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November
28 articles found for November, 2009.
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Tiffany Stanley, 26, is a divinity student and
journalist who has written for Response
magazine, Religion News Service, and USA Today.
Ms. Stanley worked with single-parent families
in transition at Warren Village in Denver,
Colorado, from 2005 to 2007 as a US-2.
Date posted:Nov 30, 2009
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Advent, the period incorporating the four
Sundays before Christmas, is a time for prayer,
fasting, anticipation, and wonder--spiritual
disciplines that prepare Christians to once
again celebrate the birth of Jesus of Nazareth,
the awaited one, the Messiah, Christ.
Date posted:Nov 25, 2009
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United Methodists are "going green" at levels
far beyond recycling church bulletins and
eliminating Styrofoam cups at coffee hour.
Date posted:Nov 25, 2009
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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:Nov 24, 2009
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The UMCOR Hotline for November 24, 2009
In Today's Hotline:
*PHILIPPINES: Relief Work Continues
*SRI LANKA: Training Teachers and Youth About HIV/AIDS
*US: Helping Survivors of Torture
*RESOURCES: World AIDS Day, Dec 1.
*WORLDWIDE: Shop UMCOR’s Gift Catalog
Date posted:Nov 24, 2009
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Several years ago, I served as a Global
Justice Volunteer in Nicaragua. It remains one
of the most humbling experiences of my life. I
lived and worked for eight weeks with the people
of Alamikambang, Nicaragua, in what seemed to be
the middle of nowhere. As I reflect on this
verse, I am reminded of these inspiring people
who are faithful enough to cling to the love of
God in everything that they do.
Date posted:Nov 24, 2009
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In Ann Arbor, Michigan, 17-year-old
Guatemalan-American Jasmine watched her mother
being taken to jail by immigration agents.
Jasmine was not given a chance to kiss or hug
her mother, or even say goodbye. After her
mother was deported, her father and sister soon
returned to Guatemala, too.
Date posted:Nov 23, 2009
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Greensboro, North Carolina, November 20, 2009-
-Isaiah, prophet of ancient Israel, told his
people that God was saying to them, "I will give
you as a light to the nations that my salvation
may reach to the ends of the earth." This
promise provided the theme scripture for "Across
the Miles," a consultation focused on United
Methodist mission in the Eastern Europe and the
Balkan countries.
Date posted:Nov 20, 2009
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"Christmas is not your birthday, kids. It's
Jesus' birthday! For Christmas, do you really
think God wants you to have the Warhammer Xbox
360 game? Does God want you to accumulate more
toys that just get dusty? Maybe God wants our
family to help others this Christmas; to feed
the hungry; to welcome the stranger; to
volunteer at church; to love one another."
Date posted:Nov 20, 2009
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New York, NY, November 18, 2000--A clergyman
who is also a trained musician is the bishop-
elect of the Methodist Church of Puerto Rico.
Date posted:Nov 18, 2009
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The "speed" at which a virus can appear to
spread is astounding. Take the H1N1 (Swine Flu)
virus as an example. We heard about it in
reports from Mexico and soon we saw the first
confirmed case in New York City. In the same
week, five more cases were announced, then 21
cases, then a whole school was shut down, and
then five schools in New York were closed, all
in the same month.
Date posted:Nov 17, 2009
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The UMCOR Hotline for November 17, 2009
In Today's Hotline:
*PHILIPPINES: Typhoon Recovery
*UMCOR: UMCOR Receives Second Four-Star Rating
*US: Training for Disaster Response
*DRC: Restore Wings of Relief
*EVENT: Immigration Reform
Date posted:Nov 17, 2009
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Advent is the season in the Christian year
when we hear and participate in the time of
waiting for the birth of the Messiah, and we
look with hope for the second coming of Christ.
It is a time of intentional prayer for the light
of Christ to fill the darkest corners of our
world. We hear the voice of God in scripture. We
hear the voices of God's people around the earth
as we pray together for the brilliant light of
Christ's love to warm the hearts and lives of
humankind.
Date posted:Nov 13, 2009
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New York, NY, November 13, 2009--The General
Board of Global Ministries, the mission agency
of The United Methodist Church, is changing the
way it delivers and monitors funds for
international mission work.
Date posted:Nov 13, 2009
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Clean Hands Save Lives
“Clean Hands Save Lives” was the theme of the 2nd
International Global Hand washing Day (GHD).
UMCOR Indonesia celebrated the day with thousands
of schoolchildren, hundreds of teachers and local
government department representatives from
Education and Health offices in Bireuen and Aceh
Besar districts of Aceh Province.
Date posted:Nov 13, 2009
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Frederica, Delaware, Nov. 11, 2009--On a
bright November Sunday, 125 United Methodists
gathered to thank and praise God at the spot
where, 225 years earlier, events converged to
shape the course of American Methodism.
Date posted:Nov 12, 2009
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, November 12, 2009--
Lois Dauway, an executive of the United
Methodist General Board of Global Ministries,
was honored for outstanding service to ecumenism
at the 2009 General Assembly of the National
Council of Churches and Church World Service.
Date posted:Nov 12, 2009
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Columbia, South Carolina, November 9, 2009--
Twenty-six states were represented among the 275
people who took part in the Eighth National
Summit of the Communities of Shalom, a faith-
based movement promoting community development
and justice, meeting in Columbia, South
Carolina, in the closing days of October.
Date posted:Nov 10, 2009
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New York, NY, November 10, 2009--More than
$1.8 million in "mission opportunity grants"
were approved or confirmed by directors of the
United Methodist General Board of Global
Ministries at their annual meeting in Stamford,
Connecticut, in mid-October.
Date posted:Nov 10, 2009
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The UMCOR Hotline for November 10, 2009
In Today's Hotline:
*PHILIPPINES: Volunteers Distribute Relief
*UMCOR: 2009 Gift Catalog is Here!
*CAMBODIA: Typhoon Ketsana Response
*US: UMCOR Disaster Exec Awarded for Social Awareness
Date posted:Nov 10, 2009
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November 20 is the deadline for receiving
applications and nominations with resumes for the
position of chief executive (general secretary)
of the international mission agency of The United
Methodist Church.
Date posted:Nov 04, 2009
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First Monday is a monthly internet newsletter
that offers valuable resources on the church and
immigration issues in the United States. It is
issued by Justice for our Neighbors (JFON), a
network of free legal clinics for immigrants
related to UMCOR--the United Methodist Committee
on Relief.
Date posted:Nov 03, 2009
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The UMCOR Hotline for November 3, 2009
In Today's Hotline:
*GEORGIA: Medical Supplies Arrive in Georgia
*RESOURCES: New AIDS Educational Kit and Photo
Slide Show
*MALAWI: Helping Orphans, Empowering Women
*US: Best Practices for H1N1
Date posted:Nov 03, 2009
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Does anyone care that every three seconds a
person dies somewhere in the world because of
poverty? Are we concerned that 8 million poor
people are converted into faceless and nameless
death statistics every year? Does the fact that
more than 1 billion people go to bed hungry
every night disturb our sleep?
Date posted:Nov 01, 2009
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HIV/AIDS affects people in all nations at all
strata of society. Thanks to the United
Methodist Global AIDS Fund, United Methodists
and their partners can fight this disease in
various countries through church, community, and
hospital-based projects.
Date posted:Nov 01, 2009
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Disheveled children of every age and size
crowded around our vehicle as it ground to a
stop in front of the United Methodist Mpasa
Reference Health Center in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo. It was in this sprawling
suburb of Kinshasa, DR Congo, that I was to
assess health facilities for the Central Congo
Conference. Dr. Rebecca Yohadi, the conference's
Chief Medical Officer, told me that the Mpasa
suburb sprang up in 1998 near a military
installation as a camp for displaced persons and
refugees.
Date posted:Nov 01, 2009
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"What we need is not more words, but action!"
proclaimed Bishop Kainda Katembo, episcopal
leader for the South Congo Episcopal Area, as he
spoke some years ago about the AIDS crisis in
Africa. Thankfully, United Methodists heard that
plea and have been responding in profound ways.
Date posted:Nov 01, 2009
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For more than 12 years, the Comprehensive
Health Program of the Council of Evangelical
Methodist Churches in Latin America and the
Caribbean (CIEMAL) has been focusing on the
church's response to health issues confronting
Latin American and Caribbean communities.
Date posted:Nov 01, 2009
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