UMNS Daily Digest - February 18, 2011 (Church giving, Jeopardy, technology, Holocaust, Lent, tempera

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                         Friday, February 18, 2011
                 [5]Despite tough times, church giving rises
              [6]Supercomputerâs win not trivial to Christians
           [7]Clark Atlanta to host Holocaust program for teachers
              [8]United Methodists promote âAlcohol Free Lentâ
                [9]Central conference committee meets in Africa


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    âThe day a computer can write a sermon better than I and my pastoral
   colleagues can write, then I start getting anxious.â â The Rev. Philip
                   Clayton, Claremont School of Theology.

Despite tough times, church giving rises

   NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) â At a time when fixing the church roof or hiring a
   youth pastor might take precedence over supporting world mission, overall
   giving increased to the global United Methodist Church.


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Supercomputerâs win not trivial to Christians

   NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) â Competing against two occasionally frustrated
   humans,  Watson,  the IBM supercomputer, made winning âJeopardy!â look
   elementary. So does that mean humanity as we know it is destined to become
   as obsolete as last yearâs iPhone? Philip Clayton, a theology professor and
   administrator  at  United Methodist-affiliated [17]Claremont School of
   Theology, is not too worried.

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Clark Atlanta to host Holocaust program for teachers

   ATLANTA (UMNS) â United Methodist-related Clark Atlanta University will host
   a free Feb. 25 videoconference for educators, in cooperation with the United
   States Holocaust Memorial Museum, on âTeaching About the Holocaustâ from
   8:30  a.m.  to 5 p.m. EST in the schoolâs Cole Science Research Center
   Auditorium. The videoconference also will be streamed via the Internet to
   Kennesaw State and Valdosta State Universities.

                                 [19]More information is available here»

United Methodists promote âAlcohol Free Lentâ

   WASHINGTON (UMNS) â The United Methodist Board of Church & Society has
   issued a call for United Methodists to have an âAlcohol Free Lent,â inspired
   by Myers Park United Methodist Church in Charlotte, N.C., whose members
   responded to their own âAlcohol Free Lentâ challenge several years ago. The
   congregation created a âSpirit Fundâ to which members could contribute the
   equivalent cost of âspiritsâ that they did not drink during Lent.

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Central conference committee meets in Africa

   KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo (UMNS) â Members of the standing
   committee that coordinates the structure and supervision of The United
   Methodist Church in its work outside the United States and its territories,
   as well as relationships with other church bodies, met Feb. 4-7 in Africa.
   The 40 elected members of the Standing Committee on Central Conference
   Matters  will prepare legislation for the 2012 General Conference, the
   denominationâs top legislative body.

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