UMNS Daily Digest - May 19, 2011 (Quiz show Germany, Japan earthquake, UMCOR, Ohio, death and dying)
From "United Methodist News Service" <newsdesk@umcom.org>Date Thu, 19 May 2011 14:41:55 -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 Thursday, May 19, 2011 [5]Pastor shocks by giving away prize money [6]Radiation threat slows Japan's recovery [7]Pastor leads march against violence [8]A funny thing happened on the way to the funeral... [9]Kirbyjon Caldwell: Mentoring and Ministry» [10]Japan Earthquake and Tsunami» [11]UMTV: Omaha Celebrates Community Day» [12]Read Additional UMNS Stories» [13]Find us on Facebook [14]Twitter Contact Us [15]E-mail (615) 742-5470 "I always intended to give away most of the money. I haven't established a relationship to the money I've won - it is totally abstract." - The Rev. Alfred Mignon, German quiz-show winner. Pastor shocks by giving away prize money OTTERFING, Germany (UMNS) -- The Rev. Alfred Mignon won a whopping $180,000 on the German equivalent of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" A media frenzy followed his announcement that he would give away $160,000 to a good friend with financial problems. [16]Read full story and post a comment» Radiation threat slows Japan's recovery TOKYO (UMNS) -- Two months after Japan's devastating earthquake, the "Class of 2011" has started at the Asian Rural Institute, despite its damaged campus, and Christians from Japan, Hong Kong, Korea and Taiwan are forming a consortium for relief efforts. Christians also are speaking out about contamination from Japan's damaged nuclear plant. [17]Read full story and post a comment» Pastor leads march against violence DAYTON, Ohio (UMNS) -- The Rev. Dave Hood, pastor of Fort McKinley United Methodist Church, led a May 13 march against violence in Harrison Township. The 100 participants from the church did not know the 14-year-old boy who was shot last May 13, but they said the fact that a child could be assaulted in this way is reason enough to take a stand. "All people are equally valuable to God," Hood said, "but I believe God has a special place in his heart for children." [18]Read full story and watch telecast» A funny thing happened on the way to the funeral... MANCHESTER, England (UMNS) -- A conversation between the chaplaincy team at Royal Bolton Hospital, which includes the Rev. Kathleen LaCamera, a United Methodist pastor, and the hospital's palliative care consultant has resulted in "Dying for a Laugh," a film in which six comedians joke and reflect on the subject of death and dying. Among the comedians in the film is Jenny Éclair, pictured at right. Now available online, the film was produced by LaCamera, also a filmmaker and journalist, and her husband, former BBC religion TV producer Chris Loughlin, as a way to "normalize" conversation about death in support of "Dying Matters Awareness Week." [19]Watch video» Did someone you know pass along this copy to you? Get your own copy [20]here. United Methodist News Service is a ministry of United Methodist Communications. 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