UMNS Daily Digest - February 4, 2011 (Judicial Council, same-sex marriage, rural church history, Glo
From "United Methodist News Service" <newsdesk@umcom.org>Date Fri, 04 Feb 2011 13:53:59 -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 Friday, February 4, 2011 [5]Court takes up membership, marriage [6]United Methodist college students evacuate Cairo [7]UMTV: Rural Methodist church history [8]Advisory: Series will focus on rural church [9]Souper Bowl of Caring tackles hunger [10]Global Fund takes steps to prevent fraud [11] Imagine No Malaria» [12] UMTV: Rasmusâ Church Growth Tips» [13] UMTV: Malaria Ravages Congo Poor» [14] UMTV: Inmate Gift Fights Malaria» [15] Read Additional UMNS Stories» [16] Find us on Facebook [17] Twitter Contact Us [18]E-mail (615) 742-5470 âIt is true we could not, many of us, conjugate a verb or parse a sentence, and murdered the Kingâs English almost every lick. But there was a Divine unction attended in the word preached and thousands fell under the mighty power of God.â â Francis Asbury, writing in 1803 about the early circuit riders. Court takes up membership, marriage DURHAM, N.C. (UMNS) â The United Methodist Judicial Council again is being asked to reconsider a 2005 decision allowing a pastor to bar a gay man from joining his congregation. During its April 27-30 meeting, the council also will take up a request from the New York Annual (regional) Conference, deferred from the October meeting, for a ruling on the validity of a policy related to clergy and same-sex marriage. [19]Read full story and post a comment» United Methodist college students evacuate Cairo NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) â United Methodist college students are among the hundreds of U.S. citizens joining in the mass departure from Egypt a week and a half after protesters took to the streets to demand a new leader and sweeping reforms. More than 400 U.S. students are enrolled at The American University in Cairo alone. [20]Read full story and post a comment» UMTV: Rural Methodist church history MADISON, N.J. (UMNS) â Methodismâs connectional system was born when circuit riders traveled hundreds of miles to serve those in rural communities. It was an adventure filled with risks and rewards. [21]Watch video and post a comment» Advisory: Series will focus on rural church Want to know more about the importance of the rural church? The United Methodist News Service will take an in-depth look at the challenges faced by rural congregations and the issues before the larger church as rural congregations seek to move "from survival to revival.â The multimedia package of stories, videos and photos, âHarvest of Hope: The Rural Church in America,â will run Feb. 7-11 on [22]www.umc.org. Souper Bowl of Caring tackles hunger ARLINGTON, Texas (UMNS) â Souper Bowl of Caring is a national movement to use the weeks around the Super Bowl to collect money or food for the hungry. Collections can be donated to the charity of a congregationâs choice. The movement began at Spring Valley Presbyterian Church in Columbia, S.C., and has since been taken up by churches, schools and community groups across the United States. Last year, more than 260,000 young people collected $10 million in dollars and food for hunger-relief charities as part of Souper Bowl of Caring. [23]Read more here» Global Fund takes steps to prevent fraud GENEVA (UMNS) â The Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria on Feb. 4 announced extra measures to reinforce financial safeguards after its inspector general discovered the misuse of grant money in four countries. Those measures include expanding the mandate of those who monitor expenditures, doubling the budget of the fundâs inspector general and increasing the staff responsible for financial management. The organization also is setting up a panel of international experts to review its systems and ensure that its approaches to fraud prevention are among the strongest in the world. The Global Fund serves a total of 145 countries. The United Methodist Churchâs Imagine No Malaria campaign contributed $590,000 to The Global Fund in December. But the money had not yet been released when the fraud was detected and was held as The Global Fund carried out its review. Imagine No Malaria is an initiative of the people of The United Methodist Church to raise funds to help eliminate malaria deaths in Africa by 2015. Did someone you know pass along this copy to you? Get your own copy [24]here. United Methodist News Service is a ministry of United Methodist Communications. 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