UMNS Daily Digest - June 30, 2011 (United Methodist Committee on Refugees, United Nations, Georgia,
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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 Thursday, June 30, 2011 [5]World refugee count at 15-year high [6]Rural churches a unique start for young clergy [7]Church honors those lost in Iraq, Afghanistan [8]Register now for Congregational Development School [9]UMTV: Success Secrets of Young Pastor[10]» [11]Annual Conference Coverage[12]» [13]In the Beginning... A Series[14]» [15]Read Additional UMNS Stories[16]» [17]Find us on Facebook [18]Twitter Contact Us [19]E-mail (615) 742-5470 "The burden of helping the world's forcibly displaced people is starkly uneven. Poor countries host vastly more displaced people than wealthier ones. While anti-refugee sentiment is heard loudest in industrialized countries, developing nations host 80 percent of the world's refugees. This situation demands an equitable solution." - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. World refugee count at 15-year high DECATUR, Ga. (UMNS) - Oak Grove United Methodist Church involves the entire church - including the youth - in its program to welcome refugees to the community. As the number of forcibly displaced worldwide climbs to a 15-year high, Oak Grove is committed to making a difference one family at a time. [20]Read full story and post a comment[21]» Rural churches a unique start for young clergy PEGRAM Tenn. (UMNS) - The United Methodist itinerant system appoints pastors to local churches, and clergy agree to serve where they are appointed. The common practice of sending young clergy to rural churches, only to move them to larger churches a few years later, can make those congregations feel they are merely stepping stones to more prominent or lucrative appointments. This installment of a series on young clergy looks at how those clergy and their congregations adjust. [22]Read full story and post a comment[23]» Church honors those lost in Iraq, Afghanistan ATLANTA (UMNS) - Members of the Peachtree Road United Methodist Church have been working since March to prepare a ribbon memorial to those killed in the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Buckhead Patch reports. The memorial is to be dedicated Sept. 11, the 10-year anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks on the U.S. [24]Read full story[25]» Register now for Congregational Development School DALLAS (UMNS) - July 1 is the last day to [26]register before a tuition increase for those who plan to attend the annual [27]School of Congregational Development on July 27-31 in Dallas. This year's event, sponsored by the United Methodist Board of Discipleship, Path 1 and the Board of Global Ministries, will offer ways to equip new churches and reinvigorate existing churches. Did someone you know pass along this copy to you? Get your own copy [28]here. 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