UMNS Daily Digest - November 14, 2011 (prison ministry, Zimbabwe, anti-hunger ministries, ABC-TV, Ad
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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 Monday, Nov. 14, 2011 [5]Zimbabwe project welcomes ex-prisoners [6]Dinner and a show delight homeless [7]ABC show looks at anti-hunger efforts [8]Online retreat offered for Advent [9]Correction: Missionary to Tunisia dies [10] UMTV: UMTV: Hope for Inmates» [11] UMTV: Restaurant Owner On Mission» [12] Career Care at Church» [13] Read Additional UMNS Stories» [14]Find us on Facebook [15]Twitter Contact Us [16]E-mail (615) 742-5470 “I come to you as a prodigal son. Please forgive me.” — Denford Muliliwana, a repentant thief addressing a Zimbabwe church. Zimbabwe project welcomes ex-prisoners CHITUNGWIZA, Zimbabwe (UMNS) — He passed the wide-open oak door and stepped into Seke United Methodist Church. Sadness and pity stared back at him. He longed for what could never be. Denford Muliliwana had to gather courage for true repentance before people he had wronged. [17]Read full story and post a comment» Dinner and a show delight homeless WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. (UMNS) — Homeless dine with dignity as United Methodists serve and socialize, reports the Los Angeles Daily News. "They need to know people care and feel like they have a family,” said the Rev. April Belt, pastor of Woodland Hills United Methodist Church. [18]Read full story» ABC show looks at anti-hunger efforts NEW YORK (UMNS) — An interfaith documentary focusing on new ways to feed the hungry, [19]“A Peace of Bread: Faith, Food, and the Future,” will be shown on ABC affiliates beginning Nov. 20. United Methodist-related highlights include weekly food-distribution efforts by New York’s West Side Campaign Against Hunger, based at the Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew, United Methodist, and the gleaning of U.S. fields through the work of the Society of St. Andrew. The program was produced by Diva Communications with a grant from Odyssey Networks and the support of interfaith partners, including the National Council of Churches. [20]Read full story» Online retreat offered for Advent NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) — The Rev. Beth Richardson, a United Methodist deacon, and others will offer an Advent/Christmas e-course based on Richardson’s book, “Child of the Light.” [21]The course, offered from Nov. 27 to Jan. 6, is designed to help Christians find a quiet center, a time-out from busyness, to be with God. Daily emails include readings, reflections and prayers inspired by Advent hymns and, during the 12 days of Christmas, 12 Christmas carols. The course costs $49.95. [22]To register» Correction: Missionary to Tunisia This short obituary of the missionary Isaac Agré, which appeared in the Nov. 7 Daily Digest, incorrectly put “the Rev.” before the name of Thomas Kemper, the top executive at the United Methodist Board of Global Ministries. 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