UMNS Daily Digest - November 18, 2011 (Keywords: Occupy protests, hunger ministries, Native American
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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 Friday, November 18, 2011 [5]Occupy 'astonishing opportunity for clergy' [6]Free meals nourish struggling students [7]Native American group's restructuring concerns [8]Archives commission awards new scholarship [9]Foundation of Evangelism names chair [10]United Methodist Men's new staff member [11]Advent and Christmas Resources» [12]UMTV: Million Meals for Hungry» [13]UMTV: Restaurant Owner On Mission» [14]5 Tips for Welcoming Church Visitors» [15]UMTV: Museum of Methodism» [16]Read Additional UMNS Stories» Find us on Facebook Twitter Contact Us [17]E-mail (615) 742-5470 "If we had a little more evangelism in us, this is a remarkable opportunity to share the gospel through our pastoral care. The pulpit is now in the streets." - The Rev. Rich Lang, a United Methodist pastor pepper-sprayed at an Occupy Seattle protest. Occupy 'astonishing opportunity for clergy' SEATTLE (UMNS) - He saw it as an opportunity to be present as a pastor and a peacemaker and went to the Occupy Seattle protest appropriately garbed in his clerical robes, stole and cross. By the end of the day Nov. 15, the Rev. Rich Lang, along with an 84-year-old woman, was among the six people hit by police with pepper spray. He still sees the protests as an opportunity to share the gospel. [18]Read full story and post a comment» Free meals nourish struggling students LOS ANGELES (UMNS) - An off-campus café housed near UCLA provides free meals and snacks to students, no questions asked, NBC Los Angeles reports. Jeanne Roe Smith, a United Methodist campus minister at UCLA, helps run the café where the customers often are so financially stressed, they must choose between food and school expenses. [19]Read full story» Native American group's restructuring concerns NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) - The task force of the Native American Comprehensive Plan, part of the United Methodist Board of Discipleship, has issued a statement expressing concerns about the [20]proposed consolidation of nine general agencies under a 15-member board. The Native American Comprehensive Plan supports existing and develops new United Methodist Native American congregations and ministries. While acknowledging the denomination needs change, the task force said it is "greatly concerned that the proposed restructuring will limit or eliminate the voice of Native Americans." [21]Read full statement» Archives commission awards new scholarship MADISON, N.J. (UMNS) - The United Methodist Commission on Archives and History has selected the first recipient for its new $10,000 Josephine Forman Scholarship. Nidya Gonzalez, a student at the University of Pittsburgh, received the award, which recognizes a person of color pursuing graduate work in archival studies. The commission also has awarded several other grants for 2011. [22]Read more» Foundation of Evangelism names chair LAKE JUNALUSKA, N.C. (UMNS) - Mary Brooke Casad, executive secretary of The United Methodist Connectional Table, is the new chair of the Foundation for Evangelism board of trustees. The foundation is an affiliate of the denomination's Board of Discipleship. Roger Marshall of Tulsa, Okla., and the Rev. Allen Black of Hermitage, Tenn., also joined the board for the first time at its annual meeting in October. [23]Read more» United Methodist Men's new staff member NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) - Jim Boesch, one of the first people to be certified as a men's ministry specialist, has been named one of four deployed staff members of the Commission on United Methodist Men. Did someone you know pass along this copy to you? 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