UMNS Daily Digest - May 17, 2011 (Change the World, Louisiana flooding, UMCOR, cross-racial appointm
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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 17, 2011 [5]Change the World sows seeds, reaps blessings [6]Volunteers serve neighbors as waters rise [7]Slide show offers Change the World 2011 highlights [8]LA event looks at diversity as key to church vitality [9]NBA’s Thunder storms into malaria fight [10]Change the World 2011 Highlights» [11] UMTV: Car Care for Single Moms» [12] UMTV: Mentoring and Ministry» [13] UMTV: Life After Foster Care» [14] Read Additional UMNS Stories» [15] Find us on Facebook [16]Twitter Contact Us [17]E-mail (615) 742-5470 “I don’t have a lot (of money) to give, but I can help provide a safe, positive place for children to learn about Jesus.” –– Kelly Dyer, a Change the World participant. Change the World sows seeds, reaps blessings WOODSTOCK, Ga. (UMNS) — United Methodists in 15 countries participated in more than 2,000 projects related to Change the World, a weekend of simple acts of kindness that led to changed lives. One event in Georgia even led one single mother to her next possible church home. [18]Read full story and post a comment» Volunteers serve neighbors as waters rise BATON ROUGE, La. (UMNS) — Despite the threat of flooding from a swollen Mississippi River, members of more than 210 United Methodist churches in Louisiana built houses and wheelchair ramps, hosted health fairs, held food drives and assembled 1,500 cleaning buckets. These buckets will help in areas where flooding is anticipated in the next two to four weeks. [19]Read full story and post a comment» Slideshow offers Change the World 2011 highlights NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) — United Methodists from around the world shared photos from their efforts during Change the World 2011 on May 14-15. A slideshow offers some of the images from the weekend. Among other activities, church members planted community gardens, built houses, collected food, prepared disaster-relief supplies and brightened the days of strangers. [20]Watch slideshow» LA event looks at diversity as key to church vitality LOS ANGELES (UMNS) — More than 200 United Methodist leaders are gathering here this week to discuss cross-cultural/cross-racial appointments as a key to the church's future vitality. The “Facing the Future” event, sponsored by the denomination’s Commission on Religion and Race and its Board of Higher Education and Ministry, could spur the dismantling of “relational roadblocks” to such appointments, said Bishop Marcus Matthews, the board’s president. "Our church is struggling to keep pace,” explained Erin Hawkins, top executive of the Religion and Race Commission. “We believe that cross-racial/cross-cultural appointments present a unique and underutilized opportunity for the church to engage in vital and relevant ministry across all boundaries and could be a key to our revival as a global movement." NBA’s Thunder storms into malaria fight OKLAHOMA CITY (UMNS) — The Oklahoma City Thunder, still in the NBA playoffs, already has scored big in the global fight against malaria. An April 8 game netted $10,214 for Nothing But Nets, a campaign supported by The United Methodist Church, United Nations Foundation and NBA Cares. Oklahoma Area Bishop Robert Hayes Jr. also delivered a prayer before the game. [21]Read full story» Did someone you know pass along this copy to you? Get your own copy [22]here. United Methodist News Service is a ministry of United Methodist Communications. 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