UMNS Daily Digest - March 21, 2011 (Bishop Hoshibata, death penalty, domestic violence, immigration,
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[2]View Online | [3]Add to Address Book | [4]Subscribe UMNS Daily Digest - Produced by United Methodist News Service Monday, March 21, 2011 [5]Faith in times of disaster [6]Student letters oppose executing mentally ill [7]Interpreter: Offering sanctuary from abuse [8]Whitaker opposes Florida immigration bill [9]Lenten study explores recent democracy rallies [10]Meharry medical students matched with health centers [11] UMCOR: Pacific Emergency» [12] UMTV: Success Secrets of Young Pastor» [13] UMTV: Rasmus’ Church Growth Tips» [14] UMTV: Meharry Doctors’ Match Day» [15] Read Additional UMNS Stories» [16]Find us on Facebook [17]Twitter Contact Us E-mail (615) 742-5470 “I find comfort in some of the bedrock statements of faith: God does not punish us by causing death and destruction; God is always present with us in Spirit; and Christ calls each of us to care for others in love.” — Portland (Ore.) Area Bishop Robert Hoshibata Faith in times of disaster PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS) — In a UMNS commentary, Portland Area United Methodist Bishop Robert Hoshibata, a third-generation Japanese American, ponders the age-old question raised by the Japanese earthquake and tsunami: “Where is God in the midst of such devastation and loss?” [18]Read full commentary and post a comment» Student letters oppose executing mentally ill NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) — Vanderbilt Divinity School students gathered on campus March 17 to write letters to their state representatives supporting two bills that would exclude mentally ill people from execution in Tennessee. “There is a big push across the country at this point to exclude those individuals—not from justice, not from punishment, not from jail time—but to exclude them from the penalty of death,” said the Rev. Brian Rossbert, pastor of Centenary and New Bethel United Methodist churches in Nashville. [19]Read full story and post a comment» Interpreter: Offering sanctuary from abuse NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Interpreter) — Some victims of domestic violence are finding places of hope and healing in The United Methodist Church. Ministries provided through congregations, annual regional conferences and churchwide agencies offer refuge, escape, hope and help for rebuilding lives. [20]Read full story» Whitaker opposes Florida immigration bill LAKELAND, Fla. (UMNS) — Florida United Methodist Bishop Timothy W. Whitaker joined other religious leaders on March 11 in calling for the rejection of a proposed immigration reform bill in the Florida legislature. The religious leaders said the legislation would divide communities, separate families and prevent churches from ministering to those in need. The proposed legislation, approved by the Judiciary Committee of the Florida House of Representatives on March 8, is similar to a measure passed in Arizona last year, mandating the use of an employee verification program and requiring law-enforcement personnel to check the immigration status of anyone who has been arrested, even for minor offenses. Lenten study explores recent democracy rallies NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) — This week, Encounter Faith: Fearless, a Lenten online Bible study and webinar, will explore the recent demonstrations and violence in North Africa and Middle East, raising questions about how God works in the world and how people’s actions can matter. The United Methodist Bible study is available for free at [21]RethinkChurch.org/encounterfaith. Meharry medical students matched with health centers NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) — Fourth-year [22]Meharry Medical College students were matched with prestigious academic centers such as the Mayo Clinic, Baylor College of Medicine, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in the traditional Match Day held at medical schools nationwide March 17. More than 30,000 students apply for the match to find a position at a U.S. teaching hospital where they will undertake a three- to seven-year period of specialized training. Meharry’s overall match rate of 89 percent for the 2011 class of graduating seniors exceeds the national match rate of 73 percent for all applicants. Meharry is the only United Methodist-related historically black medical college. The majority of Meharry’s class of 89 fourth-year medical students were matched in the primary-care fields of internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, and family medicine. Sixty percent of Meharry fourth-year students matched into primary care specialties. 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