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December
26 articles found for December, 2008.
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The UMCOR Hotline for December 30, 2008
In Today's Hotline:
ZIMBABWE: A Compassionate and Comprehensive Response
CÔTE d'IVOIRE: UMCOR Trains Hundreds in the Fight
against Malaria
CUBA: UMCOR Provides Hurricane Relief
US:United Methodists Pull Together for
Record-Breaking Flood Bucket Distribution
GEORGIA: UMCOR Provides Relief to Conflict Survivors
US: Justice for Our Neighbors Expands to 26 Clinics
WORLDWIDE: Shining a Light on HIV/AIDS
DRC: Free Medicine for the Democratic Republic of
Congo
Date posted:Dec 30, 2008
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Hope linked with peace was a prominent theme in
the 2008 Christmas celebration at the General
Board of Global Ministries. Hope linked with
peace continues in our mission vision for 2009.
Date posted:Dec 29, 2008
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Emma's Place believes in second chances, for
which the families who live there are
exceedingly
grateful.
Date posted:Dec 26, 2008
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Graduations of any kind are big events, but
people who are privileged enough to complete
college in Liberia usually have done so with the
help of extended family members.
Date posted:Dec 23, 2008
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The UMCOR Hotline for December 23, 2008
In Today's Hotline:
*US: Helping Immigrants in Iowa
*KENYA: Promoting Peace
*COLOMBIA: Helping Refugee Families
*RESOURCES: Zimbabwe New Church Bulletin and Power
Point Slide
*UMCOR: A Gift of Hope
Date posted:Dec 23, 2008
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MONROVIA, Liberia (UMNS), December 22, 2008--
The Rev. John K. Yambasu, 52, has been elected
bishop of The United Methodist Church in Sierra
Leone by delegates of the denomination's West
Africa Central Conference.
Date posted:Dec 22, 2008
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Christmas and Family: Good News for Everyone
"Christmas is a time to share with family." Our
ears, thoughts, and hearts are so full of such
words that we believe that without family there
can be no Christmas. For those who can't
physically be with our families, Christmas can
be a time of sorrow instead of rejoicing.
Date posted:Dec 19, 2008
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I grew up in the US speaking English. At 56, I’ve
now also been speaking Spanish for the past 20
years. I still find it magical. It isn’t that I
believe what my Spanish teacher said about
Spanish being God’s language. Nor does it feel
magical because I learned to speak it as if by
magic. I did not.
Date posted:Dec 18, 2008
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A man sat on a log at the edge of the washed-out
hillside.
A few hours earlier, heavy rains on the
deforested hilltop had become a tidal wave of
mud
washing everything in its path into the river
below. Hundreds of houses were lost. No one knew
how many people had escaped and how many were
buried in the mud.
Date posted:Dec 17, 2008
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Strumica, Macedonia--The tiny United Methodist
community in Strumica, Macedonia, feeds some of
the city's poorest of the poor on a regular
basis, and a society that is predominantly
Eastern Orthodox and Muslim has taken notice.
Date posted:Dec 16, 2008
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The UMCOR Hotline for December 16, 2008
In Today's Hotline:
*ZIMBABWE: Relief on the Way
*ARMENIA: Anti-Trafficking Grant
*DRC: Bringing Relief to DRC
*US: Giving Fair Trade for the Holidays
*UMCOR: Give Through the UMCOR Gift Catalog
Date posted:Dec 16, 2008
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New York, NY, December 12, 2008--Recent
grants from the General Board of Global
Ministries underscore the United Methodist
commitment to peace and justice in the Holy Land.
Date posted:Dec 16, 2008
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Upon making new acquaintances, Adriana
quickly invites them to her house for tea. She
proudly gives a tour of the entire home,
assuring the guests that “here they take good
care of us” and introducing them to all of
her “brothers and sisters.”
Date posted:Dec 12, 2008
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Hope for peace--the projection and
possibility of peace--is integral to the
Christmas celebration, and to the Christian life
and mission.
Date posted:Dec 11, 2008
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December 11, 2008--In recent weeks, news media
have focused almost exclusively on the United
States' financial crisis. Anxious taxpayers and
investors awaited passage of federal legislation
that would provide relief for failing banks and
restore stability to financial markets. The
Treasury Department has announced that our
nation is officially in an economic recession.
Date posted:Dec 10, 2008
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Twenty-three young people from five countries
gathered during European EXPLORATION to consider
God's call in their lives, while adults who work
with young people used the event to connect with
each other and share ideas.
Date posted:Dec 10, 2008
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Many of us have never experienced or even
imagined anything like the economic downturn
headlining the news. The term "recession" has
finally been deemed appropriate to describe the
current state of the US economy. For many, these
are tough times.
Date posted:Dec 09, 2008
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The China News Summary is compiled monthly
by the United Methodist China Program, Room
1335, General Board of Global Ministries, The
United Methodist Church, 475 Riverside Drive,
New York, NY 10115
Date posted:Dec 09, 2008
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The UMCOR Hotline for December 9, 2008
In Today's Hotline:
*ZIMBABWE: Supplies of Hope
*KENYA: Event Brings AIDS Awareness
*US: 100-Ton Challenge Update
*CENTRAL AMERICA: Preparing for the Storm
*UMCOR: Receive an UMCOR News Feed
Date posted:Dec 09, 2008
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A new theological program based in Lima, Peru,
will provide pastoral training for Methodists in
the Andean region of Latin America.
The program, which will include a seminary and a
Center for Wesley Studies, was conceived by the
Wesley Heritage Foundation of North Carolina and
the Methodist Church of Peru, with support from
The United Methodist Church. Classes are expected
to begin in August or September of 2009,
according to the Rev. Mark Wethington, the
foundation’s president.
Date posted:Dec 05, 2008
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Luke 1 and 2 are all full of people doing the
absolutely unusual. It is unusual for kings to
visit poor folk's babies in a stable. It is
unusual for kings to bring presents, kneel down
to, and worship some unknown, homeless couple's
child. And it is unusual for them to show
solidarity with a tiny newborn human being rather
than with their colleague king--Herod.
That is what the evangelist Matthew reports us.
Date posted:Dec 04, 2008
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Sisters and brothers, in those days a decree went
out…
from the government of Angela Merkel, the new
chancellor in the Federal Republic of Germany.
All the refugees & asylum seekers in the country
had to be distributed among the regions of the
whole republic according to their nationalities.
Date posted:Dec 04, 2008
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The recent tragedy in Mumbai is personal to me. I
started out my pastoral ministry in South Mumbai,
the part of the city that was under siege. I was
appointed to serve as the senior pastor of the
Bowen Memorial Methodist Church, located right
behind the Taj Hotel. My wife, Glory, and I have
eaten in Leopold Restaurant, another site of
massacre.
Date posted:Dec 02, 2008
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The UMCOR Hotline for December 2, 2008
In Today's Hotline:
*UMCOR: A New Depot for UMCOR
*KENYA: Hundreds Get Tested for HIV/AIDS
*US: Organizing Ike Response
*SENEGAL: A Project of Hope
*US: Souper Bowl Sunday - Feb. 1, 2009
Date posted:Dec 02, 2008
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During the month of December we remember the time
of waiting for the Messiah and we look for the
second coming of Jesus the Christ. We pray for
the "Savior of the nations to come." Singing the
songs of the world enlarges our understanding of
John 3:16 during this season of preparation
called Advent. One way to include global songs in
your Advent worship is to choose one song to sing
throughout the Advent season. There are several
global songs that will enhance your singing this
Advent that are available from Global Praise.
Here are two suggestions for Advent.
Date posted:Dec 01, 2008
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This Christmas season join the songs heard around
the globe! Sing "Infant Holy, Infant, Lowly"
(Poland), "Angels We Have Heard on High"
(France), and "Go Tell It on the Mountain" (USA,
African American Spiritual) to share the story of
Christ’s birth with the world. But don’t stop
with these songs; explore the wealth of music
that is available to celebrate Christ’s birth
from the traditions, composers, and authors of
the globe.
Date posted:Dec 01, 2008
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