UMNS Daily Digest - June 28, 2011 (General Conference, Book of Discipline, Alabama, immigration, Boa

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                           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

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   “…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.

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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."

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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.

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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.

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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. [24]Funeral services for Thetford will be conducted at 10 a.m.,
   Wednesday, June 29, at First United Methodist Church in Canyon.

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