UMNS Daily Digest - January 6, 2011 (Uganda, going green, Haiti, Foundation of Evangelism)

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                         Thursday, January 6, 2011
                [5]Church empowers African women in business
                [6]Consume less in 2011 so the world has more
                  [7]IMA Health calls for prayer for Haiti
             [8]Foundation for Evangelism names interim director
           [9]Homeless man finds voice, thanks to United Methodist

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  âI believe this training will enable the women to wake up and be 
able to
   take care of the children. Much as you depend on God, consider 
becoming
       self-sustaining.â â East Africa Area Bishop Daniel Wandabula.

Church empowers African women in business

   JINJA, Uganda (UMNS) â The United Methodist Church in East Africa 
has made a
   commitment to train women to start and maintain small businesses. 
Thatâs
   important to helping women â and with them orphans and vulnerable 
children
   â support themselves and their churches.

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Consume less in 2011 so the world has more

   CHICAGO (UMNS) â Anne Williamson, pastor of discipleship at a 
Chicago United
   Methodist Church, says having too much stuff can get in the way of 
God. She
   strives to practice what she preaches by consuming less.


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IMA Health calls for prayer for Haiti

   NEW WINDSOR, Md. (UMNS) â To commemorate the anniversary of the 
Haiti
   earthquake and remind the world of the plight of the Haitian 
people, IMA
   World Health â which provides healthcare in developing countries â 
is
   dedicating the month of January as a time of prayer for Haiti and 
inviting
   churches to choose a day to [20]lift up Haiti in prayer.

   When the earthquake struck, three IMA staff members â Rick Santos, 
Sarla
   Chand and Ann Varghese â were trapped beneath the rubble of the 
Hotel
   Montana with three United Methodist colleagues, the Revs. Jim 
Gulley, Sam
   Dixon and Clinton Rabb. Dixon and Rabb died from their injuries.

Foundation for Evangelism names interim director

   LAKE JUNALUSKA, N.C. (UMNS) â The Foundation for Evangelism board 
of
   trustees has appointed Jane Boatwright Wood as interim executive 
director,
   succeeding John "Jack" Ewing, who is the new executive director 
for Lake
   Junaluska Assembly, Inc. Wood has served as vice president at the
   Foundation, an affiliate of the United Methodist Board of 
Discipleship, for
   the past six years.

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Homeless man finds voice, thanks to United Methodist

   This week Ted Williamsâ story, and voice, became a YouTube 
sensation. The
   man who âdiscoveredâ him is an active United Methodist and 
advocate for the
   homeless, CNN reports.

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