UMNS Daily Digest - Dec. 20, 2010 (Family dynamics, grief at Christmas, Cȏte d'Ivoire, Chrismon tree
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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. 20, 2010 [5]Help! My family stresses me out at Christmas [6]Christmas memories sustain grieving families [7]United Methodists pray for peace in CÈte d'Ivoire [8]Senate fails to pass DREAM Act [9]'Chrismon' tree graces Capitol Hill lobby [10]UMTV: Microloans for Christmas» [11]UMTV: Holiday Wreaths for Veterans» [12]UMCam: What's your favorite Christmas tradition?» [13]Read Additional UMNS Stories» [14] Find us on Facebook [15] Twitter Contact Us [16]E-mail (615) 742-5470 "People too often think that they'll go home for the holidays, and it will be different. They think, this year we'll all get along. Or I'll see my family again, and it will be a great thing. But they don't take into account that they can't undo perhaps years of dysfunctional relationships in just one holiday weekend." - Amy Birchill, director of St. Luke's Center for Counseling and Life Enrichment in Houston. Help! My family stresses me out at Christmas NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) - Sometimes expectations of Kodak moments and hopes for a holly, jolly holiday fall short at family gatherings. Despite your best efforts to prepare yourself for the worst in what are supposed to be the best of times, your plans can fall apart the minute the past creeps back into the present. But, even then, God is present. [17]Read full story and post a comment» Christmas memories sustain grieving families INDIANAPOLIS (UMNS) - This will be the first Christmas for Indiana Area Bishop Michael J. Coyner and his family since the death of his mother. So like many who have lost loved ones in the past year, he realizes it could be a rather "Blue Christmas." "Simply going forward with the usual joyful activities is not always an easy choice when you have a lost a loved one since the last year's celebrations," he writes in a commentary. "However, I also know that good Christmas memories can carry us through tough times and periods of grief." [18]Read full story and post a comment» United Methodists pray for peace in CÈte d'Ivoire ABIDJAN, Côte d'Ivoire (UMNS) - Amid post-election violence, the United Methodist Church of CÈte d'Ivoire is calling for prayer and trying to reinforce its ministries to the people. The outcome of the West African nation's Nov. 28 presidential election is in dispute, leading to renewed tension in a country that has been trying to regain stability following a civil war earlier in this decade. Both the current president, Laurent Gbagbo, and his opponent, Allassane Ouattara, are claiming victory. [19]Read full story and post a comment» Senate fails to pass DREAM Act WASHINGTON (UMNS) - The U.S. Senate failed to pass a bill that would have allowed illegal immigrants who entered the U.S. as children and have lived in the country for five years to gain conditional legal status after graduating from high school. United Methodist leaders expressed disappointment at the U.S. Senate's inability to bring the DREAM (Development, Relief & Education for Alien Minors) Act to a vote, effectively killing the legislation for this congressional session. [20]Read full story and post a comment» 'Chrismon' tree graces Capitol Hill lobby WASHINGTON (UMNS) - A special "Chrismon" tree stands in the lobby of the United Methodist Building on Capitol Hill. Taken from the Latin phrase "Christi Monogramma," or "monogram of Christ," Chrismons represent the life and ministry of Jesus Christ and of the Christian church. Last year, a call went out to church members to supply Chrismons for the tree, and they responded, with a particular effort made by the West Ohio Annual (regional) Conference United Methodist Women. Did someone you know pass along this copy to you? Get your own copy [21]here. United Methodist News Service is a ministry of United Methodist Communications. 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