UMNS DailyDigest - March 30, 2011 (Lenten devotionals, World Methodist Council, Heritage Sunday, Ecu

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                         Wednesday, March 30, 2011
               [5]Inmates offer Lenten thoughts on God’s love
             [6]Methodist council nominates South African bishop
                [7]Archives offers Heritage Sunday resources
                  [8]Churchgoers join in advocacy training


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  “The good news is that Jesus doesn’t give up on any of these people. Nor
         should we.” — part of a prison inmate’s Lenten devotional

Inmates offer Lenten thoughts on God’s love

   NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) — Fifteen current and former inmates of Riverbend
   Maximum Security Institution wrote more than half of the entries in the 2011
   Lenten Devotional published by Christ United Methodist Church in Franklin,
   Tenn. A church member found several interested inmates during one of the
   communion services that Christ Church clergy lead each Sunday at Riverbend.


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Methodist council nominates South African bishop

   NEW YORK (UMNS) — Bishop Ivan M. Abrahams has been nominated for the top
   staff leadership position of the World Methodist Council, whose membership
   includes 74 churches in 132 countries. Currently the presiding bishop of the
   Methodist Church of Southern Africa, Abrahams was the unanimous choice of a
   search committee to succeed the Rev. George Freeman, who is retiring as the
   council’s chief executive. The election will take place during the Aug. 1-3
   World Methodist Conference in Durban, South Africa.

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Archives offers Heritage Sunday resources

   MADISON, N. J. (UMNS) — The United Methodist Commission on Archives has a
   PowerPoint and other historical content for churches to use on Heritage
   Sunday, which is on May 22 this year. United Methodist congregations are
   asked to celebrate their Wesleyan heritage each year on the Sunday closest
   to May 24. That is the anniversary of John Wesley’s heartwarming spiritual
   revival in 1738 at a religious-society meeting on Aldersgate Street.
   This year’s theme is “Engaging in Ministry with the Poor: Our Heritage.” The
   PowerPoint on that theme is already online, and more resources including
   hymns, prayers and suggested Scripture texts, will be available by April 1.

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Churchgoers join in advocacy training

   ARLINGTON, Va. (UMNS) — United Methodists joined several hundred other
   advocates interested in social justice at the Ecumenical Advocacy Days on
   March 25-28. Workshops and keynotes focused on the theme “Development,
   Security and Economic Justice: What’s Gender Got to Do with It?”

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