UMNS Daily Digest - Dec. 8, 2010 (Sierra Leone, malaria, Green funerals, Liberia, Lambuth University
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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, December 8, 2010 [5]Sierra Leone volunteers help save moms, babies [6]UMTV: Going Green for Funerals [7]Glamour magazine honors Liberian president [8]Lambuth University loses accreditation [9] Soul Changing Prayer» [10] Imagine No Malaria» [11] UMTV: Going Green for Funerals» [12] Read Additional UMNS Stories» [13]Find us on Facebook [14]Twitter Contact Us [15]E-mail (615) 742-5470 âWe face many challenges here. Malaria and HIV/AIDS can cause premature birth and, in some cases, death for both the mother and child. Complications, such as hemorrhage, also occur.â â Christiana Tommy, a nurse in Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone volunteers help save moms, babies BO, Sierra Leone (UMNS) â Christiana Tommy is on a mission to reduce maternal and infant deaths in her community. Childbirth is never easy, especially in Sierra Leone, where the maternal and child mortality rates are among the highest in the world. In 19 years, Tommy has seen more than her share of maternal and infant deaths. But she and The United Methodist Church are helping to save lives. [16]Read full story and post a comment» UMTV: Going Green for Funerals MIDDLEBURG, Va. (UMTV) â Churches with a private cemetery used to be a familiar sight, but development has left many cities landlocked. Eco-burial offers an alternative. Clients can choose to have remains cremated and buried in the drip line of a tree. The process is environmentally-friendly and preserves natural forests. At a fraction of the price of a traditional funeral, green burial is gaining popularity. United Methodist Camp Highroad is a favorite summer camp in Virginia that has committed a section of forest as a green cemetery for the next 100 years. You can view UMTVâs âGoing Green for Funeralsâ [17]here. Find this and other UMTV stories on YouTube and Tangle by typing "UMTV" in the video keyword search. You can also find the latest UMTV videos on Facebook if you become a fan of the page for The United Methodist Church. Glamour magazine honors Liberian president MONROVIA, Liberia (UMNS) â Liberiaâs President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, a United Methodist who in 2005 became the first female elected president of an African country, is among five women heads of state being honored as Glamour magazineâs 2010 Women of the Year. Johnson Sirleaf, who spoke at the denominationâs top legislative gathering in 2008, has stressed education, the inclusion of women in government, and providing women with vocational skills and improving their employment opportunities. Glamourâs other honorees at its Women of the Year event include: Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor of Croatia, Prime Minister Iveta Radicová of Slovakia, President Dalia Grybauskaite of Lithuania, and Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar of Trinidad and Tobago. Altogether, there are now 18 women presidents and prime ministers in the world. In January, that number increases to 19 when Dilma Rousseff takes office as Brazilâs president. Lambuth University loses accreditation JACKSON, Tenn. (UMNS) â United Methodist-affiliated [18]Lambuth University in Jackson, Tenn., learned this week that the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools has denied renewal of the schoolâs accreditation. Lambuth President Bill Seymour announced at a press conference Dec. 7 that the school would appeal the decision. Accreditation and aid eligibility will remain in place during the appeal. Delegates at the 2010 Memphis Annual (regional) Conference voted to apportion $405,000 in 2011 for the financially troubled school â with several conditions. If all conditions are not met, that money will be given to the Memphis Conference Division of Higher Education and Campus Ministry to form a Memphis Conference Scholarship Fund for 2011. One of the conditions was that the school maintain approval by the University Senate as a United Methodist institution. The University Senate is the body that determines which learning institutions meet the criteria for listing as institutions affiliated with The United Methodist Church. While no action has been taken by the Senate, its [19]website states: âTo qualify for affiliation with The United Methodist Church, institutions must maintain appropriate academic accreditation.â Did someone you know pass along this copy to you? Get your own copy [20]here. United Methodist News Service is a ministry of United Methodist Communications. 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