, nonviolent, faith and interfaith peace
groups, including Methodist Federation for Social
Action - is a call for nonviolent action to end
the U.S. war in Iraq.
Date posted:Aug 17, 2006
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Three clergywomen pioneers told more than 1,500
women pastors that they were just following God's
call when they became part of the first group of
Methodist women to receive full clergy rights.
Marion Kline, Grace Huck and Jane Ann Stoneburner
Moore are the only surviving women of those first
27 who received full clergy rights in 1956.
Another member of the group, the Rev. Grace
Weaver, died July 18.
Date posted:Aug 17, 2006
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It began with the story of the stoles.
The Aug. 16 worship service at the 2006
International United Methodist Clergywomen's
Consultation was one of unnamed women bringing
forth stories told with stoles to the stage.
Date posted:Aug 17, 2006
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The president of the United Methodist Council of
Bishops has written a letter to U.S. President
George W. Bush, praising him for his leadership
in bringing about a cease-fire between Israel and
the Hezbollah militant group.
"Thank you for your leadership in the United
Nations adopting the resolution which has served
as the basis for the cease fire in Lebanon and
Israel," wrote Bishop Janice Riggle Huie. "We are
grateful that you have worked to lay the
foundation for further negotiations to bring long-
term stability to the region."
Date posted:Aug 16, 2006
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New York, NY, August 16, 2006—The head of The
United Methodist Church’s mission agency has
thanked God and praised the diplomats who
brokered the ceasefire between Israel and
Hezbollah forces in southern Lebanon.
Date posted:Aug 16, 2006
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The UMCOR Hotline, August 15, 2006
Sri Lanka: UMCOR Provides Aid in Recent Conflict
US: El Paso Floods
Lebanon: Relief in Crisis
Georgia: US Embassy Recognizes UMCOR's
Contributions
Date posted:Aug 15, 2006
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The Rev. Namsoon Kang has a different take on the
popular phrase, "Think globally, act locally."
The local cannot be separated from the global
anymore, she said in a panel discussion at the
Aug. 11-13 Women of Color Consultation. What one
does at home affects what happens elsewhere, she
said. "What you do here cannot be separated from
what they do out there. Everything is so
connected."
Date posted:Aug 15, 2006
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A drum introit by Korean clergywomen and a
rhythmic crescendo of "marching in the light of
God" called the 2006 International Clergywomen's
Consultation to order.
Date posted:Aug 15, 2006
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One works with gourds, another likes to sail, and
others enjoy knitting and gardening.
The women bishops of the United Methodist Church
have a wide variety of interests and techniques
for relaxing and recharging during their free
time.
Date posted:Aug 15, 2006
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When people let God into their lives and into
their relationships with each other,
transformation begins.
Two years ago, I witnessed a little girl’s death
from malnutrition. And although that was very
sad, I also saw how God intervened and saved the
girl’s sister from the same fate. She is alive
and well today. That’s transformation!
Date posted:Aug 14, 2006
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New York, New York, August 14, 2006--“I come with
a lot of humbleness and challenges,” said Bishop
Daniel Wandabula, the newest and youngest
episcopal leader of The United Methodist Church,
who was elected to head the vast East Africa
Annual Conference last May.
Date posted:Aug 14, 2006
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As church calendars fill up, remember to schedule
the Children’s Sabbath service sometime in
October 2006. Tens of thousands of people in
churches, mosques, and synagogues will join
together across the United States to celebrate
Children’s Sabbaths from October 20-22, 2006.
This 15th annual national observance of
Children’s Sabbaths is sponsored by the
Children’s Defense Fund.
Date posted:Aug 11, 2006
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Seafarers—250 strong—from a local shipping firm
came to us, asking for a place to sleep. They had
just been released from being detained at the
harbor in Tondo, Manila. A few were able to stay
with relatives, but most came from distant parts
of the Philippines.
Date posted:Aug 09, 2006
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The wish list for United Methodist churches
damaged by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita is a long
one.
"If you have it in your church, we will need it
in our churches to be vital," the Rev. Martha
Orphe told a group of the denomination's African-
American staff. The needs cover everything from
Bibles and hymnals and computers and printers to
refrigerators, furniture, silverware and drywall.
Date posted:Aug 09, 2006
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Aug. 29 might be the first anniversary of the
worst hurricane to hit this city and the Gulf
Coast, but it is also D-Day for owners of flood-
damaged homes to stop the city from possibly
declaring eminent domain on their damaged
property.
By that date, owners of those homes must clean,
gut and board up their buildings under a
controversial measure called the "Good Neighbor
Plan." The city has said the ordinance is aimed
at defining what constitutes a public nuisance
and educating property owners about their options
and assistance available to them.
Date posted:Aug 09, 2006
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NEW ORLEANS (UMNS) - Nearly three dozen African-
American United Methodist staff members journeyed
throughout the city to offer healing, hope and
wholeness to residents and damaged churches.
Their July 23-25 work trip was a response to an
appeal for a ministry of presence and assistance
made by the Rev. Connie Thomas, the volunteer
coordinator for storm recovery for the Louisiana
Annual (regional) Conference, to Black Methodists
for Church Renewal and the National Black Staff
Forum last March.
Date posted:Aug 09, 2006
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The UMCOR Hotline, August 08, 2006
In Today's Hotline
Lebanon: Helping Displaced Families
Palestine: Life in Gaza Remains Difficult
Sri Lanka: Emergency Relief
China: Flood Relief
Date posted:Aug 08, 2006
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A United Methodist in the Philippines who had
served as a local pastor was shot dead by gunmen
outside his home.
According to a story in the Aug. 6 edition of the
Philippine Daily Inquirer, Isaias Sta.
Rosa was found dead in Malabago, Daraga, Albay,
on Aug. 3. He was near a creek, alongside another
dead man with gunshot wounds who was identified
as an army corporal, according to the newspaper.
Date posted:Aug 08, 2006
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The possibilities for faith growth and church
expansion within ethnic minority communities in
the United States were prominent themes at the
2006 United Methodist School of Congregational
Development.
Date posted:Aug 07, 2006
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More than 90 children from the Vacation Bible
School of John Wesley United Methodist Church
stood before the congregation and sang with gusto
as a group of visiting church development
specialists looked on in pleased amazement.
Date posted:Aug 07, 2006
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The 2006 United Methodist School of
Congregational Development got underway on August
3 with worship, sermons, and addresses focused on
the spiritual leadership required for effective
Christian ministry in the contemporary world.
Some 630clergy and laity gathered for six days of
intensive prayer and study around new church
development, the revitalization of existing
congregations, and community-based ministries.
Date posted:Aug 03, 2006
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It's been called the problem that's hard to name
and the sin that pastors don't like to discuss.
But clergy sexual misconduct does happen, as does
inappropriate sexual behavior by staff and lay
persons within the church, its agencies and
seminaries.
Date posted:Aug 03, 2006
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Nikola is a village boy whom our church is
sponsoring for high school. Most of the villages
in Macedonia have primary schools, but to go to
high school, young people must travel into the
city every day. They come by vans at a cost of
about a dollar a day.
Date posted:Aug 02, 2006
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When The United Methodist Church’s new African
Task Force on Substance Abuse and Related
Violence (ATF) met here recently, its members
demonstrated a spirit of international
collaboration and a determination to halt the
onslaught of alcohol and drug addiction
devastating their continent.
Date posted:Aug 02, 2006
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“Dear God, thank you for Spofford; it is the
best
children’s helper.” With these words ten-year
old
Diamond, a resident, opened the 90th anniversary
celebration of the United Methodist-related
Spofford Home on July 29.
Date posted:Aug 02, 2006
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Human rights abuses remain a concern for faith
leaders in the Philippines, according to a United
Methodist church executive.
Date posted:Aug 02, 2006
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The UMCOR Hotline, August 01, 2006
Lebanon: Providing Relief
DRC: The Promise of Girls' Education
Colombia: Women Working Together
Sudan: Education and Skills for Girls
Date posted:Aug 01, 2006
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