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                            Monday, Nov. 7, 2011
               [5]Religious leaders: Don’t cut poverty funding 
                    [6]Church gets unemployed ‘job ready’ 
                        [7]Missionary to Tunisia dies 
                [8]Bishops plan statement on same-sex unions 

   


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  "If you’re concerned about malaria funding, if you’re concerned about HIV
    funding, this is the bill you need to be spending time with." — Mark
       Harrison of the United Methodist Board of Church and Society.

Religious leaders: Don’t cut poverty funding

   WASHINGTON (UMNS) — Legislation affecting how the United States addresses
   global poverty will be under scrutiny as the U.S. Senate considers the 2012
   appropriations bill. The bill, expected on the Senate floor this week, will
   affect many programs and places where United Methodists are attempting to
   improve – and even save — people’s lives, says Mark Harrison, United
   Methodist Board of Church and Society.

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Church gets unemployed ‘job ready’

   ROSWELL, Ga. (UMNS) — Katherine Simons sees it all the time. Hopelessness.
   She sees it on the faces of the thousands of out-of-work people who walk
   through the doors of Roswell United Methodist Church. Simons and other
   volunteers try to renew people’s hope and get them spiritually ready for the
   job market.

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Missionary to Tunisia dies

   TUNIS, Tunisia (UMNS) — The Rev. Isaac Agré, 58, a native of Côte d'Ivoire
   serving as a missionary in Tunisia with his wife, Jacqueline, died Nov. 3
   after an illness. Previously, he served as the chair of the Council on
   Ministries of The United Methodist Church in Côte d'Ivoire. “While we grieve
   the loss of Isaac, we celebrate his life,” wrote the Rev. Thomas Kemper, top
   executive, United Methodist Board of Global Ministries. “His generous and
   courageous spirit was evident in the hospitality of his mission work in
   Tunisia.”

   [18]Read Kemper’s letter»



Bishops plan statement on same-sex unions

   LAKE JUNALUSKA, N.C. (UMNS) — The United Methodist Council of Bishops
   concluded its weeklong fall meeting Nov. 4 without publicly addressing the
   controversy of United Methodist pastors who say they will bless same-sex
   unions despite the ban in church law.

   Since the summer, more than 1,000 United Methodist clergy have signed
   statements pledging to officiate at such unions. That sparked a
   counter-movement by other United Methodist clergy and lay people. So far,
   more than 2,500 clergy and 11,460 laity have signed petitions urging the
   bishops to make clear that they will enforce the Book of Discipline, the
   denomination’s law book, on this issue.

   "We will be releasing a statement," Bishop Larry Goodpaster, the council's
   president, said immediately after the meeting ended. "There’s a few more
   pieces we need to work on, but we'll be releasing a statement soon."





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