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                           Monday, Feb. 14, 2011
                 [5]United Methodists offer job seekers hope
                [6]Marriage counseling aids happily ever after
                [7]Discounts available for Wesleyan pilgrimage
             [8]AIDS panel condemns human-rights activist's death


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 "Any kind of jobs program churches can put together is extremely valuable.
 It is a huge opportunity for the church to be involved with the community,
   to witness to people in need and to help people rebuild their lives." -
                 Steve Bass, a United Methodist in Kansas.

United Methodists offer job seekers hope

   LEAWOOD, Kan. (UMNS) - With the U.S. unemployment rate at 9 percent, many
   people are finding themselves wandering "in the wilderness" in need of
   employment - and direction. And many turn to the church for help and hope.

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Marriage counseling aids happily ever after

   NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) - Bridgett Zeller, 26, and Mark Wilson, 24, will say
   "I do" on April 30. And since they are undergoing premarital counseling,
   odds are in their favor that their future as Mr. and Mrs. is brighter than
   if they avoided undergoing a psychological reality check before taking the
   plunge.

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Discounts available for Wesleyan pilgrimage

   NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) - United Methodist clergy and lay leaders who want
   to follow the footsteps of John and Charles Wesley can take advantage of
   early-registration discounts for a 10-day Wesleyan Pilgrimage to England in
   November. Additionally, scholarships are available for provisional members.
   The Nov. 7-17 pilgrimage is being sponsored by the United Methodist Board of
   Discipleship and Board of Higher Education and Ministry.
   An early registration discount of $400 is available through April 29, and a
   discount of $200 will be available from April 30 through July 31. After Aug.
   1, the cost will be $2,395, except for provisional members. The Board of
   Higher Education and Ministry is making $1,000 scholarships available for
   provisional elders and deacons.

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AIDS panel condemns human-rights activist's death

   WASHINGTON (UMNS) - The United Methodist Church Global AIDS Fund Committee
   joins more than 70 other religious representatives from around the globe in
   expressing deep concern about the violent death of human-rights activist
   David Kato in Uganda.

   Kato, a gay man, was beaten to death Jan. 26 in his home in Kampala. He
   recently won a court case challenging the publishing of his photo, name and
   address in a Ugandan newspaper calling for homosexuals to be hanged. The
   investigation into his murder is ongoing.

   The Rev. Donald Messer, chair of the United Methodist Global AIDS Fund
   Committee, said the decision to speak out about Kato's death is because of
   the high number of persons around the world who are gay and living with
   AIDS. A resolution for eradicating homophobia and heterosexism was adopted
   by  the 2008 General Conference, The United Methodist Church's highest
   policy-making body.


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