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UMNS Daily Digest - June 22, 2011 (Rev. Amy DeLong trial, North Dakota flooding, Pet Peace of Mind,

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       UMNS Daily Digest - Produced by United Methodist News Service
                          Wednesday, June 22, 2011
                   [5]Verdicts split in DeLong clergy trial
                   [6]United Methodists help evacuate Minot
                 [7]Hospices meet people needs with pet care
            [8]Religious leaders ask Obama to end Afghanistan war
            [9]Northern Illinois Conference supports Hyatt boycott

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   âWeâre not sure if it will get to the sanctuary, but we saved everything
   that we could.â â The Rev. Debra Ball-Kilbourne, Faith United Methodist
   Church, Minot, N.D.


Verdicts split in DeLong clergy trial

   KAUKAUNA, Wis. (UMNS) â A jury of 13 United Methodist pastors has found the
   Rev. Amy DeLong guilty of performing a same-sex union â a violation of the
   denominationâs laws â and not guilty of being a "self-avowed practicing
   homosexual." The verdicts came in a church trial that began June 21 at Peace
   United Methodist Church. The jury was unanimous in the guilty verdict and
   voted 12-1 on the not-guilty ruling. Afterward, the jurors began
   deliberating in the penalty phase of the trial.
   The United Methodist Churchâs Book of Discipline forbids clergy from
   performing same-gender union services, and it bars the ordination of
   âself-avowed practicing homosexualsâ in the denomination. DeLong has been a
   clergy member in Wisconsin for 14 years and is currently director of an
   advocacy group. In 2009, she agreed to officiate at a service for a lesbian
   couple, and she and her longtime partner registered under Wisconsinâs
   Domestic Partnership Law. UMNS is providing ongoing coverage of the church
   court proceedings.

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United Methodists help evacuate Minot

   MINOT, N.D. (UMNS) â Teams of North Dakota United Methodists were helping
   evacuate residents of Minot as floodwaters threatened the city June 22. âThe
   river is rising quite steadily, and thereâs going to be some definite issues
   with 11,000 people trying to get out at one time,â said the Rev. Lee
   Gale, [20]North Dakota disaster response coordinator for the United
   Methodist Dakotas Annual (regional) Conference.

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Hospices meet people needs with pet care

   MIDLAND, Texas (UMNS) â Cassidy, a small, three-legged dog, belonged to a
   caring, elderly man. But when the man became terminally ill and entered
   hospice, Cassidyâs fate was in jeopardy. This uncertainty weighed heavily on
   the owner. Sharon Wetz, a volunteer at Hospice of Midland, helped the man
   find rest through Pet Peace of Mind, an organization that cares for pets or
   finds foster homes for them while the animalsâ owners are in hospice.

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Religious leaders ask Obama to end Afghanistan war

   WASHINGTON (UMNS) â Nearly 40 religious leaders â including United
   Methodists Jim Winkler, Board of Church and Society, and the Rev. Stephen J.
   Sidorak Jr., Commission on Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns â
   sent a letter to President Obama ahead of a June 22 televised speech in
   which he is expected to announce U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan."It
   is time to bring the U.S. war in Afghanistan to an end," the open letter
   said.

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Northern Illinois Conference supports Hyatt boycott

   CHICAGO (UMNS) â After 20 months of negotiations, hotel workers went on a
   daylong strike June 20 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago. Hundreds of religious
   leaders affiliated with Interfaith Worker Justice are joining the workers on
   the picket lines. Members of the United Methodist Northern Illinois Annual
   (regional) Conference voted during their June 8-11 meeting to join the Hyatt
   Hotels boycott until settlements of the labor disputes are achieved.


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