UMNS Daily Digest - June 20, 2011

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                           Monday, June 20, 2011
               [5]Leadership change on tap for world Methodists
                [6]DeLong Church Trial: Questions and answers
                  [7]Refugees on the rise, U.N. report shows
                 [8]She is an 8th-generation Methodist pastor


   [9]Refugees still find shelter at South African church»



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   âThe most basic challenge for Methodists anywhere in the world is to speak
   of Godâs enduring love in situations of economic deprivation, human
   suffering and the spiritual malaise which is a reality for most of the human
   population.â â The Rev. Ivan M. Abrahams, nominee for general secretary of
   the World Methodist Council

Leadership change on tap for world Methodists

   LAKE JUNALUSKA, N.C. (UMNS)--The world was a "fragile" place when the Rev.
   George Freeman assumed staff leadership of the World Methodist Council a
   decade ago. Today, as Freeman, a 64-year-old pastor from the United
   Methodist Virginia Annual (regional) Conference, prepares to retire, the
   council's 74 members, representing more than 132 countries, have
   strengthened their bonds and are looking to the future.

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DeLong Church Trial: Questions and answers

   KAUKAUNA, Wis. (UMNS)--The Rev. Amy DeLong of Osceola, Wis., will undergo a
   United Methodist Church trial starting June 21 to respond to a charge that
   she has violated church law by being a "self-avowed practicing homosexual"
   and officiating at a same-sex union. UMNS will cover the trial and will post
   coverage online at [17]umc.org and on the [18]UMNS Facebook page. Michele
   Virnig, director of communications for the Wisconsin Annual (regional)
   Conference, prepared a list of questions and answers about the trial.

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Refugees on the rise, U.N. report shows

   NEW YORK (UMNS)--A new report by the United Nations shows that 43.7 million
   people worldwide were displaced from their homes in 2010 because of conflict
   or persecution, the highest number of refugees in 15 years. In observance of
   World Refugee Day on June 20, the United Methodist Committee on Relief has
   created a series of online resources to help raise awareness about the
   refugee situation. For information on supporting UMCOR's refugee ministry,
   go to [20]Refugee Response, UMCOR Advance #982540.

She is an 8th-generation Methodist pastor

   ST. CHARLES, Ill. (UMNS)--When Carol Hill was ordained June 10 during the
   2011 Northern Illinois Annual (regional) Conference, she became an
   eighth-generation Methodist pastor on her grandmother's side and a
   fifth-generation Methodist pastor on her grandfather's side. Hill currently
   serves as associate pastor at First United Methodist Church in Park Ridge,
   Ill., and her mother, Katherine Thomas Paisley, a member of the Tennessee
   Annual Conference, is the pastor at First United Methodist Church in
   Freeport, Ill.

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