UMNS Daily Digest - May 10, 2011 (African clergywomen, Alabama, tornado, Lake Junaluska, peace confe
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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 Tuesday, May 10, 2011 [5]African clergywomen find voice, claim rights [6]Losses and lessons from 1994 tornadoes [7]Peace Conference examines poverty’s roots [8]Nothing but Nets to help Côte d’Ivoire refugees [9]Follow Change the World 2011 live [10] UMTV: Garden Grows Community Care» [11] UMTV: Life After Foster Care» [12] Read Additional UMNS Stories» [13]Find us on Facebook [14]Twitter [15] Change the World» Contact Us E-mail (615) 742-5470 “If something like this ever happens to you — God forbid — God will help you through it. God is on the picking-up-the-pieces side of things.” — The Rev. Kelly Clem African clergywomen find voice, claim rights KAMPALA, Uganda (UMNS) — In traditional African settings, women were regarded as being behind the doors – voiceless, with no defined rights in economic, social, political or religious affairs. However, the denomination has made strides to lift up women, and plans are under way for a gathering that will honor Africa’s first woman bishop and strengthen the network of clergywomen on the continent. [16]Read full story and post a comment» Losses and lessons from 1994 tornadoes HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The April 27 tornadoes that cut through Alabama brought back tragic memories for the Rev. Kelly Clem. On Palm Sunday in 1994, a tornado struck the sanctuary in which she was preaching, killing 20 people – including her 4-year-old daughter, Hannah. Now, she uses the lessons she learned to help others cope with grief, disaster and loss. [17]Read full story» Peace Conference examines poverty’s roots LAKE JUNALUSKA, N.C. (UMNS) — A former presidential nominee and a prominent anti-poverty advocate are slated to speak at the Nov. 13-15 Lake Junaluska Peace Conference, “Poverty, Abundance and Peace.” Speakers will include George McGovern, a United Methodist, former U.S. senator and 1972 Democratic presidential nominee; the Rev. David Beckmann, president of Bread for the World, a United Methodist partner agency, and United Methodist Bishop NkulaNtambo of the Katanga Conference in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This year, the conference will focus on seeking economic justice for all of God’s children. In keeping with the conference’s commitment to interfaith peacemaking, the conference also will feature a panel of Jewish, Muslim and Christian scholars on the topic “Our Sacred Texts Speak to Us in Regard to Peace, Justice and Economics.” [18]Register and learn more» Nothing but Nets to help Côte d’Ivoire refugees WASHINGTON —The United Nations Foundation’s Nothing But Nets campaign announced May 10 that it had reached its goal of sending lifesaving, anti-malaria bed nets to protect families who had fled violence in Côte d’Ivoire, with contributions totaling $350,000 from grass-roots supporters. The goal was reached in one month, with the help of a $50,000 donation from the Union for Reform Judaism. “We are thrilled to have reached the goal of sending bed nets to protect Ivoirian families in the U.N. refugee camp in Liberia so quickly,” said Elizabeth Gore, a United Methodist and the U.N. 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