UMNS Daily Digest - June 13, 2011 (Methodist Church of Haiti, Baltimore-Washington Conference, priso
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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 Monday, June 13, 2011 [5]Pastor helps Haitian children cope with grief [6]Prison ministry opens door to empowerment [7]Christians call for halt to Sudan violence [8]Illness prompts Va. Annual Conference change [9]UMTV: Church Adopts Haiti» [10]UMTV: Church Embraces Haitians» [11]Annual Conference Coverage» [12]Read Additional UMNS Stories» [13]Find us on Facebook [14]Twitter Contact Us [15]E-mail (615) 742-5470 "My cousin lost his arm and leg during the quake. He is the best cousin I've ever had. I am so sad." - Haitian child in grief counseling. Pastor helps Haitian children cope with grief LES CAYES, Haiti (UMNS) - The Rev. Gordon Schleicher came back from Haiti with 91 pictures of grief drawn by children who witnessed death and dismemberment of family and friends during the 2010 earthquake. Schleicher, a retired United Methodist pastor and a trained grief counselor, went to the earthquake-damaged country earlier this year with a purpose. He wanted to encourage the youngest witnesses to the country's devastation to express their feelings so they could start to heal from the trauma. [16]Read full story and post a comment» Prison ministry opens door to empowerment WASHINGTON (UMNS) - Kevin Petty, after 39 years of jail time, celebrates his freedom by living his faith. Petty, who attends Hughes Memorial UMC in Washington became addicted to heroin when he was 8 years old. "It robbed me of my life," he said. [17]Read full story» Christians call for halt to Sudan violence GENEVA (UMNS) - The World Council of Churches, Sudan Ecumenical Forum and Sudan Council of Churches are calling for an end to escalating violence against civilians in Sudan's disputed South Kordofan State. "The violence and displacement of people now taking place is a potential threat to the peaceful transition and independence of South Sudan," the Rev. Olav Fykse Tveit, WCC top executive, said. "We call on those involved to end the violence immediately and for those countries involved in the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement, which led to the January referendum, to place pressure on both sides to resolve this situation." [18]Read full story» Illness prompts Va. Annual Conference change GLEN ALLEN, Va. (UMNS) - Florida Area Bishop Timothy Whitaker will preside at all of this year's session of the Virginia Annual (regional) Conference at the request of Bishop Charlene Kammerer, who is ill. 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