UMNS Daily Digest - February 1, 2011 (Westboro protests, homosexuality, nature of evil, Egypt, Mehar
From "United Methodist News Service" <newsdesk@umcom.org>Date Tue, 01 Feb 2011 16:11:24 -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, Feb. 1, 2011 [5]Students offer hugs at Westboro protest [6]33 retired bishops urge end to gay ban [7]Every heart inclined to both good, evil [8]United Methodists caught up in Egypt protests [9]Meharry takes part in HIV/AIDS awareness day [10]Correction: Stopping church sexual abuse takes training [11]UMTV: Guarding Military Funerals» [12]UMTV: Women's Spirituality Club» [13]UMTV: Sermons for Truckers» [14]United Methodist Korean Portal» [15]Read Additional UMNS Stories» [16] Find us on Facebook [17] Twitter Contact Us [18]E-mail (615) 742-5470 "I used the opportunity to talk about love, not as an emotion, but as a way of living, something we can choose." - The Rev. Mark Schaefer on the Westboro Baptist protest at American University. Students offer hugs at Westboro protest WASHINGTON (UMNS) - A group of United Methodist students at American University in Washington, D.C., met hate head-on when members of the infamous Westboro Baptist Church came to their campus Jan. 14. They did it with love, poetry and hot chocolate. [19]Read full story and post a comment» 33 retired bishops urge end to gay ban NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) - Thirty-three retired United Methodist bishops have released a statement calling on The United Methodist Church to remove its ban on homosexual clergy. Full story will follow later. [20]Read the statement» Every heart inclined to both good, evil NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) - Whenever a tragedy like the recent shootings in Tucson, Ariz., occurs, commentators are tempted to call the act or perpetrator evil. But that's not quite right, writes the Rev. Michael Williams, a Nashville pastor, in a commentary. "The line between good and evil does not fall between people or groups but rather right down the middle of the human heart." [21]Read full commentary and post a comment» United Methodists caught up in Egypt protests CAIRO (UMNS) - The weeklong street demonstrations in Egypt provided some tense moments for New Jersey United Methodists who, like many other foreign visitors, were forced to escape the unsettled political situation there. But with the help of their Egyptian tour hosts, U.S. travel planner and the congregation back home, the 18-member tour group from the [22]Bridgewater United Methodist Church found seats on a Jan. 31 flight to Rome, where they are resting and sightseeing before returning to the United States on Feb. 3. [23]Read full story and post a comment» Meharry takes part in HIV/AIDS awareness day NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) - United Methodist-related Meharry Medical College will join national and international organizations offering free HIV/AIDS testing as part of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. The day, observed on Feb. 7, was founded in 1999 by five organizations funded by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Blacks experience more new HIV infections than does any other racial/ethnic group in the United States. They also have the most new AIDS cases, people estimated to be living with HIV disease and HIV-related deaths. Even though blacks make up 13 percent of the U.S. population, they account for about half, 49 percent, of the people who get HIV and AIDS. [24]View complete list of participating organizations» Correction: Stopping church sexual abuse takes training Editor's note: This story has been corrected to accurately reflect why two church leaders left the ministry. HOUSTON (UMNS) - It is the kind of news every United Methodist dreads: a pastor arrested and convicted of child molestation. Not long after, a district superintendent also left the ministry because of a case of sexual misconduct. But since those incidents about 20 years ago, the [25]Kansas East Annual (regional) Conference has become a model for providing churchgoers a safe sanctuary from abuse, participants at a Jan. 26-29 gathering on sexual ethics learned. [26]Read corrected story and post a comment» Did someone you know pass along this copy to you? Get your own copy [27]here. United Methodist News Service is a ministry of United Methodist Communications. 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