UMNS Daily Digest - March 3, 2011 (preachers' kids, college athletes, Pennsylvania budget, seminary
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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 Thursday, March 3, 2011 [5]Preachers' kids find support at retreat [6]College athletes connect with churches [7]UMTV: First-time Volunteer at 91 [8]Interfaith prayer vigil set March 8 in Pennsylvania [9]Anonymous donor gives $100,000 to seminary fund [10]Interpreter Magazine» [11]UMTV: Black College CSI Class» [12]UMTV: Student Tax Help» [13]UMTV: Sermons for Truckers» [14]Read Additional UMNS Stories» [15] Find us on Facebook [16] Twitter Contact Us [17]E-mail (615) 742-5470 "It's a wonderful way to acquaint people with our schools. And it helps the students understand that 'Hey, there's somebody out there pulling for me and praying for me and that means I need to do my best work.' It's win-win for everyone." - Cynthia Bond Hopson, a Black College Fund executive. Preachers' kids find support at retreat CHARLOTTE, N.C. (UMNS) - Preachers' kids or "PKs" are well aware of the challenges living in the public eye. The Rev. Mary John Dye, a district superintendent and a PK herself, has a passion for PKs, particularly as they battle the trials and tribulations of their teenage years. For the past two years, with the support of Bishop Larry Goodpaster and the other district superintendents of the United Methodist Western North Carolina Annual (regional) Conference, Dye has pulled together a team of adult PKs to lead a winter retreat just for preachers' kids. [18]Read full story» College athletes connect with churches MEMPHIS, Tenn. (UMNS) - During a recent Saturday basketball game, a team from United Methodist-affiliated Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Ark., was greeted not just as basketball players but also as "Athletic Ambassadors." They are part of [19]Project Athletic Ambassador, sponsored by the denomination's Black College Fund, which pairs local churches with teams from the 11 United Methodist-related historically black colleges and universities during away games. [20]Read full story and post a comment» UMTV: First-time Volunteer at 91 NASHVILL, Tenn. (UMNS) - Mary Bragg of Doylestown, Ohio, proves you are never too old to serve others. The nonagenarian recently made her first mission trip to help with flood relief in Nashville. [21]Watch video and post a comment» Interfaith prayer vigil set March 8 in Pennsylvania HARRISBURG, Pa. (UMNS) - United Methodist Advocacy in Pennsylvania is calling for church members to join a March 8 interfaith prayer vigil over the state budget proposal from 5:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on the steps in front of the state Capitol in Harrisburg. Gov. Tom Corbett will be unveiling his 2011-12 state budget proposal that day to a joint session of the Pennsylvania General Assembly. With Pennsylvania facing a $4 billion shortfall, the budget is certain to contain broad cuts in state services. "Gov. Corbett and legislators will be making hundreds of moral choices in the coming weeks and months," said Stephen Drachler, the organization's executive director. "Those moral decisions add up to a budget that is a moral document." [22]See coalition statement here» Anonymous donor gives $100,000 to seminary fund NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) - A United Methodist chaplain and his wife have donated $100,000 to the Special Seminary Scholarship Fund to help those seeking ordination in The United Methodist Church. The United Methodist Office of Loans and Scholarships, Board of Higher Education and Ministry, will administer the fund. Income from the donation will generate two additional $2,000 scholarships each year. "I was able to graduate from seminary with no debt because of scholarships, and my wife and I wanted to help others do that," he said. They asked that the donation remain anonymous. The Special Seminary Scholarship Fund, created in 2006 with a $2.25 million transfer from earnings on investments of loan funds, is used for seminary students 30 and under who are planning to be ordained as clergy in The United Methodist Church. An additional $1 million was added to the fund in 2007 from earnings on investments, bringing the balance to $3.25 million. Between 65 and 70 scholarships of $2,000 are awarded each year from the fund. Did someone you know pass along this copy to you? Get your own copy [23]here. United Methodist News Service is a ministry of United Methodist Communications. 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