UMNS Daily Digest - March 31, 2011 (Illinois, death penalty, human trafficking, Leadership Summit, e
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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 Thursday, March 31, 2011 [5]Illinois chooses life over death penalty [6]Human trafficking: From education to action [7]Leadership Summit to draw global participation [8]Ethnic Local Church Grants awarded [9]Death Penalty Letters» [10]UMTV: Living Simply, Giving Generously» [11]Lenten Resources» [12]Additional UMNS Stories» [13]Find us on Facebook [14]Twitter Contact Us [15]E-mail (615) 742-5470 "The death penalty goes against our deepest theological convictions that every human life is sacred and that the gift of forgiveness is available to all without exception." - Chicago Area Bishop Hee-Soo Jung. Illinois chooses life over death penalty SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (UMNS) - On Ash Wednesday, March 9, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn abolished the death penalty, making it the 16th state to choose life over death. United Methodists have been working to get the death penalty abolished worldwide since they first adopted a resolution at the 1956 Methodist General Conference. [16]Read story and post a comment» Human trafficking: From education to action NEW YORK (UMNS) - To date, a United Methodist Committee on Relief anti-trafficking project in Armenia has helped 93 women move on to new lives after becoming entangled in what is considered the second-largest and fastest-growing global criminal enterprise. Kathryn Paik, UMCOR's Armenia program officer, and two staff executives with United Methodist Women, Carol Van Gorp and Susie Johnson, spoke about how [17]United Methodists are addressing the human-trafficking problem during a March 28 panel discussion. [18]Read story and post a comment» Leadership Summit to draw global participation NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) – A summit for those interested in the role of annual (regional) conferences and local churches in meeting challenges and making short-term and long-range changes will be webcast from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Central Time on April 6, with conversation groups organized in episcopal areas. The United Methodist Church Leadership Summit is sponsored by the denomination’s Council of Bishops in cooperation with the Connectional Table. [19]Click here for more information» Ethnic Local Church Grants awarded FRUITLAND PARK, Fla. (UMNS) - Directors of the United Methodist Board of Church and Society awarded $276,360 in Ethnic Local Church Grants at its spring meeting. The Ethnic Local Church Grants program aims to strengthen congregations through education, advocacy or leadership development for social-justice engagement. Grants are awarded twice each year. The $276,360 was split among 10 programs in three U.S. jurisdictions and Central Conferences overseas. 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