UMNS Daily Digest - March 22, 2011 (Energizer pastor, anti-hunger ministry, Japan, immigration, Boar
From "United Methodist News Service" <newsdesk@umcom.org>Date Tue, 22 Mar 2011 15:17:43 -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 Tuesday, March 22, 2011 [5]Feeding others…pastor keeps going and going [6]Japanese Christians begin relief work [7]Web course tackles faith and immigration [8]Board of Discipleship celebrates 2010 successes [9] UMCOR: Pacific Emergency» [10] Lenten Resources» [11] UMTV: First-time Volunteer at 91» [12] UMTV: UMCOR Food for Haiti» [13] Additional UMNS Stories» [14]Find us on Facebook [15]Twitter Contact Us E-mail (615) 742-5470 “Three years ago, I wouldn’t have been able to help a lot of these people. I wasn’t physically able to do what needed to be done, but I wasn’t inspired to help either. But God changed me. No child needs to go to bed hungry.” — The Rev. C. Ray Davis, nominated for Energizer Keep Going Hall of Fame. Feeding others…pastor keeps going and going MARION, N.C. (UMNS) — Ten years ago, a heart surgeon sent the Rev. C. Ray Davis home with a bottle of pain pills and the gloomy news that he had two weeks to live. Now, some liken the 55-year-old United Methodist pastor to the “Energizer Bunny.” Davis preaches for five weekly worship services and coordinates 19 outreach ministries at his small, but spirited, 200-member church. [16]Read full story and post a comment» Japanese Christians begin relief work SENDAI, Japan (UMNS) — “The needs far surpass our ability to provide,” a missionary says. The United Methodist relief agency is responding with emergency funds to the United Church of Christ in Japan, which is using the funds to distribute food, clean water, clothing and heating fuel. The Japanese government has requested that outside groups not come to Japan. [17]Read full story and post a comment» Web course tackles faith and immigration PHOENIX (UMNS) — The Rev. Jim Perdue, National Plan for Hispanic/Latino Ministry missionary assigned to the Desert-Southwest Annual (regional) Conference, will present a free webinar on the intersection of the Christian faith and immigration. The seminar will be April 25-June 17. It will explore various Bible verses as well as the book “Christians at the Border.” The course is open to people who commit to leading at least one related study in their congregation, region or religious community. [18]To register, please contact Perdue» Board of Discipleship celebrates 2010 successes NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) — Directors of the United Methodist Board of Discipleship gathered for a March 16-19 meeting in which they marked some of the agency’s successes: * New Church Starts (Path 1), an agency program, which helped plant more than 340 congregations since 2008, a 33-percent growth over the 2004-07 period. New Church Starts (Path 1) also has assessed 1,218 prospective planters and equipped 618 through national training events. * Upper Room Ministries, which reported that book sales were up in 2010. The Upper Room also created new language editions of its daily devotional — Ilokano in the Philippines and French in Côte d’Ivoire. * The Upper Room’s 75th anniversary campaign, which resulted in a 60-percent increase in individual contributions and more than 3,500 first-time donors. * Expanding e-learning opportunities, such as the leadership webinars being planned on topics such as Easter, pastoral changes and summertime discipleship. [19]Read full story» Did someone you know pass along this copy to you? Get your own copy [20]here. United Methodist News Service is a ministry of United Methodist Communications. 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