UMNS Daily Digest - June 28, 2011 (General Conference, Book of Discipline, Alabama, immigration, Boa
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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 28, 2011 [5]Church once more faces homosexuality divide [6] N. Alabama to kick off immigration talks [7] When the cold, hard facts mean death [8]Global Ministries names new mission executive [9]Spouse of Texas communicator dies in fire [10] Annual Conference Coverage» [11] UMTV: Legal Aid for Immigrants» [12] UMTV: Immigration and Congregations» [13] Ministry of the Poor» [14] Read Additional UMNS Stories» [15]Find us on Facebook [16]Twitter Contact Us [17]E-mail (615) 742-5470 “…Because we have not been able to resolve this debate in our mutual sharing, General Conference every four years has been called to legislate on it. While we have done that, it has created only more avenues of conflict.” — Rev. Keith Boyette, a Virginia pastor and licensed lawyer who assisted the church’s counsel in the recent trial of Rev. Amy DeLong Church once more faces homosexuality divide TAMPA, Fla. (UMNS) — Talk to United Methodists of differing views about the church’s homosexuality debate, and they will tell you the recent clergy trial of the Rev. Amy DeLong was just a prologue. The real showdown will take place next year when General Conference, the denomination’s top lawmaking assembly, meets. Yet, all say the trial may offer clues to the discussions that will take place April 24-May 4, 2012, in Tampa. [18]Read full story and post a comment» N. Alabama to kick off immigration talks BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (UMNS) — The [19]North Alabama (regional) Conference has scheduled discussions in three cities in the state beginning June 28 to talk about the state’s recent immigration law. “I had seen no issue on which more religious groups were joined than this one, with the lead given by the Catholics and the rest of us joining in,” wrote Bishop Will Willimon on the conference’s website. “It's quite remarkable. A wide array of Alabama Christians have come together to challenge this new immigration law." [20]Read full story and post a comment» When the cold, hard facts mean death NEW YORK (UMNS) – In her BloomBytes blog, UMNS reporter Linda Bloom discusses why she is pleased that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has selected nine graphic warning labels that will be required on cigarette packages produced after September 2012. [21]Read Blog» Global Ministries names new mission executive NEW YORK (UMNS) — The Rev. Judy Y. Chung has been named associate general secretary for Missionary Services at the United Methodist Board of Global Ministries. As the global mission agency for the denomination, its annual conferences, missionary conferences, and local congregations, Global Ministries has personnel, projects, and mission partners in more than 130 countries, including 276 missionaries serving around the world. [22]Read full story» Spouse of Texas communicator dies in fire CANYON, Texas (UMNS) — Bart Thetford, 45, died June 26 in a [23]fire that destroyed his family’s home in Canyon. Thetford was the husband of Karla Abernethy-Thetford, director of communications for The United Methodist Church’s Northwest Texas-New Mexico Area. Firefighters were able to rescue her son, Jared Beatty, 18, who also was in the house. Abernethy-Thetford was on a mission trip to Costa Rica with her daughter when she learned of her husband’s death. Three other children are among Thetford’s survivors. 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