UMNS Daily Digest - February 16, 2012 (Call to Action, General Conference, ethnic caucuses, national

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       UMNS Daily Digest - Produced by United Methodist News Service
                        Thursday, February 16, 2012
                [5]Ethnic groups offer ideas for vital church
                    [6]Judicial Council to meet in Tampa
             [7]Western North Carolinaâs Call to Action response
               [8]Fair trade palm fronds available to churches
                      [9]Blog: The Jeremy Lin indicator

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   âYou talk to younger generations and theyâll say it doesnât matter what
 someoneâs color or race is, but then theyâll turn around and say, 'I donât
  know if I will belong because thereâs no one who looks like me.'â â Anne
  Marshall, chair of the Inter-Ethnic Strategy Development Group and Native
                       American International Caucus.


Ethnic groups offer ideas for vital church

   HOLDENVILLE, Okla. (UMNS) â Leaders of five groups that represent the
   denominationâs ethnic constituencies have some suggestions for increasing
   the number of vital United Methodist congregations. The [17]Inter-Ethnic
   Strategy Development Group made the recommendations in its second statement
   regarding [18]the Call to Action initiative and the proposed consolidation
   of nine of the denominationâs 13 general agencies under a 15-member board.

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Judicial Council to meet in Tampa

   TAMPA, Fla. (UMNS) â The United Methodist Judicial Council will meet April
   22, just before the opening of the 2012 General Conference, the
   denominationâs top legislative body. On the top courtâs docket are two items
   regarding the church in the Philippines and a request for reconsideration of
   a decision related to the discontinuance of a local church. Briefs or
   comments on the items are due by March 1.

                                                        [20]View docket»


Western North Carolinaâs Call to Action response

   CHARLOTTE, N.C. (UMNS) â The General Conference delegation from the Western
   North Carolina Annual (regional) Conference says it âis open to the process
   of discernment and the movement of the Holy Spiritâ as it works through
   legislation to restructure the denomination. âThe Call to Action gives us
   the agenda,â the delegation said in a statement released Feb. 15. The United
   Methodist News Service Daily Digest will publish statements from General
   Conference delegations as they are received and space is available.

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Fair trade palm fronds available to churches

   NEW YORK (UMNS) â The United Methodist Committee on Relief partners with the
   University of Minnesota to build support in the United States for the
   Eco-Palm Project, which provides fair trade palm fronds to churches on Palm
   Sunday. The project helps to sustain the livelihoods of workers
   like [22]Brigida Coutiño Espinoza and [23]Joel Cabrera Rodas.


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Blog: The Jeremy Lin indicator

   NEW YORK (UMNS) â In her Bloombytes blog, UMNS reporter Linda Bloom indulges
   in âLin-sanityâ over the new star of the New York Knicks and ponders the
   messages about diversity and faith in his success story.

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