UMNS Daily Digest - Oct. 7, 2010 (Board of Church and Society, domestic violence, Upper Room Academy

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                           Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010
           [5]Judge rules in favor of Church and Society on funding
                  [6]Resource available on domestic violence
           [7]New leaders named at Academy for Spiritual Formation


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 "Judge Reid Winston's ruling confirms the good intentions of our 
many board
 members through several decades to witness on Capitol Hill in 
Christ's name
  for justice and peace." - Bishop Deborah Kiesey, president of the 
United
                   Methodist Board of Church and Society.

Judge rules in favor of Church and Society on funding

   WASHINGTON (UMNS) - A District of Columbia judge has ruled that 
The United
   Methodist Church's social action agency can use funds collected 
for the
   church's building on Capitol Hill for purposes beyond addressing 
alcohol
   problems. At stake was about $1 million in annual revenue, said 
Jim Winkler,
   chief executive of the United Methodist Board of Church and 
Society.

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Resource available on domestic violence

   WASHINGTON (UMNS) - October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. 
The United
   Methodist  Board of Church and Society is offering a new, 
downloadable
   resource, "Breaking the Silence," to equip United Methodists to 
speak out
   about  domestic  violence.  The  23-page  study  is  for  use in 
local
   congregations. It focuses on the need for communities of faith to 
address
   systems that perpetuate domestic violence: causing victims to 
remain silent
   and enabling perpetrators to continue. [15]The resource is 
available here.


New leaders named at Academy for Spiritual Formation

   NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) - A lay leader and a clergywoman have been 
named to
   lead The Upper Room's Academy for Spiritual Formation. Johnny 
Sears is the
   academy's  new  director,  and  the  Rev.  Im Jung is the new 
regional
   coordinator. The hires come as the academy responds to the growing 
need of
   helping Christian leaders live effective, disciplined spiritual 
lives in an
   increasingly multi-cultural, interfaith world. The Upper Room is a 
division
   of the United Methodist Board of Discipleship. Nearly 1,500 lay 
and clergy
   have completed the two-year academy since it began in 1983.


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