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                          Tuesday, August 17, 2010
                 [5]Council revives debate over God language
               [6]Pakistan floods threaten millions of children
                [7]Leaders of downtown churches to share ideas
               [8]Clergy plan Labor Day sermons on immigration


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  "How does a mother explain the blond-haired, blue-eyed Jesus at 
church to
   her dark-skinned child? Faith language can alienate some people, 
while
rendering others invisible." -- S. Kim Coffing, an executive with the 
United
           Methodist Commission on the Status and Role of Women.

Council revives debate over God language

   CHICAGO (UMNS)â- Can Christians discuss the language of faith 
without it
   becoming a battle over political correctness or theological 
orthodoxy? The
   National Council of Churches hopes so. To begin the conversation, 
its
   Justice for Women Working Group brought 28 people to Chicago in 
August for a
   three-day symposium, "Language Matters."

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Pakistan floods threaten millions of children

   NEW YORK (UMNS)â For some 3.5 million children, Pakistanâs worst 
floods in
   80 years could have deadly consequences. Thatâs the United 
Nationsâ estimate
   of how many are at risk for diarrhea, cholera, typhoid and other 
water-borne
   diseases in the worsening crisis. As floodwaters from August 
monsoon rains
   spread over 82,000 square miles in Pakistan, the death toll is 
estimated at
   1,600, the homeless at 1.5 million and the number of people 
affected at
   millions more.

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Leaders of downtown churches to share ideas

   NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) â Leaders of United Methodist churches 
located in
   downtown  metropolitan  areas  often  face  the  challenges  of  
aging
   congregations, aging buildings and rapidly changing neighborhoods. 
The
   Downtown Church Network 2010, sponsored by the United Methodist 
Board of
   Discipleship, will give church leaders the chance to exchange 
ideas. The
   event for pastors and staff of downtown churches in cities of at 
least
   100,000 people is scheduled for Sept. 29-Oct. 1 at First United 
Methodist
   Church in Wichita, Kan. Information is available at 
[18]www.gbod.org/dcn10.

Clergy plan Labor Day sermons on immigration

   PHOENIX  (UMNS)âClergy in the United Methodist Desert Southwest 
Annual
   (regional) Conference are encouraged to preach on issues of 
immigration on
   Sept. 5, the day before the Labor Day holiday. The national 
holiday is an
   appropriate time to remember and honor all laborers, said the Rev. 
Dave
   Summers, chairman of the conference covenant council. âWe 
recognize that
   many  of  our  churches  have  already been having conversations 
about
   immigration and engaging in study and action,â Summers said. âOur 
deepest
   hope is that time in worship will encourage further study, holy 
conferencing
   and ways of taking action to strengthen our faithful response as 
Godâs
   people of love, justice and grace.â
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