UMNS Daily Digest - August 24, 2010 (Disability rights, Hurricane Katrina, Rethink Bible)

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                           Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010
                 [5]Opening doors to people with disabilities
                      [6]Giving thanks in Katrina's wake
                   [7]Rethink Church Bible welcomes seekers


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 "We need to realize that promoting inclusion of all persons is not a 
fringe
 issue, but rather one that touches the core of who we are and who we 
should
   be. If we are truly to be a missional church that reaches out into 
the
   neighborhoods and the world, we do need to be open to all." - Lynn 
M.
Swedburg, chair of the United Methodist Task Force on Disability 
Ministries.

Opening doors to people with disabilities

   NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) - The United Methodist Church promises 
"open doors,"
   but many people with disabilities and their families perceive 
barriers to
   full life in the church. The problem is often one of attitude, 
said the Rev.
   J. Eric Pridmore, a United Methodist pastor in Mississippi and 
co-chair of
   the United Methodist Association of Ministers with Disabilities. 
"I think
   more than anything else what families and individuals want is a 
welcoming
   attitude," he said. "Usually, the accessibility stuff will take 
care of
   itself after that."

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Giving thanks in Katrina's wake

   As  the  fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's landfall 
approaches,
   Mississippi Bishop Hope Morgan Ward gives thanks for more than 
160,000
   volunteers, countless prayers, remarkable generosity and ongoing 
work for
   families yet to be back home. "Through your generosity, the 
recovery effort
   will continue with materials supplied and teams working through 
2011," she
   writes in a UMNS commentary. "Thank you for your prayers, presence 
and
   partnership onward!"

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Rethink Church Bible welcomes seekers

   NASHVILLE,  Tenn.  (UMNS)  -  Beginning  in  October, United 
Methodist
   Communications is offering a free New Testament to people visiting 
the
   Rethink Church campaign website.
   The Rethink Church Common English Bible (New Testament) is a 
special edition
   that features a seeker-sensitive introduction to the Bible and to 
The United
   Methodist Church.
   "The Rethink Church Edition is a powerful tool for evangelism," 
said the
   Rev. Larry Hollon, top executive of United Methodist 
Communications. "It
   introduces the Bible and denomination to seekers with sensitivity 
to their
   worldview, in welcoming language." [16]Further information about 
the Rethink
   Church advertising and welcoming campaign is available here.


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