UMNS Daily Digest - February 23, 2012 (Overcoming drug addictions, vital congregations, restructurin
From "United Methodist News Service" <newsdesk@umcom.org>Date Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:36:22 -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 Thursday, February 23, 2012 [5]UMTV: Street Pastor with a Past [6]Church 2092: Transforming our congregations [7]African students reject restructuring proposal [8]Asbury, hunger group to produce curriculum [9]Lake Junaluska offers youth mission work [10] Vital Congregations» [11] UMTV: Street Pastor with a Past» [12] âTransforming our Congregationsâ» [13] "The Art of Planting New Churches"» [14] Read Additional UMNS» [15]Find us on Facebook [16] Twitter [17]Contact Us (615) 742-5470 âThe model of church weâre working on right now is unsustainable. I donât think it will last 80 years.â â The Rev. Taylor Burton-Edwards, director of worship resources at the United Methodist Board of Discipleship. UMTV: Street Pastor with a Past HOMESTEAD, Pa. (UMNS) â The Rev. Keith Kaufold is a pastor in a tough neighborhood where drug dealers and school dropouts abound. Kaufold grew up nearby and can speak firsthand about addiction â and redemption. [18]Watch video and post a comment» Church 2092: Transforming our congregations NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) â How will The United Methodist Church look in 80 years? Church leaders ponder that question in the first installment of a five-part video series, âDreaming of Vital Congregations,â by the United Methodist Board of Discipleship. [19]Watch video» African students reject restructuring proposal MUTARE, Zimbabwe (UMNS) â The Africa United Methodist Student Movement, which represents about 150 members from 10 African countries, has issued a response to the proposed consolidation of nine general agencies under a 15-member board. Nine members recently attended the Pre-General Conference briefing for African General Conference delegates in Harare, Zimbabwe. After prayer and study, the group announced its response âin rejection of the proposal as it fails to be considerate of the needs and circumstances of the African church.â The United Methodist News Service Daily Digest will publish statements from General Conference delegations and other groups as they are received and space is available. [20]Read full statement» Asbury, hunger group to produce curriculum WASHINGTON (UMNS) â Bread for the World has formed a partnership with United Methodist-approved Asbury Theological Seminary of Wilmore, Ky., and Eastern University of St. Davidâs, Pa., to produce an online curriculum on global poverty and foreign assistance for evangelical Christian seminaries and colleges. âAs Asbury Theological Seminary becomes more deeply engaged with our Christian partners around the globe, we want to follow in the rich Wesleyan tradition of advocating for the poor and marginalized,â said Terry Muck, dean of the seminaryâs E. Stanley Jones School for World Mission and Evangelism. [21]Read more» Lake Junaluska offers youth mission work LAKE JUNALUSKA, N.C. (UMNS) â During their summer mission experience in 2011, youth from St. James United Methodist Church in Spartanburg, S.C., served at Autumn Care, a rehab and nursing facility in Waynesville, N.C. That is just one of the mission opportunities for youth groups offered by the United Methodist conference and retreat center. [22]SURGE into Missions at Lake Junaluska runs weeks and weekends from June 14 through July 22. [23]To learn more» Did someone you know pass along this copy to you? Get your own copy [24]here. United Methodist News Service is a ministry of United Methodist Communications. 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