UMNS Daily Digest - February 23, 2012 (Overcoming drug addictions, vital congregations, restructurin

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       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
   
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   Vital Congregations»



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   UMTV: Street Pastor with a Past»



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   âTransforming our Congregationsâ»



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   "The Art of Planting New Churches"»



     



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  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.

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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.

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