UMNS Daily Digest - December 13, 2010 (Habitat for Humanity, Haiti, National Council of Churches, ru
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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 Monday, Dec. 13, 2010 [5]Early Christmas gift shelters Eritrean family [6]Stranded Haiti mission team heads home [7]Gathering honors United Methodist pastor [8]Advisory: Series will focus on rural church [9] UMTV: Haiti Recovery Volunteers» [10] UMTV: Church Gives Home Makeovers» [11]Read Additional UMNS Stories» [12] Find us on Facebook [13] Twitter Contact Us [14]E-mail (615) 742-5470 âI thought the process was great. It was special to work with all the churches coming together for a common cause and interacting with each other in this mission work.â â Ted Mosey, development coordinator for Indianapolis Habitat for Humanity. Early Christmas gift shelters Eritrean family INDIANAPOLIS (UMNS) â With a wide smile on her face, Hidat Ghebremedhin cut the ribbon on the door of her familyâs new home near downtown Indianapolis on a snowy Saturday morning. She then received the keys to her house as an early Christmas present. Twenty-two congregations and United Methodist Metro Ministries helped finance and build the house. [15]Read full story and post a comment» Stranded Haiti mission team heads home PITTSBURGH (UMNS) â Ten members of a United Methodist Volunteers in Mission Team from Western Pennsylvania boarded a Delta flight from Haiti on Dec. 11, after they were forced to extend their stay a few days because of turmoil created by demonstrators protesting election results. The protestors took to the streets of Port-au-Prince on Dec. 8, setting up flaming barricades and causing havoc that resulted in a shutdown of the airport. [16]Read full story» Gathering honors United Methodist pastor WASHINGTON (UMNS) â The Rev. Drema McAllister-Wilson, a United Methodist pastor and a specialist in death education, was among a group of women honored for their contributions to the ecumenical movement. The event on Nov. 18 at Wesley Theological Seminary, a United Methodist-related institution, was part of the National Council of Churches [17]Circles of Names campaign. The Circles of Names Campaign is a project to create a circle of support for women's ministries by asking a thousand people to give $100 in the name of a women who helped shape their faith. McAllister-Wilson, minister of congregational care at Metropolitan Memorial United Methodist Church, was recognized as one of those women. Advisory: Series will focus on rural church More than six in 10 United Methodist congregations, an estimated 20,000 churches, serve rural areas in the United States. 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