UMNS Daily Digest - December 14, 2010 (Sierra Leone, C.S. Lewis, Narnia, UMCOR, Haiti, rural church)
From "United Methodist News Service" <newsdesk@umcom.org>Date Tue, 14 Dec 2010 15:02:57 -0800
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 Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010 [5]Partnership celebrates African church [6]Review: New Narnia movie avoids risk [7]UMCOR grant to help prevent cholera in Haiti [8]Advisory: Rural church series delayed [9] âVoyage of the Dawn Treaderâ clips» [10] UMTV: Prosthetics for Sierra Leone» [11] UMCOR: Kissy Hospital» [12] Read Additional UMNS Stories» [13] Find us on Facebook [14] Twitter Contact Us [15]E-mail (615) 742-5470 âItâs just hard to believe that God would use me to be an instrument for him to see the completion of the work.â â Fred Clark, a United Methodist from Pennsylvania who helped to rehabilitate a Sierra Leone church. Partnership celebrates African church PANGUMA, Sierra Leone (UMNS) â Out of the rubble of civil war, a rehabilitated church stands as a symbol of peace and hope. On Nov. 21, United Methodists from as far away as Camp Hill, Pa., joined Christians and Muslims in the African nation to dedicate the Lower Bambara United Methodist Church. [16]Read full story and post a comment» Review: New Narnia movie avoids risk NARNIA (UMNS)âIn C.S. Lewisâs âThe Voyage of the Dawn Treader,â Eustace, the peevish, younger cousin of Edmund and Lucy, is the central character. Edmund and Lucy have their share of adventures as the good ship Dawn Treader sails eastward to Aslanâs country. But it is the halting â at times excruciating â inner journey of Eustace that propels the story. Eustace sojourns from immature unbelief toward a begrudging acceptance of a world wider than his imagination. [17]Read full story and post a comment» UMCOR grant to help prevent cholera in Haiti NEW YORK (UMNS) â The United Methodist Committee on Relief has approved a grant to partner GlobalMedic to deploy a rapid response team to Haiti to provide water purification units to families in the greater Port-au-Prince area who have been affected by this fallâs cholera outbreak. More than 72,000 cases of the disease have been reported, along with some 1,700 deaths. Another recent UMCOR grant to the Methodist Church of Haiti will help fund university scholarships for some 33 students over the course of their three-year studies. The Methodist Church of Britain and the United Church of Canada are also contributors to the program. [18]Donations to the Haiti Emergency can be made here. Advisory: Rural church series delayed The three-part series, "Harvest of Hope: The Rural Church in America,â that was announced Monday has been delayed. 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