UMNS Daily Digest - February 17, 2012 (Historically black colleges and universities, John Wesley, yo
From "United Methodist News Service" <newsdesk@umcom.org>Date Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:02:53 -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 Friday, February 17, 2012 [5]John Wesley and black colleges [6]Relevance X brings spirituality to Sin City [7]British cite importance of hospital chaplains [8]Health-care chaplaincy â whatâs it good for? [9]Counting down to General Conference [10]University opens John Wesley gallery [11]A missionary in the snow [12] Black College Fund» [13] UMTV: Young Black Church Leader» [14] Relevance X» [15] UMTV: Hospice Care with Pets» [16] UMTV: Hope for Inmates» [17] UMTV: Museum of Methodism» [18] Read Additional UMNS Stories» [19]Find us on Facebook [20] Twitter [21]Contact Us (615) 742-5470 âSo many factors affect peopleâs ability to recover and cope. Spiritual care helps support those things you canât sort out with just medication and procedures.â â The Rev. Neville Markham, Methodist minister and part-time staff chaplain at Royal Bolton Hospital in London. John Wesley and black colleges LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (UMNS) â The United Methodist Church, the first mainline denomination to articulate social principles, actualizes its social gospel through a variety of means, including its support of the historically black colleges and universities, writes Walter M. Kimbrough, president of Philander Smith College. As the 150th anniversary of the end of slavery approaches, an emergency still exists, Kimbrough notes. [22]Read full story and post a comment» Relevance X brings spirituality to Sin City LAS VEGAS (UMNS) â For the weekend of Feb. 17, the third installment of the [23]Relevance X young adult conference will be joined at University United Methodist Church in Las Vegas by the first Relevance LEAD conference. Relevance Ministries, the young adult ministry section of the Desert Southwest Annual (regional) Conference, sponsors both events. Both have live blogging, Twitter feeds and streaming video at [24]live.relevancelead.com. [25]Read full story» British cite importance of hospital chaplains LONDON (UMNS) â âSpirituality, in its holistic form, is an important part of health and well-being. Chaplains are an integral part of everything here,â said Lesley Doherty, who heads the 658-bed [26]Royal Bolton Hospital and community-care services assisting some 263,000 people in Englandâs northwest. âMost people we deal with have a faith. We feed them (in the hospital), so why wouldnât we attend to their spiritual needs as well?â [27]Read full story and post a comment» Health-care chaplaincy â whatâs it good for? LONDON (UMNS) â In a commentary, hospital chaplain Kathleen LaCamera observes that little did she know that the chaplaincy training she did at Yale-New Haven Hospital during seminary in the 1980s would lay the foundation for some of the best work she has had the privilege to undertake decades later in Britain. [28]Read full story and post a comment» Counting down to General Conference TAMPA, Fla. (UMNS) â As [29]2012 General Conference draws nearer, [30]preview some of the issues the lawmaking body of The United Methodist Church will face April 24-May 4. To be sure you see all the General Conference news, follow [31]this link. [32]Links to RSS» [33]Briefing story» University opens John Wesley gallery EVANSVILLE, Ind. (UMNS) â The United Methodist-related University of Evansville will celebrate its 158th birthday this week with a series of events, including the dedication of a new on-campus gallery that showcases the universityâs Methodist heritage. At 9:30 a.m. Feb. 19, Founders Day, the university will hold a dedication for the John Wesley and Methodist Commemorative Collection. The collection includes about 300 items related to Wesley. [34]Read full story» A missionary in the snow NOME, Alaska (UMNS) â Nome usually has long, cold winters, and Christopher Steppe, a United Methodist young adult missionary assigned to the Nome Community Center, thought he had packed enough heavy gear when he headed there from his native Virginia last September. But he needed more. [35]Read more» Did someone you know pass along this copy to you? Get your own copy [36]here. United Methodist News Service is a ministry of United Methodist Communications. 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