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                          Thursday, June 23, 2011
                  [5]Jury votes to suspend Wisconsin pastor
                [6]Church copes with storm, racial allegations
                   [7]Phil Campbell changed Phil Campbells
              [8]Pension boardâs wellness program receives award
              [9]UMCOR, Mercy Corps distribute blankets in Congo
                [10]Higher Ed builds Harkness scholars network

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   âI have tried to think, what could have really happened. I cannot in any way
   wrap my heart around that it really happened the way it is being reported.â
   â Donna King, Long Memorial United Methodist Church, Cordova, Ala.


Jury votes to suspend Wisconsin pastor

   KAUKAUNA, Wis. (UMNS) â A jury of 13 United Methodist clergy in the church
   trial of the Rev. Amy DeLong voted 9-4 to suspend the pastor for a period of
   20 days beginning in July. The jury convicted DeLong on a charge of
   performing a same-sex union in violation of church law. Details were to be
   announced soon after the decision became known at 6 p.m. EST Thursday.
   The same jury Wednesday unanimously found DeLong not guilty of the charge of
   being a âself-avowed practicing homosexual.â Her conviction on the same-sex
   union violation came on a 12-1 vote. DeLong has been a clergy member in
   Wisconsin for 14 years and is 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. [20]United Methodist News Service reporter Heather Hahn and
   photographer Mike DuBose are covering the trial and will post on
   the [21]UMNS Facebook page and [22]Flickr as soon as more information is
   announced.

Church copes with storm, racial allegations

   CORDOVA, Ala. (UMNS) â For members of Long Memorial United Methodist Church,
   their hearts are as broken as the stately 100-year-old church that stands
   wounded on a hill overlooking lots scattered with debris, bare remnants of
   broken trees and a destroyed downtown. They are also living with a nightmare
   story that their church denied shelter to a victim of the storm. A
   16-year-old survivor who lost his mother and two friends in the second
   tornado that wrecked Cordova on that day is telling the story.

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Phil Campbell changed Phil Campbells

   PHIL CAMPBELL, Ala. (UMNS) â For a select group of diverse individuals
   across the United States and on other continents, the horror of what
   happened to Phil Campbell â 26 people were killed when tornadoes destroyed
   half the town -- was personal. One of those people was the Rev. Phil
   Campbell, a United Methodist pastor in Juneau, Alaska. On the weekend of
   June 17-18, he joined a throng of Phil Campbells who came to help this tiny
   north-central Alabama town that shares their name.

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Pension boardâs wellness program receives award

   GLENVIEW, Ill. (UMNS) â Virgin HealthMiles has recognized the United
   Methodist Board of Pension and Health Benefitsâ comprehensive wellness
   program with its â2011 Eye on Health Award,â honoring an organization that
   has demonstrated overall excellence impacting employee health and wellness.
   A Virgin HealthMiles case study on the pension board is now available.

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UMCOR, Mercy Corps distribute blankets in Congo

   NEW YORK (UMNS) â The United Methodist Committee on Relief, working in
   partnership with Mercy Corps, has distributed blankets to nearly 3,000
   people in five internally displaced persons camps in North Kivu province,
   Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was the second large-scale distribution
   carried out by the two agencies, allowing them to provide essential
   resources to nearly one-third of the people in North Kivu camps.

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Higher Ed builds Harkness scholars network

   NASHVILLE. Tenn. (UMNS) â The United Methodist Board of Higher Education and
   Ministry is continuing to build a network of its Georgia Harkness scholars
   as a way of nurturing women who are entering the ministry. For example, the
   11 women receiving the 2011-12 Georgia Harkness Scholarships have been
   invited to participate in the United Methodist continuing educatorsâ
   gathering in July in Miami. The $5,000 scholarships are for women over 35
   who are planning to be ordained as elders.

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