UMNS Daily Digest - May 13, 2011 (Change the World, service to the poor, Connectional Table, budget,
From "United Methodist News Service" <newsdesk@umcom.org>Date Fri, 13 May 2011 15:15:59 -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 Friday, May 13, 2011 [5]Thousands gear up to Change the World [6]Denomination faces sizable budget cuts [7]Lay speakers give Haitians clean water [8]Change the World Weekend» [9]UMTV: Car Care for Single Moms» [10]Read Additional UMNS Stories» [11]UMTV: Haiti Water Relief» [12]Find us on Facebook [13]Twitter Contact Us [14]E-mail (615) 742-5470 What would Jesus say about Change the World? "Great idea! Now keep doing it until it's no longer a big event, but a way of life." - Wendy Hudson, Burke United Methodist Church in Virginia. Thousands gear up to Change the World NASHVILLE, Tenn.(UMNS) - In dozens of ways, thousands of United Methodists will team up to make a positive difference — locally and globally — during the second Change the World event on May 14-15. There's likely a service project in your neck of the woods. [15]Read full story and post a comment» Denomination faces sizable budget cuts NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) - Two groups responsible for denominational budgets quickly accepted proposed overall budget reductions. For the first time in the history of The United Methodist Church, even the best-case budget projection called for a reduction in the actual dollars available. [16]Read full story and post a comment» Lay speakers give Haitians clean water COLUMBIA, Mo. (UMNS) - With almost a million cases of cholera forecast in Haiti this year, the disease is likely to affect more lives than the 2010 earthquake. One of the main causes of the disease is a lack of safe drinking water. United Methodist lay speakers across the United States are doing something about it. [17]Read full story and post a comment» Did someone you know pass along this copy to you? Get your own copy [18]here. 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