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UMNS Daily Digest - Dec. 3, 2010 (Prison ministry, DREAM Act, Board of Global Ministries, Armenia, H

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                          Friday, December 3, 2010
                   [5]Prisoners rebuild camp, self-esteem
                  [6]Pastor on spiritual fast for DREAM Act
              [7]Armenia: Gaining a new perspective toward HIV
         [8]Global Ministries names executive for mission volunteers
                  [9]âBlog Tourâ offers Advent reflections


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 âWe all make bad decisions from time to time. These people realize 
you made
   a bad decision, but, of course, you earn your trust and you earn 
your
  respect. Once you get that, they treat you like family. If you need 
help,
  theyâll help you.â â Paul Gover, a work-release program participant 
at a
                           United Methodist camp.

Prisoners rebuild camp, self-esteem

   WILLIAMS BAY, Wis. (UMNS)âWhat happens when a United Methodist 
conference
   center takes a leap of faith and hires nonviolent offenders to 
tackle jobs
   around the camp? Phenomenal things, if you ask Jeff Fry, site 
director at
   Wesley Woods Conference Center in Williams Bay, Wis.

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Pastor on spiritual fast for DREAM Act

   SAN ANTONIO (UMNS) â The Rev. Lorenza Andrade Smith, a United 
Methodist
   pastor  arrested Nov. 30 after a sit-in, is on a spiritual fast 
and is
   determined to remain jailed in solidarity with thousands of young 
people
   advocating for the DREAM Act.

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Armenia: Gaining a new perspective toward HIV

   NEW YORK (UMNS) âThe United Methodist Committee on Relief in 
Armenia is
   combating the spread of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and sexually 
transmitted
   infections by raising awareness in local communities, increasing 
access to
   screenings and treatment through mobile medical teams, and 
training local
   healthcare practitioners. This year, the agency served 10 villages 
through
   146 trained health volunteers, and six villages through its mobile 
medical
   teams.

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Global Ministries names executive for mission volunteers

   NEW YORK (UMNS) â Una Jones is the new executive for annual 
conference
   relations and mission volunteers programs at the United Methodist 
Board of
   Global Ministries, effective Dec. 10. Jones, who has served in 
various
   positions at the agency over the past 11 years, succeeds the Rev. 
Clint
   Rabb, who died as a result of injuries caused by the January 2010 
earthquake
   in Haiti. She will have an executive-level assistant, still to be 
hired, to
   work  specifically with volunteer networks, including United 
Methodist
   Volunteers in Mission.

âBlog Tourâ offers Advent reflections

   NASHVILLE, Tenn.â[20]The âAdvent Blog Tourâ premiered Dec. 1, 
offering
   reflections on Scriptures that tell of Christâs coming and birth. 
The tour
   will link readers to 25 blogs â one a day â where the writer is 
reflecting
   on a passage from the new Common English Bible version of the New 
Testament.
   Among at least 10 United Methodists in the diverse group are the 
[21]Rev.
   Mike Slaughter, lead pastor of Ginghamsburg United Methodist 
Church, Tipp
   City, Ohio; [22]Shane Raynor, an editor at the United Methodist 
Publishing
   House, Nashville, Tenn.; and the [23]Rev. Juan Huertas, pastor of 
Squyres
   United Methodist Church, Ragley, La.
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