UMNS Daily Digest - June 9, 2011 (Massachusetts, tornadoes, church restructuring, Connectional Table

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       UMNS Daily Digest - Produced by United Methodist News Service
                           Thursday, June 9, 2011
               [5]Massachusetts churches join tornado response
                  [6]Church must 'measure what we treasure'
                             [7]Come, Holy Spirit
              [8]10-Fold focuses on leadership training June 10
             [9]Office opens in Tokyo for Japan disaster response


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   "In both Springfield and in Monson (Mass.), you had the same kind of scenes
   that you saw in Joplin, where houses were totally leveled." - Boston Area
   Bishop Peter Weaver.

Massachusetts churches join tornado response

   MONSON, Mass. (UMNS) - Both Monson and Springfield, Mass., suffered major
   damage when three tornados struck 19 communities in the state on June 1,
   leaving three dead and dozens injured. The United Methodist New England
   Annual (regional) Conference began an immediate response.

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Church must 'measure what we treasure'

   SHILOH, Ill. (UMNS) - Corporate America's best practices don't necessarily
   apply to reinventing The United Methodist Church, writes the Rev. Beverly L.
   Wilkes Null in a commentary. She is pastor of Shiloh (Ill.) United Methodist
   Church and a member of the Connectional Table, which oversees the
   denomination's programming.

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Come, Holy Spirit

   NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) - From the beginning, The United Methodist Church
   has taught and encouraged every child of God to receive every gift of God,
   including gifts of the Holy Spirit. The Rev. Thomas R. Albin, dean of The
   Upper Room ministries and ecumenical relations, shares the meaning of
   Pentecost in Interpreter.

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10-Fold focuses on leadership training June 10

   NEW YORK (UMNS) - Throughout the day on June 10, [21]10-Fold.org/live will
   host a discussion about the innovative ways that United Methodist leaders
   are being trained in Africa and around the world. The discussion will
   feature Caroline Njuki, an executive with the United Methodist Board of
   Global Ministries, and Liberia Area Bishop John Innis. Viewers will be able
   to ask questions in a live update at noon Eastern time.



Office opens in Tokyo for Japan disaster response

   NEW YORK (UMNS) - The United Methodist Committee on Relief hailed the June 8
   opening of an ecumenical disaster response office in Tokyo and vowed to
   stand with Japan's churches as they take further steps to assist survivors
   of the March 11 triple disaster. The National Christian Council Japan
   Consortium for Tohoku Disaster Relief created the office.

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