UMNS Daily Digest - June 13, 2011 (Methodist Church of Haiti, Baltimore-Washington Conference, priso

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                           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


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   "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.

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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.

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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."

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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. Whitaker was a
   clergy member of the Virginia Conference before his election as bishop. More
   than 3,350 clergy and laity representatives of United Methodist churches
   across Virginia will gather June 15-19 at the Civic Center in Roanoke.

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