UMNS Daily Digest - June 20, 2011
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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 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» [10]UMTV: Refugee rebuilds life» [11]Annual Conference coverage» [12]Additional UMNS Stories» [13]Find us on Facebook [14]Twitter Contact Us [15]E-mail (615) 742-5470 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. [16]Read story and post a comment» 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. [19]Read story and post a comment» 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. [21]Read story» Did someone you know pass along this copy to you? [22]Get your own copy. United Methodist News Service is a ministry of United Methodist Communications. 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