UMNS Daily Digest - May 11, 2011 (U.S. flooding, World Council of Churches, world peace, single moth
From "United Methodist News Service" <newsdeks@umcom.org>Date Wed, 11 May 2011 15:16:48 -0700
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 Wednesday, May 11, 2011 [5]Drenched communities pray levees will hold [6]Jamaica event to continue focus on peace [7]UMTV: Car Care for Single Moms [8]Registration urged for Change the World [9]Presbyterians to allow gay clergy [10] Change the World» [11] UMTV: Garden Grows Community Care» [12] UMTV: Life After Foster Care» [13] UMTV: Car Care for Single Moms» [14] Read Additional UMNS Stories» [15]Find us on Facebook [16]Twitter Contact Us E-mail (615) 742-5470 “It wasn’t as bad as we were afraid it would be, but we’re not out of the woods yet.” — The Rev. Jay Smith of the Memphis Annual (regional) Conference. Drenched communities pray levees will hold MEMPHIS, Tenn. (UMNS) — As the Mississippi River crests in Memphis, residents brace for its mighty surge downstream and others pray levees in already-soaked areas will hold. As melted snow and record rainfall flood communities across the United States, United Methodists are responding and reaching out. [17]Read full story and post a comment» Jamaica event to continue focus on peace NEW YORK (UMNS) — A number of United Methodists plan to be at the [18]International Ecumenical Peace Convocation in Kingston, Jamaica. These church members are still searching for the ways to build "just peace" as the World Council of Churches’ “Decade to Overcome Violence” ends. Jan Love, a United Methodist who served as chairwoman of the decade-long campaign for five years, will be among the participants. [19]Read full story» UMTV: Car Care for Single Moms ATLANTA (UMNS) —Single moms like Amber McCain enjoyed a little break last weekend, as volunteers from City on a Hill United Methodist Church pumped free gas, washed windshields, checked oil and even handed out food coupons and cold drinks. Every Mother’s Day, church members donate a day of car service and the gift of gasoline to single mothers. [20]See more» [21]Watch Video» Registration urged for Change the World NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) — United Methodist Communications requests that churches participating in Change the World 2011 register at [22]www.umcom.org/changetheworld. The days of service are set for May 14-15. Registration will put participating congregations on the map so others can find them, and will help stories be shared throughout the world. United Methodist Communications also urges participating congregations to email their best photos people in action to [23]changetheworldmedia@umcom.org and they will be added to the Flickr slideshow on rethinkchurch.org. Include church name, city and state in the subject line of emails. Participating churches also can upload video to YouTube and share the link via The United Methodist Church Facebook page at [24]https://www.facebook.com/unitedmethodistchurch. Presbyterians to allow gay clergy LOUISVILLE, Ky. (UMNS) — A majority of the 173 presbyteries of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) have approved a change in the denomination’s ordination standards that will permit the ordination of gay clergy. On May 10, the Presbytery of Twin Cities Area became the 87th presbytery to approve an amendment that will remove the constitutional requirement that all clergy, deacons and elders live in “fidelity within the covenant of marriage between a man and a woman or chastity in singleness.” Deacons and elders are ordained lay leaders in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Instead, the denomination’s ordination standards now emphasize submission to the “Lordship of Jesus Christ.” The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), a frequent United Methodist ecumenical partner, joins the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the Episcopal Church and the United Church of Christ among mainline Protestant denominations that permit the ordination of gays and lesbians. Efforts to change United Methodist ordination standards have repeatedly failed at General Conference, the denomination’s top legislative assembly. [25]Read full story» Did someone you know pass along this copy to you? Get your own copy [26]here. 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