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March
27 articles found for March, 2008.
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United Methodists are investigating a court
liquidation of a church in Smolensk, Russia.
Forum 18 News Service reported that Smolensk
Regional Court dissolved the United Methodist
congregation there on March 24 in response to a
suit filed by the regional public prosecutor's
office. The church already had been under
government scrutiny because of a complaint from
Smolensk's auxiliary Orthodox bishop.
Date posted:Mar 28, 2008
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The Rev. JoJoe Vah, his mother and 16 other
relatives live in a house that would be condemned
by U.S. standards.
The home was heavily damaged and looted by rebels
during Liberia's long civil war, and now it
stands as a burned-out shell.
Date posted:Mar 27, 2008
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New World Outlook's July-August 2008 issue will
feature all kinds of sustainable ministries, and
we'd like to celebrate with a special photo
spread from our readers. Send us your photos of
pigs, cows, and other livestock, particularly
those you've photographed on your mission trips.
We'll choose a winner and contribute $250 to buy
the animal (or animals) of the winner's choice
to send to the location the winner specifies.
We'll announce a winner and publish a spread in
the July-August issue of all the best.
Date posted:Mar 26, 2008
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The UMCOR Hotline for March 25, 2008
In Today's Hotline
US: Midwest Flood Response;
Sudan: Helping Students Stay in School;
South Africa: Caring for Refugees;
US: The Power of a Penny
Date posted:Mar 26, 2008
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There is light at the end of the financial tunnel
for Red Bird Missionary Conference. Although the
conference has dug deeply into their reserves to
pay the salaries of local pastors, it has not
deterred them from looking outward and focusing
on how they themselves can participate in God's
mission to the world.
Date posted:Mar 21, 2008
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“Sometimes I wonder if he has a blanket or a
pillow, or if he is being fed,” said Dr. Edith
Burgos, her calm voice belying the anguish that
only a mother whose son is missing could
know. “I wonder if he is being tortured right
now even as I speak."
Date posted:Mar 20, 2008
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In reflecting on the lectionary texts for Good
Friday, Isaiah 53:5,6 demanded my attention. I am
struck by the power of Jesus being wounded for
me, for you, for us. A single word in this text
jumped out at me - the word iniquity. Iniquity
means "gross injustice; wickedness; sin."
Date posted:Mar 20, 2008
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"Mary Magdalene went and announced to the
disciples: 'I have seen the Lord'." (John 20:18)
Date posted:Mar 20, 2008
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It is 6:15 on a cool Wednesday evening, and
people are streaming into Legina Mabunda's garage.
Behind the tin door, people are sitting in white
plastic lawn chairs and wooden kitchen chairs,
and they are packing together tightly on a long
bench that runs along one wall. Children cover
every inch of a mat spread on the floor. At the
end of the room, a small table serves as a podium
for tonight's Bible class. A woman is preparing
to give a sermon, and the room can't accommodate
all those who want to hear.
Date posted:Mar 20, 2008
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I live in a place that knows how to ask the
question: "Where will our help come from?"
The voice that sings the 121st song is not
foreign to Palestine or to Palestinians. Living
here, working and speaking each day with
Palestinian Christians, I hear in almost ever
word the question: "Where will our help come
from?"
Date posted:Mar 19, 2008
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I can't recall now who said it; it started out as
a joke. My Young Adult Missionary class had just
gotten out of a communion service during our
training last summer. We were eating the leftover
bread, and someone had joked about how tasty the
grace of God was – warm and chewy, perfectly
accompanied by a few drops of grape juice.
Date posted:Mar 19, 2008
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Watching the movie ‘Prestige,’ a film about two
rival stage magicians trying to outdo each other
perfect the ‘disappearing’ act, reminds me of the
walk to Emmaus. In that account, which followed
sometime immediately after Jesus’ resurrection,
Jesus disappeared in front of two disciples after
breaking the bread they were about to eat after
the day’s journey.
Date posted:Mar 19, 2008
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Easter when I was a child growing up in a series
of North Alabama parsonages was a thoroughly
religious celebration centered in the church. One
of few concessions to cultural practice was
permission to dye, hide, and hunt eggs. My sister
and I could display the eggs in small baskets
held over from year to year but were expected to
eat them, or return them for kitchen use, before
they spoiled. We were never heard anything at
home about the Easter Bunny and we received no
stuffed Easter animals, colored chicks, or
chocolate rabbits.
Date posted:Mar 19, 2008
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The UMCOR Hotline for March 18, 2008
In Today's Hotline-
US: Wilfires Recovery;
DRC: Supporting Girls Education;
US: Mississippi Tornado Recovery;
Mozambique: Malaria-Preventing Nets
Date posted:Mar 19, 2008
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The mission agency of The United Methodist
Church
is exploring a partnership with Volunteers in
Medicine, a nonprofit organization that has
helped to create 61 community-based and
volunteer-
staffed free medical clinics in the United
States
in an 11-year period.
Date posted:Mar 13, 2008
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Ginghamsburg’s ministries now extend far beyond
Ohio. Through its Sudan Project in partnership
with UMCOR, "we are reaching or touching a
quarter million people in Darfur," Slaughter
said. The project has raised $3 million in three
years.
Date posted:Mar 13, 2008
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Twenty-two new United Methodist missionaries
were
commissioned on March 11 to serve in churches,
hospitals, and community centers in ten
countries
and five states of the United States.
The new missionaries are lawyers, doctors,
pastors, and agriculturalists. They come from
places as diverse as Brazil, the Philippines,
Mexico, Zimbabwe, Missouri, and Michigan. They
fall into several categories of mission service
and form the largest group of United Methodist
missionaries commissioned at the same time in
the
last four years.
Date posted:Mar 12, 2008
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Twelve new United Methodist deaconesses and two
home missioners were commissioned on March 11 to
perform ministries of love, justice and service
in
the United States. Deaconesses (women) and home
missioners (men) are laypeople often engaged in
work with the poor and marginalized.
Date posted:Mar 12, 2008
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Stamford, CT, March 11, 2008—A man who wanted to
be a missionary when he was young and grew up to
become a bishop in The United Methodist Church
will soon step into the role of chief executive
of
his denomination’s international mission agency.
Date posted:Mar 11, 2008
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The UMCOR Hotline for March 11, 2008
In Today's Hotline-
US: Attend “Lighten the Burden II”;
AZERBAIJAN: A Bright Future Secured;
UMCOR Sager Brown: Kit Supplies Needed;
LIBERIA: A Home to Call My Own
Date posted:Mar 11, 2008
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A few years ago a movie came out called The Sixth
Sense. I never saw the movie but we all know the
catch line "I see dead people." That alone was
enough to make me decide that I didn't want to
see the picture, it just seemed morbid. As I read
the Scriptures for today this phrase kept coming
back to me..."I see dead people."
Date posted:Mar 10, 2008
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For over 20 years, my job required my family to
move about every three or four years. Each move
would take us somewhere new and
exciting. As "outsiders", we would see our
surroundings with fresh, new eyes. In the
beginning, we would be anxious to take advantage
of our "newness", visiting all of local tourist
attractions, the beaches, the museums and the
zoos. After a period of time, we would settle
into the everyday routine of life and would tire
of site seeing. I often think of how many
wonderful sites we missed simply because we
became complacent.
Date posted:Mar 10, 2008
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"You are going to die and when you do, I will
have another child. I have no money to help
you,"
Julieta's mother said, increasing the heavy
burden the ten-year-old child already
carried.
Julieta had a growth on her chest that was so
large she could barely walk, much less go to
school. She didn't think anyone loved her or
wanted her alive.
Date posted:Mar 07, 2008
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African-American United Methodists must engage
in the Wesleyan code in their own zip codes to
help black churches and African-American
communities. That was the message to nearly 400
participants at the Feb. 27-March 1 annual
meeting of Black Methodists for Church Renewal.
Date posted:Mar 07, 2008
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The March/April 2008 issue of New World Outlook
focuses on Ministry With the Poor.In addition to
full-length articles, the online issue includes
an audio slideshow entitled What Is This Thing
Called Poverty? - a poem written and read by
L.Michelle Jackson, a teen from Covington,
Georgia.
Date posted:Mar 06, 2008
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The UMCOR Hotline for March 4, 2008
In Today's Hotline-
UGANDA: Hope and Relief for Kenya Refugees;
US: Katrina Volunteers Show Continued Support;
UMCOR: Thank You For Your Giving;
RESOURCES: Satisfying Hunger in Armenia—New Report
to Donors
Date posted:Mar 04, 2008
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Allegations of a corrupt business deal that would
have garnered millions of dollars in payoffs to
Philippine President Gloria Arroyo and her
husband have United Methodist leaders declaring
that now is the time to "exorcise this evil
spirit."
Date posted:Mar 04, 2008
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