UMNS Daily Digest - May 20, 2011 ()
From "United Methodist News Service" <newsdesk@umcom.org>Date Fri, 20 May 2011 13:42:50 -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 20, 2011 [5]Wesley broke convention to aid poor [6]Caring for the poor is part of Wesley’s legacy [7]UMCOR to attend Ivorian inauguration [8]Two churches, four languages mark Pentecost-themed event [9] UMTV: Church Home for Homeless» [10] Interpreter» [11] UMTV: Garden Grows Community Care» [12] Read Additional UMNS Stories» [13]Find us on Facebook [14]Twitter Contact Us E-mail (615) 742-5470 “Each person is of sacred worth; God doesn’t play favorites.” — The Rev. Brian Combs, a North Carolina pastor. Wesley broke convention to aid poor ASHVILLE, N.C. (UMNS) — Caring for the poor was not the norm in the time of John Wesley, Methodism’s founder, but it is now a central focus of United Methodism. Today, churches around the globe have found innovative ways of following Jesus’ call to be in ministry with the poor. [15]Read full story and post a comment» Caring for the poor is part of Wesley’s legacy MADISON, N.J. (UMNS) — Did you know the founder of Goodwill Industries was a Methodist? United Methodists will celebrate Heritage Sunday, May 22, by honoring the various ways John Wesley and his followers have carried out ministry with the poor. The Rev. Robert J. Williams, the top executive at the United Methodist Commission on Archives and History, shares some of the ways John Wesley and later Methodists have carried out that work. [16]Read full story» UMCOR to attend Ivorian inauguration NEW YORK (UMNS) — When Alassane Ouattara is inaugurated May 21 as president of Côte d’Ivoire, among the guests at the ceremony will be the Rev. Cynthia Fierro Harvey, head of the United Methodist Committee on Relief, and Bishop Janice Riggle Huie, president of UMCOR’s board of directors. “It’s an incredible privilege and a great honor to be invited to the inauguration,” said Harvey, who saw the invitation as recognition of the valuable humanitarian role UMCOR can play as Côte d’Ivoire moves forward. [17]Read full story» Two churches, four languages mark Pentecost-themed event CLOVIS, Calif. (UMNS) — Two congregations on May 15 gathered and invited their neighborhoods to join in a Pentecost-themed festival. Fresno Korean Fellowship of Clovis joined the English-and Hmong language ministries of Memorial United Methodist Church, sang hymns together, enjoyed dances from all three ministries and raised money to fight malaria. The service concluded with a benediction in English, Korean, Hmong and American Sign Language. [18]Read full story» Did someone you know pass along this copy to you? Get your own copy [19]here. 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