UMNS Daily Digest - October 5, 2010 (chaplain, hospice, Del Pino, Global Fund, malaria, Africa Unive

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                          Tuesday, October 5, 2010
                    [5]Chaplains crucial to hospice care
                    [6]Church makes pledge to Global Fund
                  [7]Afro-Brazilian society honors Del Pino
                [8]Africa University Press founder dies at 85
                 [9]Hunger ministry offers Advent devotional


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 âWe need to be well versed in the resources needed by people facing 
the end
   of life.â-- Sally Schwab, Association for Clinical Pastoral 
Education

Chaplains crucial to hospice care

   NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) -- As more people seek hospice care, 
chaplains have
   a crucial role to play in leading discussions about end-of-life 
spiritual
   and medical issues, panelists at a chaplainsâ convocation on 
hospice and
   palliative care said during a meeting sponsored by the United 
Methodist
   Board of Higher Education and Ministry.

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Church makes pledge to Global Fund

   NEW YORK (UMNS) -- In a spirit of hope and partnership, Thomas 
Kemper has
   announced that The United Methodist Church will contribute up to 
$28 million
   to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, based 
on a
   successful $75 million Imagine No Malaria campaign. The 
announcement was
   made at an Oct. 5 pledging ceremony of the Third Voluntary 
Replenishment
   Conference  of  the Global Fund, chaired by U.N. Secretary-General 
Ban
   Ki-moon.

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Afro-Brazilian society honors Del Pino

   NASHVILLE,  Tenn.  (UMNS)  --  The  Honors  Council  of the 
Society of
   Afro-Brazilian Socio-Cultural Development in Brazil is honoring 
the Rev.
   Jerome  King Del Pino, top executive, United Methodist Board of 
Higher
   Education and Ministry.
   He will receive the Black Race Trophy 2010 in recognition of his 
assistance
   and support -- together with Almir Maia of the Methodist 
University in
   Piracicaba, Brazil -- in establishing Zumbi dos Palmares College, 
the first
   minority higher education institution for African Brazilians. A 
ceremony is
   planned Nov. 15 in São Paulo, Brazil.

Africa University Press founder dies at 85

   LAGUNA  BEACH, Calif. (UMNS) -- Edward Fry, 85, a United Methodist 
who
   developed the University Press at Africa University, died Sept. 2 
in Laguna
   Beach, Calif. He was remembered in a Sept. 18 memorial service at 
Laguna
   Beach United Methodist Church.
   At age 12, Fry claimed to be the first employee of a Laguna Beach 
landmark,
   The Pottery Shack, earning 15 cents an hour. He attended seventh 
grade in
   bare  feet.  At  Laguna Beach High, he edited the school newspaper 
and
   graduated in 1942. After serving in the Merchant Marine during 
World War II,
   he graduated from Occidental College. An expert in teaching 
reading, Fry
   taught at Makerere University in Uganda and at the University of 
Zimbabwe.
   He wrote more than 31 books and 100 articles.

Hunger ministry offers Advent devotional

   BIG ISLAND, Va. (UMNS) â Last year, donations made through the 
Society of
   St.  Andrewâs Advent devotional program provided more than 1.2 
million
   servings of food to the hungry. The society, an official partner 
of The
   United Methodist Church, is hoping church members will use this 
yearâs
   booklet, âPreparing the Way,â to prayerfully reflect on the 
Scriptures and
   join in the ministry of feeding Americaâs hungry during the Advent 
season.
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