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UMNS Daily Digest - February 20, 2012 (homeless ministry, prison ministry, U.S. presidents, Whitney

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       UMNS Daily Digest - Produced by United Methodist News Service
                         Monday, February 20, 2012

     [5]Helping the Homeless 101
     [6]President honors ex-inmate's ministry
     [7]Many U.S. presidents have Methodist ties
     [8]Pastor attends Whitney Houston service
     [9]George Tinker to keynote repentance service
     [10]âEconomy of waterâ a theme for Lent
     [11]Bitter immigration rhetoric discouraged
     [12]New Wesley Foundation at former Lambuth
     [13]The death of Whitney Houston 

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 âItâs just a Band-Aid if itâs not coupled with social justice. Itâs a major
   problem when people who are working canât find a place to live and when
  people who have been looking canât find a job.â â Stephanie Sena, adjunct
 professor at Villanova University who supervises three student-run homeless
                        facilities in Philadelphia.


Helping the Homeless 101

   PHILADELPHIA (UMNS) â College students in Philadelphia are helping the
   homeless find stability and hoping to make a long-lasting difference. The
   Student-Run Emergency Housing Unit of Philadelphia includes three
   facilities, one of which is at Arch Street United Methodist Church.

                                 [26]Read full story and post a commentÂ»


President honors ex-inmate's ministry

   FORT WORTH, Texas (UMNS) ââ Lonnie Bingmon, a man who has been in youth
   detention centers nine times and in jails or a prison six times, received
   The Presidentâs Volunteer Service Award for his ministry in prisons. Bingmon
   moved to Fort Worth, where he found his way to Alliance United Methodist
   Church. It was there that he engaged in a life-changing Walk to Emmaus in
   2003 and became involved in Kairos Prison Ministry.

                                                    [27]Read full storyÂ»


Many U.S. presidents have Methodist ties

   WASHINGTON (UMNS) â They escorted Abraham Lincolnâs body to his burial in
   Illinois. They served lemonade to guests at the White House in an age of
   temperance. They had roles in inaugurations and extended spiritual advice to
   presidents on justice issues, ranging from slavery to war. United Methodists
   have a long history of ties to U.S. presidencies. In fact, Methodism began
   its relationship with the presidency through the general who would become
   the nationâs first elected leader.

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Pastor attends Whitney Houston service

   ATLANTA (UMNS) â The Rev. Michael McQueen, pastor of St. James United
   Methodist Church in Alpharetta, Ga., was among those seated in the pulpit
   for the Feb. 18 memorial service for singer Whitney Houston. St. James was
   the last place where Houston, [29]who lived in the Atlanta area during the
   mid-2000s, attended a worship service before her death Feb. 11. âThe amazing
   thing about yesterday was the whole world came to church,â McQueen told his
   congregation the day after Houstonâs service. The pastor said he told the
   Houston family that St. James would nurture them through the process of
   grieving and asked his church members âto keep them lifted up in prayer.â

                                                [30]Watch McQueen videoÂ»


George Tinker to keynote repentance service

   NEW YORK (UMNS) â The Rev. George E. âTinkâ Tinker, renowned indigenous
   advocate and theologian, will be the keynote speaker for The United
   Methodist Churchâs âAct of Repentance to Indigenous Peoples,â April 27 in
   Tampa, Fla. The service will take place during the denominationâs 2012
   General Conference. Tinker, a citizen of the Osage Nation, serves as the
   Clifford Baldridge Professor of American Indian Cultures and Religious
   Traditions at United Methodist-related Iliff School of Theology in Denver
   and is an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

                                                          [31]Read moreÂ»


âEconomy of waterâ a theme for Lent

   GENEVA (UMNS) â During the seven weeks of Lent, the Ecumenical Water Network
   focuses on the theme âeconomy of waterâ in its [32]Seven Weeks for Water
   campaign, inspiring churches to pray, reflect and act together for local and
   global water justice. The Seven Weeks for Water will begin on Feb. 20 and
   will be approaching World Water Day and [33]Maundy Thursday with special
   resources produced for this event. Weekly reflections are available for
   download.

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Bitter immigration rhetoric discouraged

   NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) â Dozens of Tennessee faith leaders urged Republican
   presidential candidates to keep the bitter rhetoric on immigration out of
   the Volunteer State. Tennesseeâs Republican presidential primary is March 6.
   The plea came in the form of a statement signed and released by some 45
   leaders representing the Abrahamic faiths across Tennessee.

                                                          [35]Read moreÂ»


New Wesley Foundation at former Lambuth

   JACKSON, Tenn. (UMNS) â The United Methodist Church will continue to have a
   presence on the campus of the former Lambuth University, thanks to a new
   campus ministry with an appointed minister from the Memphis Annual
   (regional) Conference. The University of Memphis-Lambuth campus ministry in
   Jackson has joined four other Memphis Conference Wesley Foundation campus
   ministries.

                                                          [36]Read moreÂ»

The death of Whitney Houston

   Whitney Houston, like of all of us, lived her life between the valleys and
   the mountaintops, observes the Rev. Gilbert H. Caldwell, noting that she
   helped take many of us to the mountaintop.

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