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June
29 articles found for June, 2009.
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The UMCOR Hotline for June 30, 2009
In Today's Hotline:
*GHANA: School for the Blind Receives Water Service
*DRC: Educating Communities on Maternal Issues
*JFON: Realizing the American Dream
*LIBERIA: UMCOR Training Brings Increase
Date posted:Jun 30, 2009
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New York, NY, June 29, 2009--United Methodist
mission leaders report that all personnel in
Honduras are safe and congregations relatively
unaffected by the military ouster of President
Manuel Zelaya of the Central American country on
Sunday, June 28.
Date posted:Jun 29, 2009
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Marshuan Braxton, a 17-year-old from the New
Albany United Methodist Church, was drowned on
Sunday, June 21, while on a mission volunteer
trip to Costa Rica
Date posted:Jun 26, 2009
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New York, NY, June 25, 2009--The 100th
anniversary of Methodism in Russia was
celebrated in St. Petersburg in an ecumenical
service of worship in mid-June. The occasion
also marked the 130th year since Methodism
arrived in what was then Czarist Russia, in the
region that is today the Baltic countries.
Date posted:Jun 25, 2009
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I remember the painstaking way in which sinew
and fat were removed from the "goat parts" and
laid out in the solar ovens on a barren field in
preparation for cooking.
Date posted:Jun 25, 2009
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June 25, 2009 | NEW YORK (UMNS)--Bishop
Joaquina Filipe Nhanala says it is too soon to
tell whether more women in Mozambique have
decided to enter the ministry because of her
leadership.
Date posted:Jun 25, 2009
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New York, NY, June 25, 2009--The Rev. Dr.
John W. Johannaber, who once headed the mission
personnel unit of the United Methodist General
Board of Global Ministries, died at his home in
Oxford, Georgia, on June 9, 2009. He was 86
years old.
Date posted:Jun 25, 2009
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MUTARE, Zimbabwe (UMNS)--When cholera struck
Harare, Zimbabwe, during the past year, one of
the worst-affected areas was the high-density
suburb of Budiriro. Donwell Dube, 39, a graduate
student at United Methodist-related Africa
University, wanted to study how effective
humanitarian aid was in the response to the
cholera outbreak and chose Budiriro as a case
study.
Date posted:Jun 24, 2009
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The Rev. Nick Elliott, executive director of the
Southeastern Jurisdiction of United Methodist
Volunteers in Mission (UMVIM) since 1999, is
retiring after ten years of service to the
organization.
Date posted:Jun 24, 2009
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The UMCOR Hotline for June 23, 2009
In Today's Hotline:
*UMCOR: Help Meet Malaria Challenge
*RESOURCES: International Disaster Fund-Church
Bulletin
*SOUTH AFRICA: Caring For Refugees
*HAITI: Hot Meals for Children
Date posted:Jun 23, 2009
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New York, NY, June 22, 2009--Made in LA is an
Emmy award-winning film on the three-year
experience of three immigrant women who stood up
to exploitation in a Los Angeles sweatshop run
by a trendy clothing retailer.
Date posted:Jun 22, 2009
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"If you so agree, raise two hands and shout,
'Hallelujah!'" With these words, Bishop Jeremiah
Park asked the delegates at the 210th session of
the New York Annual Conference to vote to accept
the charter of the Tian Fu United Methodist Church
on Saturday, June 13.
Date posted:Jun 19, 2009
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Most Americans do not understand the
complexities of being a refugee. To help educate
those in the Western NY Conference, Trinity
United Methodist Church on Grand Island is
hosting a World Refugee Day event for youth
groups on Saturday, June 20.
Date posted:Jun 18, 2009
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Colegio Rio Colorado, a mission-founded
school near Bolivia, Yucumo, is celebrating its
25th anniversary. The institution, which focuses
on agricultural, technical, and general studies
for middle and high school students, was started
as a partnership between the Evangelical
Methodist Church in Bolivia and the General
Board of Global Ministries. Four missionary
families have served Rio Colorado. Below is an
account of the anniversary from John and Suzanne
Funk, the current missionaries. It is from "The
Vine," the Funk family's newsletter.
Date posted:Jun 18, 2009
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The UMCOR Hotline for June 16, 2009
In Today's Hotline:
*MYANMAR: Helping Refugees
*RESOURCES: World Refugee Day, June 20
*US: UMC Conference Attendees Go Green
*UMCOR: New Relief Supplies Newsletter
*JFON: Protecting Vulnerable Women and Children
Date posted:Jun 16, 2009
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Information from both the family of
missionary-pilot Jacques Umembudi and Bishop
David K. Yemba of Central Congo confirms that
there were no life-threatening injuries in the
crash of a small mission plane at an airstrip
near Lodja, Democratic Republic of Congo, on
June 12.
Date posted:Jun 15, 2009
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New York, NY, June 15, 2009--The ecumenical
Week of Peace in Palestine-Israel coincided with
a cover story in a major general magazine on an
issue of deep concern to some Christians: the
declining number of Christians in the Holy Land.
Date posted:Jun 15, 2009
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New York, NY, June 12, 2009--For the price of
a lunch, you could save the life of a child in
Sierra Leone. Each day, some 3,000 children die
of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa.
Date posted:Jun 12, 2009
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All persons aboard survived the crash of a
small mission aircraft on the morning of June 12
from the Diengenga airstrip near the city of
Lodja, Democratic Republic of Congo, which is in
the Central Congo Annual Conference area of The
United Methodist Church
Date posted:Jun 12, 2009
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Mustafa wandered through the mountains for a
long time and finally had to flee his home
country in order to preserve his life after he
quit a militant group. A Kurd from Turkey,
Mustafa ended up in Japan where he met Eva, a
Filipina working in the entertainment industry.
Date posted:Jun 09, 2009
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New York, New York, June 9, 2009--Six years
after Brittany Brooks' father dropped her off at
Pfeiffer University for her first year in
college, he drove her back again last month.
However, Ms. Brooks returned to the United
Methodist University not to pick up her dorm-
room keys but to give the keynote address
for "Mission Awareness Week."
Date posted:Jun 09, 2009
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The UMCOR Hotline for June 9, 2009
In Today's Hotline:
*ZIMBABWE: Food Relief for Students and Teachers
*WORLDWIDE: Support Needed for International
Disaster Fund
*US: Restoring Homes
*US: Pastor Ordination
*UMCOR: Thank You for 100-Ton Support
Date posted:Jun 09, 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:Jun 08, 2009
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New York, NY, June 4, 2009--A "World Week for
Peace in Palestine and Israel" is underway among
churches and Christian groups in as many as 40
countries.
Date posted:Jun 05, 2009
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Nashville, Tennessee, June 5, 2009--In
Senegal, a land where 95 percent of the
population is Muslim, The United Methodist
Church has been welcomed and is growing through
good relations with neighbors and partnerships
across borders.
Date posted:Jun 05, 2009
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Monrovia, Liberia, June 2, 2009—Twenty-six
voices rang out amidst clapping, dancing, and
celebration: "We are one in Jesus. We are
together. We are one."
Date posted:Jun 03, 2009
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Madison, New Jersey, June 2, 2009--The
seventh national "summit" of Communities of
Shalom, a movement promoting faith-inspired
community development, is slated for Columbia,
South Carolina, October 28-31. The theme
is "Stepping Up to Shalom: Seeking Systematic
Change through Community Development."
Date posted:Jun 02, 2009
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New York, NY, June 2, 2009--"We as young
people should be leaders in reaching out and
serving others," Joe Riddle said. Mr. Riddle is
one of nine Summer Interns going to work at
United Methodist-related community centers. "I
believe that love is the answer, love will find
a way."
Date posted:Jun 02, 2009
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The UMCOR Hotline for June 2, 2009
In Today's Hotline:
*SRI LANKA: Helping the Displaced
*US: Preparing for the Storm
*LIBERIA: Electrical Power for Ganta Hospital
*UMCOR: UMCOR West Opens!
*RESOURCES: World Refugee Day Newsletter
Date posted:Jun 02, 2009
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