UMNS Daily Digest - February 16, 2012 (Call to Action, General Conference, ethnic caucuses, national
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[2]View Online | [3]Add to Address Book | [4]Subscribe 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 [10] General Conference» [11] United Methodist Judicial Council» [12] UMTV: World Record Female Bodybuilder» [13] Read Additional UMNS Stories» [14]Find us on Facebook [15] Twitter [16]Contact Us (615) 742-5470 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. [19]Read full story and post a comment» 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. [21]Read full statement» 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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