UMNS Daily Digest - November 9, 2011 (Occupy Wall Street, Otterbein United Methodist Church, Mercede
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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 Wednesday, November 9, 2011 [5]United Methodists see Occupy protest ties [6]Three years after fire, church rekindles [7]Mercedes Gonzalez deportation cancelled [8]NBC program on economic aid from churches [9]Thanksgiving song to benefit the hungry [10] Vital Congregations» [11] UMTV: Recovery Church» [12] UMTV: Restaurant owner on mission» [13] Circles of Care for Immigrants» [14] Read Additional UMNS Stories» [15]Find us on Facebook [16]Twitter Contact Us [17]E-mail (615) 742-5470 "This movement articulates (our call) for a more just society." — the Rev. Sandy Gess, pastor at [18]St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in Vacaville, Calif. United Methodists see Occupy protest ties NEW YORK (UMNS) -- They may have begun as a protest against corporations and greed, but for a growing number of United Methodists taking part in the [19]Occupy Wall Street movement, the protests are a statement about the spiritual bankruptcy of materialism as well as a call to transform the world. [20]Read full story and post a comment» Three years after fire, church rekindles BEAVER FALLS, Pa. (UMNS) — The fire that ravaged the [21]Otterbein United Methodist Church in Beaver Falls three Octobers ago wasn’t a godsend. It is now, the Ellwood City Ledger reports. [22]Read full story» Mercedes Gonzalez deportation cancelled NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) -- Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped the deportation case against [23]Mercedes Gonzalez, a Nashville-area high school student who was arrested this spring on a traffic violation. [24]Justice for Our Neighbors, a ministry initiative of the United Methodist Committee on Relief, represented Mercedes, who is from Mexico, in her formal request for ICE to use its discretion and stop her deportation case. [25] Read full story» NBC program on economic aid from churches NEW YORK (UMNS) – “Journey into Action: Helping Hands in the Economic Crisis,” a new documentary about how faith groups reach out to struggling members of their communities, will air on [26]local NBC stations, beginning Nov. 13. The documentary, part of NBC’s Horizons of the Spirit series, is presented by the National Council of Churches with the Interfaith Broadcasting Commission and produced by Trinity Wall Street. Jim Melchiorre, a United Methodist and senior religion correspondent for Trinity Wall Street, is the program’s producer-narrator. [27]Read full story» Thanksgiving song to benefit the hungry BIG ISLAND, Va. (UMNS) – The Society of St. Andrew, the national gleaning ministry, has teamed up with singer Doug Allen and songwriter Sam Zamarripa to produce a new song, “The Song of Thanksgiving,” which also raises money to feed the hungry. Available on iTunes for 99 cents, each song purchase will provide 15 servings of fresh fruit and vegetables to those who need them most, the society said. [28]Visit website» Did someone you know pass along this copy to you? Get your own copy [29]here. United Methodist News Service is a ministry of United Methodist Communications. 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