UMNS Daily Digest - June 17, 2011 (Juneteenth, Huston-Tillotson University, North Alabama Annual (re
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[2]View Online | [3]Add to Address Book | [4]Subscribe UMNS Daily Digest - Produced by United Methodist News Service Friday, June 17, 2011 [5]Juneteenth: Bringing joy to all [6]Father’s Day has Methodist ties [7] Bishop: Alabama immigration law nation’s ‘meanest’ [8]World Refugee Day is June 20 [9] UMTV: Volunteers Adopt Hospice Pets» [10] UMTV: Stay-at-home Dads» [11] UMTV: Legal Aid for Immigrants» [12] Annual Conference coverage» [13] Read Additional UMNS Stories» [14]Find us on Facebook [15]Twitter Contact Us [16]E-mail (615) 742-5470 “Juneteenth brings together old friends and presents the opportunity to make new loving relationships and friendships to all who attend.” — Kliphton Joel Taylor, a student at Huston-Tillotson University in Austin, Texas Juneteenth: Bringing joy to all AUSTIN, Texas (UMNS) — Kliphton Joel Taylor provides a young man’s perspective on the oldest celebration of freedom for African Americans. “As a young black man, I can never comfortably say that I know what slavery was like,” he writes in a UMNS commentary. “I can never claim to have experienced the same whippings and verbal tortures that my ancestors did. That would be incorrect of me. Nonetheless, I make sure that I bask in my everyday rights.” [17]Read full story and post a comment» Father’s Day has Methodist ties NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) — To all you dads out there: While you’re relaxing in your recliner and watching sports this Sunday, and your kids are on their best behavior to honor Father’s Day, don’t forget to thank a United Methodist. [18]Read full story and post a comment» Bishop: Alabama immigration law nation’s ‘meanest’ BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (UMNS) — United Methodist Bishop William Willimon, who leads the North Alabama Annual (regional) Conference, has called Alabama's new immigration law the “meanest“ in the nation and an embarrassment to the state, the Birmingham News reports. Willimon urged church members to attend a June 25 ecumenical prayer vigil to voice opposition to the law and pray for those affected. Bishop Paul W. Leeland of the Alabama-West Florida Annual (regional) Conference also opposes the law. 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