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October
44 articles found for October, 2008.
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For the last decade we have been blessed by
worship and music resources from the entire
globe. Out of these resources, a new way of
worship is emerging in the church, one that
brings the whole of God’s creation into the
experience of local churches.
Date posted:Oct 31, 2008
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East St. Louis, Illinois, Oct. 30, 2008--"100
Acts of Kindness, 100 Acts of Mercy" is the
theme of the 100th anniversary of a United
Methodist community center that is part of the
social and religious bedrock of East St. Louis
and surrounding St. Clair County.
Date posted:Oct 31, 2008
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The UMCOR Hotline for October 28, 2008
In Today's Hotline:
*US: Houston Church is “Overblessed”
*HAITI: Giving Hope
*US: Give Fair Trade Chocolate
*WORLDWIDE: UMCOR Gift Catalog is Here!
Date posted:Oct 30, 2008
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Flashlight? Check. Plates, cups, and
utensils? Check. A blanket to sit on? Check.
Toilet paper? Check. I was trying to remember
everything that I would need to take to church
for campaña (revival) one Friday night.
Date posted:Oct 30, 2008
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New York, NY, Oct. 28, 2008—Four top
executives of the United Methodist mission
agency have new responsibilities related to four
denominational program priorities.
Date posted:Oct 29, 2008
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The top court of The United Methodist Church has
ruled that the denomination's legislative body
would need to enact enabling legislation in 2012
to change the church's structure in the United
States.
The Judicial Council, in its first meeting since
the election of five new members last spring,
also remanded two cases on key issues—church
membership and same-gender marriages—back to
their respective conferences, citing an absence
of official documentation needed to decide the
cases.
Date posted:Oct 29, 2008
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Stories of hope and courage abound among the
congregations of the autonomous Methodist Church
of Indonesia, a mission partner of The United
Methodist Church. Here are some recent accounts
of the power of
grace and faith.
Date posted:Oct 28, 2008
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Strumica, Macedonia, Oct. 24, 2008--The
retiring superintendent of The United Methodist
Church in Macedonia has received the highest
award of the Balkan republic for his
humanitarian and religious work.
Date posted:Oct 27, 2008
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Stamford, CT, Oct. 16, 2008--At the start of
a new four-year cycle in the life of The United
Methodist Church, the denomination's new mission
executive led directors of his agency in three
reflective study sessions on the images and
challenges in a powerful chapter of II
Corinthians written by the Apostle Paul, the
first great Christian missionary.
Date posted:Oct 24, 2008
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New York, NY, October 24, 2008--Bible study
had a central role in the annual meeting of the
directors of the General Board of Global
Ministries October 13-17. It was the first
meeting of the new quadrennium, or four-year
cycle, in the life of The United Methodist
Church.
Date posted:Oct 24, 2008
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The question "Why did you shape me like
this?" is addressed to God, arising from
passages in the books of Jeremiah and Romans on
the master potter and the clay. Bishop Bruce
Ough of West Ohio led a Bible study on this
theme at the annual meeting of directors of the
United Methodist General Board of Global
Ministries on October 15 in Stamford,
Connecticut.
Date posted:Oct 22, 2008
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The UMCOR Hotline for October 21, 2008
In Today's Hotline:
US: Midwest Flood Recovery
SOUTH AFRICA: Rebuilding Lives
US: Buy Fair Trade Halloween Chocolate and Bags
LIBERIA: Farmers Go To School
WORLDWIDE: UMCOR Christmas Resources
Date posted:Oct 22, 2008
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The Rev. Edward Paup is convinced poverty can be
eliminated.
As the new top executive of the United Methodist
General Board of Global Ministries, he expects
the mission agency to provide denominational
leadership toward that goal through networking
with other organizations both inside and outside
the church.
Date posted:Oct 21, 2008
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Now online, this month's summary explores
Beijing Olympic culture:
* Paralympic Games increase visibility for
differently-abled in China
* Toxic milk scandal: 53,000 children affected
* Rebuilding Sichuan homes: Amity continues
earthquake work
* China acknolwedges collapsed schools a result
of substandard work
* White paper on the protection of Tibetan
culture .... and more!
Date posted:Oct 21, 2008
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The teachers were excited! And I could see
that there is a bright future for Mongolia!
On one clear Saturday, nearly 100 teachers
and prospective teachers from the three United
Methodist congregations in Ulaanbaatar (Gerelt,
Chingeltei, and Damba) gathered for a Sunday
school teachers' seminar led by Jodi Cataldo, a
Global Ministries staff member.
Date posted:Oct 17, 2008
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The mission agency of The United Methodist
Church is assisting the Methodist Church of Peru
to establish a new theological seminary to
serve the Andean area of South America.
Date posted:Oct 17, 2008
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The UMCOR Hotline for October 14, 2008
HAITI: Water Development; US: Helping Iowa
Rebuild; DRC: Providing Educational Opportunities;
US: Cycling for UMCOR; RESOURCES: Buy Fair Trade
Halloween Chocolate—New Church Bulletin; EVENT:
World Food Day USA Teleconference
Date posted:Oct 16, 2008
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Stanford, CT, Oct. 16, 2008—Four new United
Methodist areas of program focus were in the
spotlight throughout the annual meeting of the
directors of the General Board of Global
Ministries.
Date posted:Oct 16, 2008
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The United Methodist Committee on Relief has
made some progress toward obtaining the U.S.
Treasury Department licenses required to allow
the
denomination to assist hurricane survivors in
Cuba.
Date posted:Oct 16, 2008
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The United Methodist Church is now officially
registered in the Central Asian Republic of
Kyrgyzstan. Registration with the government is
required in that country, as in many others,
before a religious group can actively operate.
Date posted:Oct 15, 2008
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Mary Watson is a United Methodist pastor’s wife,
a mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and
businesswoman whose life and witness embodies
the
Great Commission. To make disciples of Jesus
Christ is her joy; may I say, her passion. She
and her husband, the Rev. Ralph Watson, have
assisted financially and as volunteers to our
Mission Initiatives in Russia and the Baltic
States. Mary sponsored the first United
Methodist
Church built in modern times in Russia, in the
village of Otradna.
Date posted:Oct 14, 2008
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Stamford, CT, Oct. 13, 2008--United Methodists
can become evangelists and new church planters
around the world through a fund launched with an
initial gift from a businesswoman in Atlanta,
Georgia.
Date posted:Oct 14, 2008
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Stamford, CT, October 13, 2008--Bishop Bruce R.
Ough of West Ohio is the new president of the
General Board of Global Ministries, the
international mission agency of The United
Methodist Church.
Date posted:Oct 14, 2008
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The Advance--has a new monthly electronic and
online newsletter to encourage United Methodist
designated mission giving and to report to
church members on projects they may already be
supporting.
Date posted:Oct 14, 2008
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Bishop Felton E. May was warmly thanked by the
United Methodist General Board of Global
Ministries for his service for most of a year as
interim general secretary of the mission
organization. Directors of the agency applauded
the retired bishop and his wife, Phyllis, on two
occasions during the opening day (October 13) of
their annual meeting in Stamford, CT.
Date posted:Oct 14, 2008
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New York, NY, Oct. 10, 2008--Mushrooms for
the consumer market are providing an economic
base for some of the expanding numbers of United
Methodist congregations in Laos.
Date posted:Oct 10, 2008
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Powder Springs, Georgia, Oct. 10, 2008--
"Awesome" was the word Nancy Crissman of
Crossroads United Methodist Church, Conyers,
Georgia, used to describe an early October
conference that pointed Christians toward
mission "Beyond the Walls"--meaning beyond
church walls.
Date posted:Oct 10, 2008
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New York, UMNS, Oct. 10, 2008--Thirty-four
years after being tortured by the military
dictatorship in Brazil, a retired United
Methodist pastor is receiving both monetary
compensation and a formal request for
forgiveness.
Date posted:Oct 10, 2008
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New York, NY, October 10, 2008--As global
financial markets ebb and flow, one thing
remains constant--the need to care for children.
In light of the current fiscal crisis, United
Methodists have an opportunity to affirm their
commitment to what really matters. And it's not
the state of one's stock portfolio; what matters
is the state of the world's children.
Date posted:Oct 09, 2008
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New York, NY, October 10, 2008--Holidays
offer a fun way to show kids what grown-ups
value. Halloween is such an opportunity to learn
about the world and to start new family
traditions.
Date posted:Oct 09, 2008
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New York, NY, October 7, 2008--"The
experience has been amazing." Anthony Cruz, 25,
a youth director from Las Vegas, Nevada, emailed
these words home from Accra, Ghana, as a Global
Justice Volunteer (GJV) at the West Africa AIDS
Foundation this summer.
Date posted:Oct 07, 2008
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New York, NY, October 7, 2008--"The most
important and challenging part of the program is
the cross-cultural experience," said Beth
Buchanan, Program Coordinator for Mission
Volunteers, Global Ministries. "It is the
building of these relationships that develop you
as leaders and help you decide what you believe.
That's what we're about. Challenge and be
challenged. Change and be changed."
Date posted:Oct 07, 2008
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New York, NY, Oct. 7, 2008--The United
Methodist Church in Angola played an active role
in promoting citizen participation in the early
September parliamentary election, the first
since 1992 in the long-conflicted former
Portuguese colony.
Date posted:Oct 07, 2008
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In a few days, The Advance is launching a free
monthly email newsletter. Advancing Hope will
give you the updates on United Methodist
missionaries and projects that can be supported
through The Advance.
Date posted:Oct 07, 2008
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The UMCOR Hotline for October 7, 2008
In Today's Hotline:
HAITI: Food and Toys for Orphans
MIDDLE EAST: Helping Iraqi Refugees
SUDAN: Providing Classrooms
LIBERIA: Bees Help Farmers
Date posted:Oct 07, 2008
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NEW YORK (UMNS), Oct. 3, 2008--When Rani Hong
was 7 years old, she was sold to a child broker
in India, subjected to beatings and starvation,
and eventually sold again to an illegal
international adoption network.
Date posted:Oct 06, 2008
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NEW YORK (UMNS), Oct. 3, 2008--Mary Streufert
has a blunt assessment of human trafficking. She
calls it "a form of human retail."
Date posted:Oct 06, 2008
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Hurricane Ike's arrival was bad timing.
Even though the Sept. 13 storm left behind
miles of demolished homes, businesses and
churches along the Texas Gulf Coast, the Wall
Street debacle and presidential debates stole
its thunder in the national spotlight.
Date posted:Oct 03, 2008
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New York, NY, Oct. 2, 2008--The Methodist
Church in India has called upon the president of
the country to take "serious steps" to end
violence against Christian minorities in several
areas of India.
Date posted:Oct 03, 2008
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Families and friends who love someone addicted
to alcohol or other drugs have experienced
emotional pain that only another who has been in
the same place can understand. One who has never
experienced loving and being loved by an addict
might say, "Why don't you just leave them?" But
would this be a valid solution if the afflicted
person had cancer or diabetes? No, of course
not.
Date posted:Oct 03, 2008
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My name is Carolyn, and I am an alcoholic. My
sobriety date is March 28, 1985. I am 64 years
old and I am still quite active in Alcoholics
Anonymous as well as Al-Anon.* In fact, my Al-
Anon anniversary is April 1, 1986. It is my firm
belief that if it were not for Al-Anon, I would
not have been able to stay sober. My membership
in Al-Anon has been that crucial in my recovery.
Let me tell you briefly why this is so.
Date posted:Oct 03, 2008
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Established in September 2008, the Hope,
Healing, and Health Reading Circle is an online
resource that provides United Methodists and
partners with an opportunity for ongoing
education, reflection, and online dialogue
Date posted:Oct 03, 2008
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Friends came from all over the world.
Employees sang tirelessly as they escorted
government dignitaries to the hospital. It was a
time of joy. Chicuque Rural Hospital was
celebrating 95 years of faithful service to God
and to its community with a vision of hope for
the future.
Date posted:Oct 03, 2008
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A discernment event sponsored by two general
agencies in January offers United Methodists a
chance to explore lay and clergy Christian
vocations.
Date posted:Oct 01, 2008
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