UMNS Daily Digest - November 15, 2011 (women and ethnic clergy salaries, Lost Boys of Sudan, Peace w
From "United Methodist News Service" <newsdesk@umcom.org>Date Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:36:16 -0800
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, Nov. 15, 2011 [5]Women, clergy of color earn less [6]Peace in Sudan, peace everywhere [7]Chance to help United Methodist students [8]Peace with Justice grant deadline set [9] Lead Women Pastors» [10] Mentoring Women Leaders» [11] 9/11 Pastor Seeks Peace» [12] Read Additional UMNS Stories» [13]Find us on Facebook [14]Twitter Contact Us [15]E-mail (615) 742-5470 “In North Uganda, it’s very easy for the (militant group) Lord’s Resistance Army to recruit children to fight their war. We don’t want that to happen to the children of South Sudan.” — Michael Ayuen de Kuany, president of Rebuild Sudan. Women, clergy of color earn less CHICAGO (UMNS) — U.S. clergywomen in The United Methodist Church on average earn 13 percent less than their male counterparts, and clergy of color earn 9 to 15 percent less than white clergy, according to a recent study. [16]Read full story» Peace in Sudan, peace everywhere LAKE JUNALUSKA, N.C. (UMNS) — The horrors still haunt him: the gunfire that ripped his tiny village apart, the terrified screams of neighbors and friends as their homes were set ablaze, the 2,000-mile walk he and other young boys were forced to take to a refugee camp in Kenya, all the while fearing soldiers would slice him limb from limb. Michael Ayuen de Kuany, a former “Lost Boy” of Sudan, shared his story at a United Methodist-hosted peace conference. [17]Read full story and post comment» Chance to help United Methodist students NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) — Churchgoers can support United Methodist college and university students with a special offering on United Methodist Student Day, set this year for Nov. 27. The Special Sunday offering supports college scholarships and the United Methodist Student Loan Fund program. Participating annual (regional) conferences may award scholarships to United Methodists who reside in the conference and who attend a United Methodist-related higher education institution. [18]Read full story» Peace with Justice grant deadline set WASHINGTON (UMNS) — United Methodists and other affiliated organizations have until Jan. 6 to apply for a Peace with Justice grant from the United Methodist Board of Church and Society. The grants are supported through the Peace with Justice Special Sunday offering of The United Methodist Church, which “witnesses to God’s demands for a faithful, just, disarmed and secure world.” In 2012, Peace with Justice Sunday is June 3. 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