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169 archived articles posted in 2005 found
June
16 articles found for June, 2005
  • Angolan Women Teach Literacy for Social Change 
    The women are from the Women's Division, Church World Service, Africa Office and Angola National Council of Churches. Far left is Deolina Teca, far right is Josefina Sandemba. With an election in 2006, church women from Angola want to ensure that the 70% of illiterate women know the issues that will specifically affect their lives and are empowered to vote in a country that has long been at war.
    Source:   WD Press Releases
    Date posted:  Jun 29, 2005
  • Spiritual Growth Study for 2005:  Children of the Bible 
    Cover of Children of the Bible study guide Children were often inserted into Bible stories as objects to make a point to adults. Even our favorite stories about children who became great leaders, such as Moses and Jesus, were written long after the fact to make a strong case for their leadership.
    Source:   Women's Division
    Date posted:  Jun 28, 2005
  • Ubuntu eXplorers Program Will Create Friendships and Mission Experiences 
    Women's Division executive Karen Prudente talks with young woman at leadership training event led by regional missionaries in Phnom Pehn, Cambodia The Women’s Division and Mission Volunteers office of the General Board of Global Ministries are forming a partnership that will enable women from the United States to build friendships and experience mission for one to two weeks in  Zimbabwe, Uruguay, Cambodia, Sierra Leone or Cote D’Ivoire.
    Source:   WD Press Releases
    Date posted:  Jun 22, 2005
  • Why Should We Care for Our Environment? - A Theological Reflection Ants and Acacias - Genesis 1
    'Taking care of God’s creation is part of our Christian mission.   We should be caretakers of this beautiful planet God has allowed us to live on and not destroy it.  Environmental advocacy with a theology of God’s creation could give us, as Christians, some common ground, and bring us together around a common table.'
    Source:   Women's Division
    Date posted:  Jun 22, 2005
  • Regional Schools of Christian Mission 
    Cross exhibit at the West Gulf Regional School At Regional Schools of Christian Mission, study leaders for conference schools of Christian Mission and United Methodist Women conference officers are trained to take home a spiritual growth, issue, and geographic study.  When they return home, they will either teach a study or help plan and implement a conference School of Christian Mission, educating 20,000 United Methodist Women members, clergy, children and youth across the United States throughout the next year.
    Source:   Women's Division
    Date posted:  Jun 20, 2005
  • Father’s Day Feature:Fathers, Mothers, Families, Action! 
    Sung-ok Lee husband with their children at the park. As families across the United States celebrate Father’s Day this weekend with special breakfasts, treats, gifts, and worship services, there are still families struggling to survive in the richest nation in the world. 
    Source:   Women's Division
    Date posted:  Jun 17, 2005
  • PATRIOT Act Update, 2005 
    <b>Contact:</b><br> Office of Public Policy<br>GBGM-Women's Division<br>100 Maryland Avenue, NE Room 530<br>Washington, DC 20002<br>(202)488-5660<br>Fax:(202) 488-5681 Citizens and politicians continue to organize against provisions in the PATRIOT Act that pose a threat to civil liberties.
    Source:   Women's Division
    Date posted:  Jun 17, 2005
  • Taking Action for Justice: Supporting the Civil Rights of South Asians, Muslims and Arabs in the US 
    Since September 11, the fear of terrorist attacks has been used to justify a series of laws and regulations that have restricted immigrant rights, legitimized racial profiling by law enforcement agents, and led to the detention of thousands of South Asian, Muslim and Arab boys and men in the US, and the deportation of hundreds. As United Methodist Women study India and Pakistan in schools of mission this year, we can also become aware of how fear and new legislation are affecting South Asian and other Muslim communities in the US, and take action.
    Source:   Women's Division
    Date posted:  Jun 15, 2005
  • South Asians and Muslims Detained without Rights  
    Young woman performs in a youth group's play about tolerance in Hyderabad, India. United Methodists will have opportunities this summer to take up the cause of South Asians, Muslims, and Arabs who are detained or being deported from the USA without consideration of their basic human rights.
    Source:   Women's Division
    Date posted:  Jun 14, 2005
  • Write about Unjust Detaining and Deportation of South Asians, Muslims and Arabs 
    Join others at Schools of Christian Mission this summer as they link the geographic study on India and Pakistan to local action.  Write a letter to your local newspaper about the unjust detaining and deportation of South Asians, Muslims and Arabs without consideration of their basic human rights.
    Source:   Women's Division
    Date posted:  Jun 14, 2005
  • Tips for Writing Letters to the Editors 
    Tips for writing letters to the editors about unjust detaining and deportation of South Asians, Muslims and Arabs.
    Source:   Women's Division
    Date posted:  Jun 14, 2005
  • The Pressure is On for Fast Food and Human Rights 
    Taco Bell When you drive through for fast food, have you considered that the lettuce and tomatoes on those hamburgers you are buying are picked by farm workers who are among the worst paid and worst treated people in the United States?
    Source:   Women's Division
    Date posted:  Jun 13, 2005
  • United Methodist Women & Farmworker Justice 
    Contact McDonald's, Burger King, and Subway today to ask that they follow Taco Bell's lead, meet  with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW), and help end human rights abuses in their supply chain! 
    Source:   Women's Division
    Date posted:  Jun 13, 2005
  • Sixty Focus Groups Will Challenge Participants at UMW Assembly 
    Assembly 2006 Logo In Anaheim, Calif., May 4-7, 2006, approximately 10,000 women from around the world will gather to celebrate the purpose and mission of United Methodist Women at the quadrennial Assembly. The event will be packed full of Bible studies, outstanding speakers, music, worship, and learning opportunities.
    Source:   Women's Division
    Date posted:  Jun 10, 2005
  • Treasurers on Earth: The Gospel of Prosperity 
    Young man clears his field in the drought-plagued northern heights of Ethiopia. The “gospel of prosperity” is the belief that God wants Christians to be financially rich. It is promoted by many conservative evangelists, especially tel-evangelists. This gospel appeals to people from various incomes. It confirms to the wealthy that their wealth is proof God loves them, and that it's OK to pursue wealth, even to make it top priority. It appeals to the poor because it seems like a way out of poverty.
    Source:   Women's Division
    Date posted:  Jun 07, 2005
  • Korean United Methodist Women Committed to Mission 
    Women in group meeting at the Korean United Methodist Women's Training The 120 women were part of the Korean United Methodist Women’s Training Event, held in Nashville, Tenn., May 20-22.  Sponsored by the Women’s Division, the event introduced Korean women to the one-million member organization and its 136-year mission with women, children and youth. 
    Source:   Women's Division
    Date posted:  Jun 03, 2005