UMNS Daily Digest - June 6, 2011 (AIDS; ministry with the poor, Sierra Leone; Joplin, Mo; annual con
From "United Methodist News Service" <newsdesk@umcom.org>Date Mon, 06 Jun 2011 14:47:59 -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 Monday, June 6, 2011 [5]Church confronts AIDS - but often timidly [6]UM school gets firm foundation [7]Slideshow displays church work in Joplin [8]Annual Conference coverage available online [9]Planned Act of Repentance becomes personal quest [10]UMTV: AIDS Awareness Church» [11]UMTV: Church Offers AIDS Tests» [12]UMTV: Teens Skype AIDS Orphans» [13]Pauley Perrette: Acting on Faith» [14]Read Additional UMNS Stories» [15]Find us on Facebook [16]Twitter Contact Us [17]E-mail (615) 742-5470 "While HIV is a health issue, the impact of living with the virus invades all areas of a person's life. The social-justice side effect of HIV/AIDS that further weakens a person's quality of life includes isolation, stigma and discrimination." - The Rev. Deborah Tanksley-Brown, who leads an AIDS ministry in Pennsylvania. Church confronts AIDS - but often timidly NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) - Since the U.S. Centers for Disease Control identified AIDS 30 years ago, many United Methodist local churches have opened their hearts, minds and doors to people living with AIDS. Tragically, some others have not. [18]Read full story and post a comment» UM school gets firm foundation BUMPETOKE, Sierra Leone (UMNS) - For the children in a remote coastal village in Sierra Leone, school was held under trees near the Atlantic shoreline. But classes on the sandy shore are now history. [19]Read full story and post a comment» Slideshow displays church work in Joplin JOPLIN, Mo. (UMNS) - Just as quickly as the Joplin tornado struck, the United Methodist connection came into play. United Methodist Communications put together an [20]audio slideshow that can be used by local churches and individuals who want to remind others of the efforts to comfort and rebuild in a town that suffered damage from one of the worst single tornadoes in U.S. recorded weather history. [21]Download slideshow» Annual Conference coverage available online NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) - United Methodist Communications will offer ongoing coverage of the 2011 sessions of annual (regional) conference. Readers will find the [22]dates of this year's conferences. They can also follow Twitter feeds, see Facebook updates and watch streaming video from various conferences in the United States. [23]See coverage of annual conferences» Planned Act of Repentance becomes personal quest NEW YORK (UMNS) - Harry Askin, a United Methodist from Ohio and board member of the denomination's Commission on Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns, has experienced a change in perspective as the agency has planned an Act of Repentance to Indigenous Peoples for the denomination's top lawmaking body, General Conference 2012 in Tampa, Fla. [24]Read full story» Did someone you know pass along this copy to you? Get your own copy [25]here. United Methodist News Service is a ministry of United Methodist Communications. 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