UMNS Daily Digest - Oct. 4, 2010 (Stepanek, Wesley Foundation, Lois Dauway, UMCOR)
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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, Oct. 4, 2010 [5]Stepanek continues son's legacy of peace [6]Wesley Foundations offer student housing [7]Dauway remains hospitalized in Scotland [8]UMCOR help means successful chili crops [9]UMTV: Peace Camp» [10]UMTV: Duke Smart Home» [11]Read Additional UMNS Stories» [12]Find us on Facebook [13]Twitter Contact Us [14]E-mail (615) 742-5470 "Mattie knew that being a peacemaker is not a job; it's a way of being." - Jeni Stepanek, carrying out her son's legacy for peace. Stepanek continues son's legacy of peace ROCKVILLE, Md. (UMNS) - In divisive times, Jeni Stepanek is conducting her own quiet crusade for peace. She does it to carry out the legacy of her son, Mattie, the young peace activist, New York Times bestselling author and poet who died in June 2004, just before turning 14, from complications of a rare and progressive neuromuscular disease. His mother has the same disease. [15]Read full story and post a comment» Wesley Foundations offer student housing TEMPE, Ariz. (UMNS) - Cara Coleman is looking forward to the August 2011 opening of Wesley Hall, a residence hall operated by the Wesley Foundation on the Arizona State University campus. It is part of a growing trend of faith-based residence halls. The Wesley Foundation at the University of California, Berkeley, just opened its residence hall this fall and the University of Kentucky has had a Christian residence hall since 1986. [16]Read full story and post a comment» Dauway remains hospitalized in Scotland EDINBURGH, Scotland (UMNS) - Lois Dauway, a United Methodist representative on the World Council of Churches' executive committee, remains hospitalized at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh after suffering a stroke on Sept. 15 while attending a WCC meeting there. Dauway, who retired from the Board of Global Ministries this year, is also is a former executive with the board's Women's Division and the National Council of Churches. [17]Her family has set up a blog to provide updated information about her condition. UMCOR help means successful chili crops LAMBEUGAK, Indonesia (UMNS) - Farmers in the village of Lambeugak in Indonesia, supported by the United Methodist Committee on Relief, have begun to harvest a second round of chili crops for sale in local markets, part of a successful income-generation project. 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