UMNS Daily Digest - August 16, 2010 (Global AIDS Fund, worldwide study, anti-poverty summit)
From "United Methodist News Service" <newsdesk@umcom.org>Date Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:23:20 -0700
To ensure consistent delivery, please add [1]newsdesk@umcom.org to your contact and/or safe senders list. [2]View Online | [3]Add to Address Book | [4]Subscribe UMNS Daily Digest - Produced by United Methodist News Service Monday, Aug. 16, 2010 [5]Global AIDS Fund provides help, comfort [6]Worldwide study group visits Africa [7]Pennsylvania plans âAnti-poverty Summitâ [8] UMTV: AIDS Care in India» [9] UMTV: Adult AIDS Health Care» [10] Read Additional UMNS Stories» [11]Find us on Facebook [12]Twitter Contact Us [13]E-mail (615) 742-5470 âItâs difficult to get the church engaged on HIV and AIDS across the board. Every dollar received, I think, represents a conversion experience.â â The Rev. Donald Messer, chairperson of the Global AIDS Fund Committee. Global AIDS Fund provides help, comfort NEW YORK (UMNS) â An AIDS orphan in Kenya, Purity at 14 had become the caregiver for a younger brother and sister and a mentally disabled older brother. They had a piece of family land, but no food. Purity became involved in a United Methodist-supported project that linked her with a group of 12 families in her community. A Zoe Ministry project helped her to plant grass â feed for the family cow â and cultivate greens to sell for profit. Zoe Ministry is one of the grant recipients of the United Methodist Global AIDS Fund. [14]Read full story and post a comment» Worldwide study group visits Africa MONROVIA, Liberia (UMNS) â Members of a United Methodist committee studying the worldwide nature of the denomination are visiting Africa this month. Since Aug. 14, committee members have visited Kamina, the Democratic Republic of Congo; Harare, Zimbabwe; Maputo, Mozambique; and Monrovia, Liberia. The committee plans to gather in Abidjan, Cote dâIvoire, on Aug. 19-22 to continue preparing its final report. The 32-member committee, created by the 2008 General Conference, is addressing what the church will be like in 2020 and beyond. Pennsylvania plans âAnti-poverty Summitâ CAMP HILL, Pa. (UMNS) â Three Pennsylvania United Methodist annual (regional) conferences are joining forces for an âAnti-poverty Summitâ Oct. 10-11 at Camp Hill United Methodist Church sponsored by United Methodist Advocacy in Pennsylvania and the stateâs three bishops. Retired Bishop Felton May is the keynote speaker. Participants will learn about effective local poverty ministries and help develop a statewide United Methodist anti-poverty strategy. For more information, [15]click here. Did someone you know pass along this copy to you? Get your own copy [16]here. United Methodist News Service is a ministry of United Methodist Communications. 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