UMNS Daily Digest - November 8, 2011 (innovative leadership, vital congregations, mission trips, emb
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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, November 8, 2011 [5]New tools add punch to vital congregations [6]UMTV: Restaurant owner on mission [7]Blog: Change is good—you go first! [8]Irish Methodists build community center [9]Book of Discipline now online [10] Vital Congregations» [11] UMTV: Restaurant owner on mission» [12] 2008 Book of Discipline» [13] Read Additional UMNS Stories» [14]Find us on Facebook [15]Twitter Contact Us [16]E-mail (615) 742-5470 “Vital congregations nurture growth in discipleship through mutual support and accountability, and they cultivate intentional and mutual relationships with the most vulnerable – the poor, children, the imprisoned, the powerless.” — MaryJane Pierce Norton, leadership ministries executive at the Board of Discipleship. New tools add punch to vital congregations WICHITA, Kan. (UMNS) — With Advent approaching, United Methodist congregations are seeking new ways to attract visitors who will connect with the church — and stay after Christmas. A Wichita congregation tried something new last year, and the Rev. Nathan Stanton is still excited about the results. Pleasant Valley United Methodist Church, where Stanton is senior pastor, was part of a pilot for the Innovative Leadership Project, created by the United Methodist Board of Discipleship. [17]Read full story and post a comment» UMTV: Restaurant owner on mission GORE, Okla. (UMTV) — Oklahoma restaurateur Steve Pool and fellow members of Gore United Methodist Church have built churches in South Africa and Vietnam and a hospice home in Costa Rica. The mission trips became the inspiration for Soda Steve’s, a theme restaurant built to inspire people to volunteer. Watch video and post a comment. [18]Watch Video» Blog: Change is good—you go first! NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) — In his blog “Recent thoughts on church planting,” the Rev. Gary Shockley, executive director of [19]Path 1, the denomination’s church-planting movement, writes about the denomination’s need for change if it wants to be effective in ministry. “Pray, work hard, expect things will change, work for the change, let go, and trust that God is right smack dab in the middle of it all and out in front of it all!” [20]Read Blog» Irish Methodists build community center NEW YORK (UMNS) — Methodist-related East Belfast Mission is building a community center called Skainos with the help of missionaries, staff, volunteers and community members of Ballymacarrett in Northern Ireland. Gary Mason, the mission superintendent, recently visited the New York City offices of the United Methodist Board of Global Ministries with Mark Houston, mission director, to build momentum for the center, scheduled for completion in the fall of 2012. 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