UMNS Daily Digest - May 9, 2011 (vital congregations, 10-fold.org, flood victims, foster care)

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                            Monday, May 9, 2011
                [5]Leaders ponder funding, structural changes
               [6]Missionaries to share stories on 10-fold.org
                [7]Churches assist flood victims in Kentucky
                          [8]Life after foster care


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   “What I appreciate about this stage of the process is the chance to vet what
   in some cases are big, hairy, audacious ideas and get a sense what people
   connect with, both in the head and heart.” — Bishop Gregory V. Palmer


Leaders ponder funding, structural changes

   ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. (UMNS) — In an effort to promote more vital
   congregations, United Methodist leaders are weighing proposals that would
   dramatically change church funding and the denomination’s agencies. Illinois
   Area Bishop Gregory V. Palmer shared the proposals during the May 2-6
   Council of Bishops meeting.

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Missionaries to share stories on 10-fold.org

   NEW YORK (UMNS) — More than 300 missionaries in 60 countries serve with the
   United Methodist Board of Global Ministries, working in education,
   agriculture and health; developing new church leaders; and acting as
   partners with the United Methodist Committee on Relief when disaster
   strikes. Throughout the day on May 10, log on to [17]10-fold to hear four
   missionaries share their stories. A live update is set for noon Eastern
   Time.



Churches assist flood victims in Kentucky

   CRESTWOOD, Ky. (UMNS) — The United Methodist Kentucky Annual (regional)
   Conference is assisting communities affected by flooding from the
   Mississippi and lower Ohio rivers in the Elizabethtown District. In West
   Point and Colesburg, United Methodist churches worked in conjunction with
   the American Red Cross to collect and distribute more than 63 gallons of
   bleach and 60 cleaning buckets to help those whose homes were inundated by
   floodwaters.


Life after foster care

   NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMTV) — In today’s economy, it’s hard for young people to
   find work. It’s much harder for foster children who have to make it on their
   own when they reach 21. Up to two-thirds don’t graduate from high school or
   get a GED. A program is stepping in — and seeing successful results — for
   those who don’t have parents.

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