UMNS Daily Digest - Oct. 13, 2010 (Young clergy, Africa University, Methodist church of Puerto Rico,
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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 Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010 [5]Clergy couple blends ministry, marriage [6]Bishops break new ground at Africa University [7]First woman district superintendent in Puerto Rico dies [8]Chilean miner: 'God has never left us' [9]10-Fold events this week» [10]UMTV: Adult AIDS Health Care» [11]UTMV: New Church After Katrina» [12]Read Additional UMNS Stories» [13]Find us on Facebook [14]Twitter Contact Us [15]E-mail (615) 742-5470 "Sometimes the best sermons are when you are preaching to yourself." - The Rev. Brian Rossbert. Clergy couple blends ministry, marriage NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) - The Rev. Brian Rossbert spent most of his third wedding anniversary at a church council meeting, which is typical of the way life is working out for him these days. The experience of Rossbert and his wife, Laura - a pastoral intern on the other side of the city - is a common one for young clergy couples. This is the third installment of a yearlong series that is following newly appointed United Methodist clergy as they begin their ministry. [16]Read full story and post a comment» Bishops break new ground at Africa University OLD MUTARE, Zimbabwe (UMNS) - Breaking ground on a $60,000 duplex for staff members is a concrete signal of The United Methodist Church's commitment to Africa University, said the school's founding chancellor. The groundbreaking marks the beginning of the first structure funded by The United Methodist Church's African bishops at the 18-year-old campus. [17]Read full story and post a comment» First woman district superintendent in Puerto Rico dies SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (UMNS) - The Rev. Myriam Visot Fernández, the first woman named superintendent in the Methodist Church of Puerto Rico, died Oct. 8. She was 80. Visot Fernández was born in Ponce, on Dec. 29, 1929. She earned a bachelor's degree in organic chemistry in 1950, graduating with honors from the University of Puerto Rico. In 1953, she earned a certified diploma from the International Center of Economics and Finance in Santiago, Chile. She began her career at the University of Puerto Rico, where she taught mathematics, chemistry and physical science. In 1971, she became associate pastor at Iglesia Metodista Universitaria, and received diaconal orders. In 1980, she was ordained elder, and in 1985, she was named district superintendent of the Methodist Church in Puerto Rico. In 1991, she returned to be a pastor of the RÃo Piedras Heights Methodist Church, where she served until she retired. In 2004, she was consecrated Bishop Emeritus of the Church in Puerto Rico, an honorary title. A wake took place Oct. 9 at Iglesia Metodista Universitaria in RÃo Piedras, where Visot was the pastor from 1971 to 1975. A special service was held the next day, and her body was buried in Borinquen Memorial Cemetery in Caguas. Chilean miner: 'God has never left us' COPIAPO, Chile (UMNS) - Their Christian faith has helped many of the 33 miners trapped for more than two months in a copper-gold mine. "There are actually 34 of us," wrote Jimmy Sanchez, 19, the youngest of the miners, in a letter sent up from the mine on Tuesday, "because God has never left us down here." A CNN story noted that on Aug. 31, miner Mario Sepulveda had reported: "We 33 miners are walking hand in hand with God." In a Christianity Today blog, Trevor Persaud notes that miners have also made decisions about their family lives and at least two have made professions of faith. [18]The full blog post is available here. Did someone you know pass along this copy to you? Get your own copy [19]here. United Methodist News Service is a ministry of United Methodist Communications. 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