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September
27 articles found for September, 2009.
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The UMCOR Hotline for September 29, 2009
In Today's Hotline:
PHILIPPINES: Typhoon Ketsana Response
ARMENIA: World Food Day, Oct. 16
JFON: Setting a Captive Free
EVENT: Mental Illness Awareness Week
Date posted:Sep 30, 2009
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New York, NY, September 28, 2009--The United
Methodist Church will commission 32 missionaries
and nine deaconesses and home missioners in an
October 13 celebration that will be the first
such service broadcast live on the internet.
Date posted:Sep 28, 2009
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World Communion Sunday is when Christians
from all around the globe celebrate our oneness
in Christ.
Date posted:Sep 24, 2009
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Incidents of violence and substance abuse
occur on a daily basis. There is a correlation
between alcohol and violence, although there is
not a direct cause and effect. Substance abuse
does not cause violence, and substance abusers
do not necessarily commit violent acts. By the
same token, substance abuse treatment cannot
cure violence.
Date posted:Sep 23, 2009
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The UMCOR Hotline for September 22, 2009
In Today's Hotline:
*US: Georgia Flood Response
*COLOMBIA: Helping Refugees
*US: UMCOR West Gets a “Lift”
*RESOURCES: World AIDS Day, Dec. 1
Date posted:Sep 22, 2009
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New York, NY, September 21, 2009--The United
Methodist General Board of Global Ministries has
opened a search for a new general secretary to
lead the international mission agency that has
personnel, projects, and partners in 136
countries.
Date posted:Sep 21, 2009
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The third article in a series on substance-
abuse issues for National Recovery Month focuses
on young people.
Date posted:Sep 18, 2009
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“The Bee Hive Project” will purchase
beehives, train local people as beekeepers, and
sell honey so that needy families in Wadi Foquin
will have incomes.
Date posted:Sep 18, 2009
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New York, NY, September 17, 2009--The United
Methodist Church in Cameroon, West Africa, has a
bright future, but just how bright depends upon
the strength of the network of mission
partnerships required to sustain a young
Christian community. This is especially true in
a multilingual country with a great variety of
religious options.
Date posted:Sep 17, 2009
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The UMCOR Hotline for September 15, 2009
In Today's Hotline:
*WORLDWIDE: Relief Supplies Needed
*DRC: Support Aviation Ministry
*US: Churches Unite for HIV Testing Day
*JFON: Immigration Awareness
Date posted:Sep 15, 2009
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New York, NY, September 14, 2009--Christian
institutions in Pakistan continue to carry out
their work and witness despite a series of
attacks on churches and communities, according
to a Pakistani Protestant leader.
Date posted:Sep 14, 2009
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United Methodist leaders from three continents
will convene in mid-October to focus on the
future of the church in Eurasia, a vast area
incorporating most of the former Soviet Union.
Date posted:Sep 10, 2009
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Wednesday (September 2, 2009) was the kick of
for The United Methodist Church North-European
School of Congregational Development in
Centralkirken (The Central Church) in Oslo,
Norway.
Date posted:Sep 10, 2009
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A personal testimony on providing support to
families living with addictions
For National Recovery Month, the second article
in our five-part series on key issues related to
substance abuse focuses on offering support to
families living with addictions.
Date posted:Sep 09, 2009
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The UMCOR Hotline for September 8, 2009
In Today's Hotline:
*KENYA: Clergy and Spouses Collaborate on HIV/AIDS
*GEORGIA: A “Gateway” for Special Needs Children
*US: Bread for the World Sunday
*EVENT: Change the World Conference, Oct. 22-23
Date posted:Sep 08, 2009
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New York, NY, September 4, 2009--Bishop Joel
N. Martinez will serve as interim general
secretary of the United Methodist General Board
of Global Ministries while a search is conducted
for a new chief executive of the mission agency.
Date posted:Sep 04, 2009
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New York, NY, September 4, 2009--Two top
mission leaders of The United Methodist Church
are appealing to the government of Pakistan to
take measures to ensure the safety of a
Christian minority under violent attack in some
parts of the officially Islamic nation.
Date posted:Sep 04, 2009
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The month of September launches a yearlong
global awareness campaign, sponsored by the
United Methodist Special Program on Substance
Abuse and Related Violence (SPSARV), to
encourage United Methodists to gain a better
awareness about alcohol and drug addictions in
our congregations and communities, and to create
a supportive environment for people struggling
with addictions and for their families.
Date posted:Sep 03, 2009
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Not long ago, I participated in a training event
in Uganda. Participants in the training came
together from five different countries in East
Africa. I have stayed in touch with a few of
them;
we share pictures, audio recordings of the
training sessions, video, and links to news
stories via email discussing events in our
respective countries.
Date posted:Sep 01, 2009
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In 1960, a 17-year-old high school senior won a
photo contest in his hometown and was recommended
by his art teacher to an editor working on a
magazine for the United Church of Christ (UCC).
Date posted:Sep 01, 2009
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Do not neglect to show hospitality to
strangers, for by doing that some have
entertained angels without knowing it. --Hebrews
13:1b-2
Date posted:Sep 01, 2009
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At age 60, I met and fell in love with the
internet. One of my first discoveries was that
United Methodist churches could apply for free
web space on the General Board of Global
Ministries' website. I decided that our church
should have a webpage.
Date posted:Sep 01, 2009
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The receivers of communication are not mere
objects. They themselves make meaning as they
process the message being sent.
Date posted:Sep 01, 2009
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Thank you for the interest in United Methodist
mission work that has led you to read and, we
hope, subscribe to New World Outlook. Please
take time to fill out this reader's survey.
Date posted:Sep 01, 2009
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New York, NY, September 1, 2009--The Rev.
Edward W. Paup has resigned as general secretary
of The United Methodist Church's mission agency
in order to attend to a serious health issue. He
has been on leave for medical reasons since
August 10.
Date posted:Sep 01, 2009
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London, September 1, 2009--The island nation
of Fiji has been suspended from the British
Commonwealth for refusing to move toward
democratic elections next year, according to a
report by the BBC on September 1. The Fijian
political situation is of importance to the
international Methodist community because the
Methodist Church there is also at odds with the
government.
Date posted:Sep 01, 2009
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The UMCOR Hotline for September 1, 2009
In Today's Hotline:
*SRI LANKA: Born to Fish
*US: Miracle Choir
*RESOURCES: Reverse Trick-or-Treat
*EVENT: National Depression Screening Day, Oct. 8
Date posted:Sep 01, 2009
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