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169 archived articles posted in 2005 found
October
20 articles found for October, 2005
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Indigo Girl and Theology Professor to be Keynote Speakers at Women's Event
Music and Theology will converge as the Grammy award-winner,
Emily Saliers of the Indigo Girls, joins her father Don E. Saliers of
Candler School of Theology, as Keynote Speakers at the United
Methodist Women's Assembly 2006 in Anaheim, Calif.
Source:
Women's Division
Date posted: Oct 31, 2005
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Theme: Global Vision for God’s World: United Methodist Women in the Church, the Community and the World
For more than 135 years United Methodist Women and our
predecessors have been organized for mission. Members have
united to pray and study together; to raise funds for mission and
to work to improve the lives of women, children and youth
around the world.
Source:
Women's Division
Date posted: Oct 27, 2005
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Recommit to Another 136 Years!
We are called as women, as Christians, as United Methodist
Women to enable others to have the same song in their hearts
as we do. But ladies we have gotten a “bit slack” in our
commitment to mission. In many arenas, it’s all “about me,
what I do, how I feel, and how I’m holier than thy!”
Source:
Women's Division
Date posted: Oct 26, 2005
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United Methodist Women Focus on Finance: Talking Points
The Women’s Division of The United Methodist
Church responds
to the needs and concerns of millions of women,
children, and
youth in the United States and around the globe.
As the Division
works to respond proactively to the gospel
mandate of Jesus
Christ, we are aware of the ongoing changes and
trends within
our denomination and society
Source:
Women's Division
Date posted: Oct 24, 2005
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Hurricane Katrina and United Methodist Women: Talking Points
As Hurricane Katrina and consequent hurricanes
devastated so
many parts of the Southern United States, United
Methodist
Women members feel called to respond to the
devastation in
their backyard.
Source:
Women's Division
Date posted: Oct 24, 2005
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October 2005 Action Alert: Medicaid
Urgent action is needed to stop funding cuts to Medicaid.
Source:
Women's Division
Date posted: Oct 24, 2005
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Katrina: How Did We Get Such Devastation? How Do We Re-Construct?
Almost two months after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast,
close to one million United Methodist Women members around the
country are being urged to study the issues of racism and poverty
intrinsic in the devastation, and then act with deep thought for
justice.
Source:
Women's Division
Date posted: Oct 21, 2005
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Women’s Division Director “Blogs” on Latin America Higher Education Event
On October 12-16, Theresa Navarro, director of the Women’s
Division, attended “The Leadership Institute for Women
Students in Higher Education in Latin America” in Porto Alegre,
Brazil. Education has been a crucial mission of United Methodist
Women. “To educate is a way to promote the full participation of
women not only in positions of leadership in the church and
society, but also as an opportunity to create academic
knowledge based on women’s experiences,” says the
preparatory document for the event.
Source:
Women's Division
Date posted: Oct 20, 2005
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Report And Preparation Guide For The Leadership Institute For Women Students In Higher Education In Latin America
Preparation and Information Meeting in Porto Alegre, Brazil, on
September 3-4, 2004
WOMEN’S EDUCATION AS MISSION
1. Background of the Women’s Division Initiative of the General
Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church...
Source:
Women's Division
Date posted: Oct 20, 2005
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To Be Human Without Borders: A Reflection On Kashmir
“In my sleep, pain falls drop by drop upon my heart, until in my
agony, the grace of God is revealed.” Aeschylus
Hit by the most powerful earthquake in the South Asia region in
a century, Kashmir, long divided by an old rivalry between India
and Pakistan, lies united by a shared language of pain and
death, created by a natural calamity.
Source:
Women's Division
Date posted: Oct 20, 2005
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Fall 2005 Report, Women's Division Assistant General Secretary of Christian Social Responsibilities
Like many of us having viewed the coverage of and
taken in the
reality of Katrina, followed shortly by Rita, I
was full of various
emotions and insights:
Awed by the power of nature; Devastated by the
loss of life;
Saddened by the loss of my own personal sacred
space, Gulfside
United Methodist Assembly in Waveland,
Mississippi;
Source:
Women's Division
Date posted: Oct 14, 2005
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Fall 2005 Report of the Women's Division Treasurer
I greet you in the name of Christ and pray God’s
blessing on
each of you. Today, I completed my third week as
your
treasurer. Having the good fortune to attend
the ‘Envisioning
the Future’ event in August, I’ve had the
opportunity to
construct some tactical initiatives for the
Section on Finance as
we move forward.
Source:
Women's Division
Date posted: Oct 13, 2005
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Life in Uruguay will be focus of Ubuntu eXplorers team
When Judith Siaba, a vice president of the Women's Division of
the United Methodist Board of Global Ministries, went to
Montevideo, Uruguay, she saw a warehouse with a history.
Source:
Women's Division
Date posted: Oct 13, 2005
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UMW looks at race, class issues raised by Katrina
United Methodist Women is calling on its
membership to
address issues of race and class raised by
Hurricane Katrina.
Source:
Women's Division
Date posted: Oct 12, 2005
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Women's Division to take new approach to finances
A long-term decline in funding, impacted by
inflation, will mean
a new approach to finances for the Women's
Division of the
United Methodist Board of Global Ministries.
Source:
Women's Division
Date posted: Oct 12, 2005
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Fall 2005 Report of the Deputy General Secretary Mission and Evangelism: How Can I Keep from Singing?
I want to say again what a joy it is to see you
all in this room
together! As I have come to know members of the
Board of
Directors across the last 14 months, I have been
deeply grateful
for the gifts, talents and determination you
bring to your work.
At this meeting, however, I am particularly
excited to have so
many Conference Presidents who, with your
mission teams,
constitute part of the backbone of the whole
organization.
Source:
Women's Division
Date posted: Oct 12, 2005
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Women's Division President 2005 Fall Report
Being Change Agents in a Changing Time: Envisioning Our Future (Matthew 21:32; Isaiah 58:11-12)
My dear sisters and brothers in Christ, so much
has taken place
since we last saw each other as a full division
in mid-August. A
week after we gathered for the Women’s Division
Symposium,
Hurricane Katrina, the worst natural disaster in
U.S. history hit
the Gulf coast, as most of us helplessly watched
on our TV
screens tens of thousands of our citizens lose
their homes,
families and lives.
Source:
Women's Division
Date posted: Oct 11, 2005
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Two Young Women Share Stories of Immigrants in Hong Kong
The Global Justice Volunteer program, supported
by United Methodist Women's undesignated giving
and the Mission Volunteers Program Area, enabled
eight United Methodist young adults to devote
two months this summer, working in programs and
projects dealing with justice issues.
Source:
Women's Division
Date posted: Oct 05, 2005
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2005 NATIONAL OBSERVANCE OF CHILDREN’S SABBATHS®
This October marks the 14th National Observance of Children’s
Sabbaths.® This program empowers congregations in action
and advocacy for and with children.
Source:
Women's Division
Date posted: Oct 05, 2005
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Hispanic History Month Feature: Nayadette Currington
Speaking Up for Babies and Elders
Early this fall, Nayadette Currington took on Capitol Hill on
behalf of premature babies, low-income families and specialty
pharmacies that provide hard-to-get drugs.
Source:
Women's Division
Date posted: Oct 03, 2005
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