UMNS Daily Digest - February 15, 2012 (New York Giants, African clergywomen, Baldwin-Wallace College
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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, February 15, 2012 [5]Giants defensive tackle puts God first [6]Africaâs pioneering clergywomen honored [7]Helmer 9th president of Baldwin-Wallace [8]Duke Divinity School names new dean [9]Liberian United Methodists honor Johnson Sirleaf [10] General Conference» [11] Audio Interview: Chris Canty» [12] African Clergywomen's Consultation 2012» [13] UMTV: Mother of African Orphans» [14] UMTV: Football Sunday School» [15] Read Additional UMNS Stories» [16]Find us on Facebook [17] Twitter [18]Contact Us (615) 742-5470 âGod has blessed me with a tremendous platform to be able to influence young minds.â â Chris Canty, N.Y. Giants defensive tackle and son of a United Methodist pastor. Giants defensive tackle puts God first STANLEY, N.C. (UMNS) â âItâs hard to understand what success is if youâve never seen it," said [19]Chris Canty, defensive tackle (No. 99) for the New York Giants, the 2012 Super Bowl winners. âItâs hard to understand what accountability is if youâve never seen it. Itâs hard to understand what responsibility is if youâve never seen it.â His mom, the Rev. Shirley L. Canty, a United Methodist pastor in North Carolina, has more reason to be proud of her son than his big win. [20]Read full story and post a comment» Africaâs pioneering clergywomen honored MUTARE, Zimbabwe (UMNS) â More than 300 African clergywomen honored pioneering clergywomen and heard speakers urge them to unite and support each other up during the four-day African Clergywomenâs Consultation at Africa University. The group honored 18 United Methodist women as first and pioneering clergywomen in their respective episcopal areas during the Feb. 1-4 gathering. [21]Read more» Helmer 9th president of Baldwin-Wallace BEREA, Ohio (UMNS) â Robert C. Helmer, president of Lourdes University in Sylvania, Ohio, will be the ninth president of United Methodist-related [22]Baldwin-Wallace College. The appointment is effective July 1. He will succeed Richard W. Durst, the Baldwin-Wallace president since 2006, who retires June 30. When founded in 1845, Baldwin-Wallace College was one of the first colleges to admit students without regard to race or gender. Baldwin-Wallace serves about 3,000 full-time undergraduates, 600 part-time students in evening and weekend programs and more than 700 graduate students in education and business. [23]Read more» Duke Divinity School names new dean DURHAM, N.C. (UMNS) â the Rev. Richard B. Hays has been appointed dean of Duke Divinity School, one of the 13 United Methodist seminaries. Hays, the George Washington Ivey Professor of New Testament, has been serving as dean on a two-year basis since 2010. Hays came to Duke in 1991 from the faculty of the Yale Divinity School, where he received a master of divinity degree. He earned a Ph.D. at Emory University. An ordained United Methodist elder, Hays has preached in settings ranging from rural Oklahoma churches to London's Westminster Abbey. [24]Read more» Liberian United Methodists honor Johnson Sirleaf GBARNGA CITY, Liberia (UMNS) â Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was honored Feb. 12 by the United Methodist Church in Liberia. Johnson Sirleaf, a recent Nobel Peace Prize winner, received the âUnited Methodist Par Excellenceâ Service Award in recognition of her leadership abilities and commitment to God. She is a member of First United Methodist Church in Monrovia. [25]Read story» Did someone you know pass along this copy to you? Get your own copy [26]here. United Methodist News Service is a ministry of United Methodist Communications. 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