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February
24 articles found for February, 2007.
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For the 34th time in as many years, The Rev.
Charles Keller led a group from Central
Pennsylvania Annual Conference to 475 Riverside
Drive, New York City. Rev. Keller estimated that
he had introduced 1,857 people to the mission
agency offices of The United Methodist Church
through this annual three-day immersion
experience.
Date posted:Feb 28, 2007
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The General Board of Global Ministries of The
United Methodist Church joins with church leaders
in the Philippines in the hope that the
government of the Republic of the Philippines
will take seriously a report indicating that
military personnel are responsible for a wave of
political murders in recent years.
Date posted:Feb 28, 2007
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A group of United Methodists from Guinea has
reached home safely after being temporarily
stranded in Liberia when the borders of Guinea
were closed following the imposition of martial
law in mid-February.
Date posted:Feb 28, 2007
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The first week of January is notorious for
football games and championships. During the 2007
mission team orientation, I thought I had
prepared my team to understand our mission was to
rebuild homes destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in
Biloxi, Mississippi. I was leading a team of 30
volunteers. In the past, I had led small mission
groups of 10 to 12 members.
Date posted:Feb 27, 2007
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The UMCOR Hotline for February 27, 2007
In Today's Hotline:
Haiti: Freres Equips People For Jobs
India: Aids Education Takes To The Highway
UMCOR Sager Brown: Help Send Kits
Mozambique: Floods Displace Thousands
Special Offering: One Great Hour Of Sharing Litany
Date posted:Feb 27, 2007
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In keeping with the intent of Black History
Month, Global Ministries encourages you to
consider some books for reading, review, study
and sharing.
Date posted:Feb 23, 2007
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I miss being a kid, when I was being fed and
clothed by my parents and older siblings and life
seemed to be so satisfying. On the other hand, I
am happy to be a grown-up. Our world needs grown-
ups who can make a difference in other people’s
lives.
Date posted:Feb 23, 2007
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The First United Methodist Church of Peoria,
Illinois, is holding a Global Impact Celebration,
focused on mission outreach, from February 28
though Sunday morning worship on March 4. The
theme is "Hear the promise, receive the power,
live the purpose." Missionaries from around the
world will
take part.
Date posted:Feb 23, 2007
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In October 2006, the children's resource design
team of the Methodist Mission in Cambodia
introduced the first book of the newly revised
Sunday School Curriculum to 150 local
congregations, Bible College students, and
district superintendents. In addition, basic
teaching supplies, like pencils, notebooks, and
scissors, were also distributed. This curriculum
was translated, contextualized, and printed in
Cambodia. Sunday School teachers trained in ways
that were appropriate for the culture.
Date posted:Feb 21, 2007
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My grandmother died in Franklin, North Carolina,
on Ash Wednesday 1979. Each year, as Lent
approaches, I remember her life, her death, and
the disposition of her ashes.
Date posted:Feb 20, 2007
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The state of emergency (martial law) declared in
Guinea on February 14 left a delegation of 45
United Methodists from that West African country
stranded in neighboring Liberia.
Date posted:Feb 20, 2007
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As we enter into a time of reflecting on Black
History, it has become more apparent to me how
important it is to remember the reasons for this
month. Some, including myself, have argued, “Why
only one month?” If you enumerate the activities
of any race of people, certainly you couldn’t do
it in one month. But as I have participated in
the ministry of the General Board of Global
Ministries, I have been exposed to the numerous
ministries around the world, and have come to see
the need for a connection with human history,
even if it is for this one month.
Date posted:Feb 16, 2007
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The United Methodist mission agency needs an
immigration lawyer to provide legal counsel at up
to three congregation-based immigration clinics
in New York City.
The clinics are part of Justice for our
Neighbors (JFON), a national network that
expresses the church’s concern for “sojourners in
our midst.” There are currently 21 JFON clinics
across the United States.
Date posted:Feb 16, 2007
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“I’m here to make a joyful noise to the Lord,”
said Ms. Willa Grant from Whitney United
Methodist Church in Boise, Idaho.
“It’s the thrill of a lifetime,” Ms. Linda
Redman, also from Whitney Church, said.
Thirty-four choir members from Whitney Church
have joined the 275-member choir from across the
United States to sing on Sunday, February 18,
2007 in Avery Fisher Hall in Lincoln Center, New
York City.
Date posted:Feb 16, 2007
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The United Methodist Church’s chief mission
executive is hopeful that a new six-party
agreement will not only lead to a phase out of
North Korea’s nuclear weapons program but also
open the door to talks on a permanent peace for
the Korean peninsula.
Date posted:Feb 16, 2007
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The United Methodist Church is now legally
registered in Serbia, meaning that it is entitled
to full religious freedom and broad ministry
opportunities.
Date posted:Feb 15, 2007
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When I entered Twelve Step recovery in 1981 to
deal with my personal addiction, I was relieved
to learn that I could develop a relationship
with
a forgiving God without a requirement to be
involved in church. My spiritual journey
eventually did lead me to church, and there my
growing conviction that Christianity and
recovery
complement each other led me to write two books
of encouragement, More God: From the Twelve
Steps
Into Deeper Faith, and From the Crucible: When
Recovery and Religion Merge.
Date posted:Feb 13, 2007
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The UMCOR Hotline for February 13, 2007
In Today's Hotline:
Southern Africa: Giving Relief through SHADE
Indonesia: Recovering from Jakarta's Floods
Cameroon: Breaking Malaria's Grip
India and Sri Lanka: Tsunami Recovery Continues
Date posted:Feb 13, 2007
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United Methodists in Illinois are among those
helping Liberia's Ganta Hospital recover from
massive looting and destruction in 2003 that
temporarily shut down mission work there.
"We're committed to seeing the (new) hospital
built," said the Rev. Timothy Bias, pastor of
First United Methodist Church in Peoria, Ill.
Date posted:Feb 13, 2007
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It is custom and tradition to remember the
ancestors and elders who have prepared our
way. So it is with this in mind that I recall:
Fannie Lou Hammer, Kwame Toure, Mary Mcleod
Bethune, Sojurner Truth, Marcus Garvey, Muhammad
Ali, Bell Hooks, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Billy
Holiday, Ossie Davis, Assata Shakur, KRS One,
Audre Lord, James Brown, Angela Davis, Martin &
Malcolm, our mother and grandmothers, our
fathers
and grandfathers...
Date posted:Feb 09, 2007
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“How are we going to teach children, who live
amidst so much affluence, about their
responsibility for their fellow human
beings?” ... Families can participate in local
United Methodist Volunteers In Mission (UMVIM)
experiences in ways and places close to home.
... United Methodist Volunteer In Mission
(UMVIM) Coordinators have been getting phone
calls from folks who want to take their families
for a meaningful vacation, instead of Disneyland
or a cruise.
Date posted:Feb 06, 2007
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The UMCOR Hotline for February 06, 2007
Florida: Tornado Recovery
Liberia: Building Homes for the Homeless
Mexico: Flood Relief
Cote d'Ivoire: Fighting Hunger
Date posted:Feb 06, 2007
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Black History Month grew from a need for America
to know and embrace the contributions that
African Americans made to the formation and
development of the country. Growing up and
attending public schools in Alabama, I can not
recall reading anything positive about African
Americans in a history book. We were blessed
with
visionary teachers who went beyond the textbook
and exposed us to information about black
Americans who were making history.
Date posted:Feb 01, 2007
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The Rev. Paul Dirdak is leaving the staff of the
General Board of Global Ministries, where he has
been the deputy general secretary in charge of
the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR)
and the Office of Mission Volunteers.
Date posted:Feb 01, 2007
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