UMNS Daily Digest - November 3, 2011 (Imagine No Malaria, Gates Foundation, open meetings, Council o
From "United Methodist News Service" <newsdesk@umcom.org>Date Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:00:57 -0700
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, November 3, 2011 [5]$3 million boosts malaria campaign [6]Open leaders have open meetings [7]Southwestern honors first black grad [8]Candler scholar to discuss biblical mission [9]11 women bishops head to Holy Land [10] Call to Action Report» [11] UMTV: Malaria Lab Fights Killer» [12] UMTV: Black College History» [13] Additional UMNS Stories» [14] Find us on Facebook [15]Twitter Contact Us [16]E-mail (615) 742-5470 "He was a good and faithful man, and when he died ... they gathered just enough money to get him up here and to bury him. And for 68 years and six months and one day, nobody remembered. He had given his life to the Lord and nobody remembered. But look at this day!" â Dawn Pleas-Bailey, at a service for Southwestern Collegeâs first black graduate. $3 million boosts malaria campaign LAKE JUNALUSKA, N.C. (UMNS) â The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, in collaboration with the United Nations Foundation, has given a $3 million grant to the Imagine No Malaria campaign of The United Methodist Church. Pittsburgh Area Bishop Thomas Bickerton, the campaignâs spokesperson, said the grant would provide administrative support for fundraising to help the church reach its $75 million goal. [17]To date, more than $15 million has been raised for Imagine No Malaria. âIt gives us a boost in the next phase of the campaign,â Bickerton said. [18]Read full story and post a comment» Open leaders have open meetings NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) â In his blog, âFaith Media and Culture,â the Rev. Larry Hollon addresses the dilemma leaders face when deciding whether to have open or closed meetings. Hollonâs post draws insight from the Council of Bishopsâ meeting. [19]Read blog» Southwestern honors first black grad WICHITA, Kan. (UMNS) â The first African-American graduate at Southwestern College in Winfield, Kan., was a faithful man of God, who gave his life to church ministry. Seven decades after his death, the Rev. Elijah Pilgrim Geiger and his unmarked grave have received the recognition they deserve. United Methodists from Kansas honored Geiger at a dedication ceremony Oct. 16, in which a headstone for his grave was unveiled. [20]Read full story and post a comment» Candler scholar to discuss biblical mission ATLANTA (UMNS) â The Rev. W. Harrison Daniel, associate professor in the practice of history and mission at United Methodist-related Emory Universityâs Candler School of Theology, will explore how biblical texts inform understanding of mission and how mission informs reading of the Bible. The session, titled âThe Bible and the Churchâs Mission,â will be Nov. 12 from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. [21]Read full release» 11 women bishops head to Holy Land WASHINGTON (UMNS) â Eleven women bishops from the United States, West Indies and Africa, representing the United Methodist, Episcopal, African Methodist Episcopal and Christian Methodist Episcopal churches, will leave Nov. 12 for a 10-day trip to Israel, the West Bank and Gaza. United Methodist Bishop Deborah Kiesey of the Dakotas Area, who is president of the denominationâs Board of Church and Society, will lead the delegation. [22]Read full story» Did someone you know pass along this copy to you? [23]Get your own copy. United Methodist News Service is a ministry of United Methodist Communications. 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