UMNS Daily Digest - June 21, 2011 (Morning Star Church, Wisconsin Annual (regional) Conference, chur
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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 Tuesday, June 21, 2011 [5]Do u txt @ church? [6]Church trial of Rev. Amy DeLong underway [7]Pensions board sets July 15 public forum [8]Conference focuses on Middle East Christians [9]Pastor wins award for daily devotional book [10] Church trial» [11] Rural roots of United Methodism» [12] Ministry with the Poor» [13] Additional UMNS Stories» [14]Find us on Facebook [15]Twitter Contact Us [16]E-mail (615) 742-5470 âIn worship, the texting is just a strategy of people engaging. Instead of us being the professionals that figure it all out, the idea of letting folks know the church is the people. This is your church.â â The Rev. Mike Schreiner, Morning Star Church, OâFallon, Mo. Do u txt @ church? OâFALLON, Mo. (UMNS) â Most pastors would be upset if they looked up from their sermon notes to find most of the congregants texting on their phones. For the Rev. Mike Schreiner of [17]Morning Star Church in OâFallon, Mo., thatâs just part of weekly worship. Schreiner invites churchgoers to text him questions during his sermons, be it clarification of a point he made or some other topic. [18]Read story and post a comment» Church trial of Rev. Amy DeLong underway KAUKAUNA, Wis. (UMNS) â For the seventh time in 20 years, The United Methodist Church is wrestling with the issue of homosexuality in a public church trial. The Rev. Amy DeLong, a lesbian clergy member of the [19]Wisconsin Annual (regional) Conference, faces two charges of violating church law and the possibility of losing her ministerial credentials this week. Her trial is underway at Peace United Methodist Church in Kaukauna, Wis. [20]See coverage and post a comment» Pensions board sets July 15 public forum GLENVIEW, Ill. (UMNS) â [21]The United Methodist Board of Pension and Health Benefits will hold a public forum at 11:45 a.m. July 15 at the agency headquarters,1901 Chestnut Ave. in Glenview, Ill. Anyone who wishes to address the board may do so. To register, contact Colette Nies by July 1 by calling (800) 269-2244, extension 4296, or sending an e-mail to [22]nies@gbophb.org. Conference focuses on Middle East Christians VOLOS, Greece (UMNS) â The [23]World Council of Churches is co-sponsoring a June 20-22 conference on the precarious situation of Christians in the Middle East. With the diminishing presence of Christians in the region, the WCC central committee said in a public statement in February, the âconviviality among peoples from different faiths, cultures, civilizations, which is a sign of Godâs love for all humanity, will be endangered.â [24]Read full story» Pastor wins award for daily devotional book NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) â The Rev. Jan L. 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