UMNS Daily Digest - October 18, 2010 (gay, suicide, domestic violence, UMW, UMM, Internet, NCC, pove

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                          Monday, October 18, 2010
                   [5]Voice of faith crucial to young gays
              [6]UMW, UMM conducting survey on domestic violence
               [7]Church communicators support Internet freedom
                  [8]British faithful join forces on poverty

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      âObviously, for so many people, church equals all the bad words,
  exclusion.â -- The Rev. Trey Hall, a United Methodist pastor in 
Chicago.

Voice of faith crucial to young gays

   NASHVILLE (UMNS) -- At age 23, the pain of believing that God 
didnât love
   him because he was gay was too much for âGeorge.â He decided to 
commit
   suicide. But at the darkest time of his life, he felt overwhelmed 
by a
   loving divine presence and he clearly heard in his head the words 
âDonât do
   it.â Listening to that voice saved his life.

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UMW, UMM conduct domestic violence survey

   NEW YORK (UMNS) â As part of their joint initiative on domestic 
violence,
   United Methodist Women and United Methodist Men are conducting a 
domestic
   violence  survey,  which  can  be  found  on  the [16]UMW website. 
The
   organizations also recommend that congregations obtain a copy of 
âWhat
   Churches Can Doâ from the [17]Faithtrust Institute. It includes a 
DVD and
   study guide with instructions on preparing an event to raise 
awareness about
   domestic violence.


Church communicators support Internet freedom

   WASHINGTON (UMNS) -- Communicators representing a wide range of 
national
   church bodies, including The United Methodist Church, have called 
upon the
   Federal Communications Commission "to take any and all action" to 
protect
   the freedom of the Internet. Noting that Internet communication is 
"vital"
   to faith groups as they share their stories and build communities, 
the
   National  Council  of  Churches  Communication Commission has 
issued a
   resolution urging the FCC to "protect the freedom of every 
individual and
   group to see and hear and send any information they desire."


British faithful join forces on poverty

   SWANWICK,  England  (UMNS) â In a joint Oct. 13-15 meeting, the 
United
   Reformed and British Methodist churches joined forces to challenge 
the
   causes  of  poverty and inequality ingrained in British society 
and to
   campaign for benefit and wage policies that allow people to live 
and work in
   dignity.

   âIn  all  our discussions, we have seen a deeper commitment to 
working
   together to make Christâs love known in the world, to challenge 
poverty and
   injustice wherever we find it, and to support and share with one 
another on
   our different journeys,â said the Rev. Alison Tomlin, president of 
the
   British Methodist Conference.
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