UMNS Daily Digest - March 28, 2011 (Facebook, Lent, Celebrity Apprentice, Lil Jon, Human Relations D
From "United Methodist News Service" <newsdesk@umcom.org>Date Mon, 28 Mar 2011 14:43:33 -0700
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Login or logout of Facebook for Lent? NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) — During Lent – the 40 days between Ash Wednesday and Easter – United Methodists and Christians everywhere often sacrifice something meaningful to them: candy, soda, alcohol, even red meat. It is a way to prepare spiritually for Easter and to move closer to God. This year, thousands have joined a mini-trend: attempting to give up Facebook. They have even created a Facebook page. It is a way to say, “Farewell for now, see you in 40 days.” [17]Read full story and post a comment» Rapper wins $40K for UM children’s home ATLANTA (UMNS) — The big “Celebrity Apprentice” winner Sunday night wasn’t just Lil Jon – it was also children and youth at a north Georgia United Methodist Children’s Home. The rapper and “Celebrity Apprentice” contestant won $40,000 for his first time as a project manager on the hit NBC show. His designated charity is the North Georgia Annual (regional) Conference’s United Methodist Children’s Home. [18]Read full story and post a comment» Four programs receive Human Relations Day grants FRUITLAND PARK, Fla. (GBCS) — Directors of the United Methodist Board of Church and Society approved $89,300 in Human Relations Day grants at their March spring meeting. The grants went to four programs: two in the denomination’s Southeastern Jurisdiction, one in the South Central and one to the Commission on United Methodist Men. One of the church’s six Special Sundays offerings, Human Relations Day strengthens United Methodist outreach to communities, encouraging social justice and work with at-risk youth. Church and Society distributes 10 percent of the offering receipts for youth-offender rehabilitation programs. Protesters attack school in Liberia MONROVIA, Liberia (UMNS) — The J.J. Roberts United Methodist School was closed temporarily March 23 after student protesters from the Monrovia Consolidated School System threw heavy rocks and other objects onto the campus, endangering students and damaging property. The protesters were supporting their teachers who have been in a go-slow (deliberately slowing the rate of work without striking) over salaries and incentives. Demonstrators alleged that the private J.J. Roberts is an elitist school, attended by children of government officials, while public schools are neglected and teachers are not paid adequately. J.J. Roberts principal Samuel Sagbeh expressed sympathy for the protesters and said the school probably would remain closed until the Liberian government resolved the situation with the government teachers. He disputed the “elitist” allegation, saying the school’s tuition and fees are less than those charged before the Liberian civil conflict began. [19]Read more» Communicator Ann Whiting dies LINCOLN, R.I. (UMNS) — The Rev. Ann Whiting, 63, former editor of Zion’s Herald and the Michigan Christian Advocate and a deacon in the New England Annual (regional) Conference, died March 28 in Rhode Island. Whiting served as president of the United Methodist Association of Communicators in the early 1990s and won many UMAC awards for her writing. “Ann was a passionate communicator who loved the church and her task of communicating news and information about the church,” said Dan Gangler, director of communications for the Indiana Annual Conference. “I will miss her high-pitched New England voice and her candidness – she told it like she saw it. I appreciated her dedicated and thorough reporting and editing. I miss her being part of our community of faith.” A service is being planned at Wesley United Methodist Church in Lincoln. 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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