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47 archived articles posted in 2006 found
January
12 articles found for January, 2006
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Welcoming President Johnson-Sirleaf, the first woman president of an African Nation
As leaders of the approximately one-million member United
Methodist Women, chief executive, Jan Love, and Women's Division
president, Kyung Za Yim, sent the following letter to President
Johnson-Sirleaf, the first woman president of an African Nation.
This newly elected president has a long history with the work of
The United Methodist Church.
Source:
Women's Division
Date posted: Jan 31, 2006
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I was afraid to come here...: A devotion by Julia Tulloch
As we drove through an impoverished neighborhood enroute to
a mission institution, a voice came from the backseat: “I was
afraid to come here. I am from a little town where we are all
alike. I was afraid of people in the city.”
Source:
Women's Division
Date posted: Jan 31, 2006
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United Methodist Women’s Assembly
May 4-7, 2006 Anaheim, California
More than 8,000 women will gather at United Methodist
Women’s Assembly on May 4-7, 2006, at the Anaheim, Calif.,
Convention Center. Part of a one-million member organization,
the women are bonded by common concerns – the issues and
struggles of women, children and youth.
Source:
Women's Division
Date posted: Jan 20, 2006
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'He Made Me a Watchman, Upon a City Wall'
(From the Christmas Song, Go Tell It on the Mountain)
As members of Congress return to Washington this week the
mood stands in stark contrast Christmas’ message of peace and
goodwill. House and Senate negotiators are offering the
American people: $42 billion in budget cuts and a $453 billion
defense spending package; drilling in the Artic, reductions in
student loans and more cuts in welfare benefits.
Source:
Women's Division
Date posted: Jan 20, 2006
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“Water is Life”
In the 21st century, because of its scarcity, WATER is
increasingly viewed as a commodity. The potential scarcity of
water, has caused some to proclaim that access to drinkable
water is the right of all human beings, and should be provided at
cost as an obligation to society.
Source:
Women's Division
Date posted: Jan 20, 2006
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Racial Justice Timeline
United Methodist Women’s predecessor
organization’s early
involvement in racial-justice work set the stage
for the first
Charter for Racial Policies.
Source:
Women's Division
Date posted: Jan 18, 2006
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Martin Luther King, Jr., And Spiritual Leadership For Global Justice
Waters have receded and coastlines have changed.
Contours of earthquake-hit areas have shifted.
Tectonic plates have recast themselves in newly-
disguised configurations. Hurricanes have
challenged our own sense of space. Disaster-
relief work has brought us all into one
boundaryless neighborhood: a "glo-cal"
neighborhood.
Source:
Women's Division
Date posted: Jan 13, 2006
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On King’s Birthday, Pakistan and U.S. Have Parallel Struggles
For Andris Salter, a late-November trip to Pakistan brought back
intense feelings about the U.S. civil rights movement and a
renewed sense of the need for global justice. She met Christians
in Pakistan who suffer persecution and sometimes see their
churches burned.
Source:
Women's Division
Date posted: Jan 13, 2006
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The Good Samaritan
Jesus’ Hard Lesson about Practical Faithfulness
The story of the Good Samaritan is familiar. It is easy for us to
imagine we would be prepared to help the injured person. We
feel certain we are not like the religionists in the story who
choose to pass by on the other side. But let’s revisit the story of
the Good Samaritan to try to discern again its lessons for the
contemporary life of faith.
Source:
Women's Division
Date posted: Jan 10, 2006
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Award-winning Actress, Playwright to be at United Methodist Women Assembly
More than 8,000 women at the United Methodist Women’s
Assembly will experience art with a message, as award-winning
actress, playwright and author, Anna Deavere Smith, performs
Friday evening, May 5, at the Anaheim Convention Center in
Anaheim, California.
Source:
Women's Division
Date posted: Jan 10, 2006
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Encountering Difference, Deepening Faith
Among the most important ways my faith has deepened and
widened is in encountering the joys, challenges and growth of
interacting with people who are different from me. I have had
many such opportunities. I have been thrust into or sought out
opportunities to immerse myself in places and groups populated
by people who look, speak or understand the world differently
than I do.
Source:
Women's Division
Date posted: Jan 06, 2006
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Charter 2006: Looking Anew at the Charter for Racial Justice
Racism is the belief that one race is innately superior to all other
races. In the United States, this belief has justified the conquest,
enslavement and evangelizing of non-Europeans. During the
early history of this country, Europeans assumed their
civilization and religion were innately superior to those of both
the original inhabitants of the United States and the Africans
who were forcefully brought to these shores to be slaves.
Source:
Women's Division
Date posted: Jan 03, 2006
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