UMNS Daily Digest - March 18, 2011
From "United Methodist News Service" <newsdesk@umcom.org>Date Fri, 18 Mar 2011 14:17:55 -0700
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, March 18, 2011 [5]Windsor Village builds a new social landscape [6]Japan tragedy bridges global community [7]Missionaries have complex history in Japan [8]Blog: A big wave stirs memories [9]Grant helps provide mentors for prisoners’ children [10]New top executive named for higher education agency [11] UMCOR: Pacific Emergency» [12] UMTV: Success Secrets of Young Pastor» [13] UMTV: Legal Clinic for Haitians» [14] UMTV: Church For Inmates’ Kids» [15] United Methodist Spanish Portal» [16] Read Additional UMNS Stories» [17]Find us on Facebook [18]Twitter Contact Us E-mail (615) 742-5470 “Pastor Caldwell reminds us all the time that sheep beget sheep. We make it a priority to equip the saints for the work of the ministry.” — Millicent Haynes of Windsor Village United Methodist Church Windsor Village builds a new social landscape HOUSTON (UMNS) — When the Rev. Kirbyjon Caldwell was appointed to Windsor Village United Methodist Church in 1982, there were about “25 faithful members” in the pews on Sunday. The neighborhood was full of blight. Windsor Village now has a membership of more than 18,000, and the neighborhood has grown from blight to a mini-city. [19]Read full story and post a comment» Japan tragedy bridges global community CHICAGO (UMNS) — From Connecticut to California, United Methodists respond to the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan and offer hope and healing. A number of United Methodists have personal ties to the beleaguered nation. [20]Read full story and post a comment» Missionaries have complex history in Japan NEW YORK (GBGM) — United Methodist response to the March 11 earthquake in Japan puts the spotlight on a rich mission history that began 135 years ago. The United Methodist Board of Global Ministries and the United Methodist Committee on Relief are working in the crisis with church organizations that continue a mission story that opened in 1873, the year the first Methodist missionary arrived in Japan. [21]Read full story and post a comment» Blog: A big wave stirs memories NEW YORK (UMNS) — In her blog, UMNS reporter Linda Bloom remembers some long-ago ties to Japan and the experience of visiting Banda Aceh in Indonesia 18 days after the 2004 Asia tsunami, where she found miles of destruction but signs of hope as well. [22]Read blog post» Grant helps provide mentors for prisoners’ children NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) — A $7,300 grant from the Human Relations Day offering will enable the [23]Commission on United Methodist Men to continue recruiting adults to serve as mentors of children of incarcerated parents through the Amachi program of Big Brothers Big Sisters. In 2010, the commission recruited 41 adults in 12 annual (regional) conferences to serve as mentors. Those conferences continue to recruit individuals who are willing to spend at least one hour a week with these children. The Human Relations Day grant, awarded by the [24]United Methodist Board of Church and Society, will enable the commission to introduce or expand the Amachi program in Denver, San Diego, Phoenix, Kansas City, Atlanta and Oklahoma City or Tulsa. “Amachi” is a Nigerian Ibo word that means, “Who knows but what God has brought us through this child.” New top executive named for higher education agency NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) — The United Methodist Board of Higher Education and Ministry’s directors unanimously elected the Rev. Kim Cape to lead the agency as its new top executive. The directors voted during their March 17-19 spring meeting in Nashville. Cape is the former executive director of New Church Growth and Transformation for the Southwest Texas Annual (regional) Conference. Did someone you know pass along this copy to you? Get your own copy [25]here. United Methodist News Service is a ministry of United Methodist Communications. 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