UMNS Daily Digest - February 27, 2012 (School shooting, Lent, General Conference, devotions, gender
From "United Methodist News Service" <newsdesk@umcom.org>Date Mon, 27 Feb 2012 13:18:25 -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 Monday, February 27, 2012 [5]Churches reach out after Ohio shootings [6]New studies available for Lent 2012 [7]Call to prayer for General Conference [8]Devotions for delegates [9]Gender issues at General Conference [10]Ex-students rerelease â69 choir album [11] General Conference 2012» [12] UMTV: Church Drive-thru Prayer» [13] Lent and Easter Resources» [14] Soul Changing Prayer» [15] UMTV: Street Pastor with a Past» [16] The Rev. Shane Stanford: Living with HIV» [17] Read Additional UMNS» [18]Find us on Facebook [19]Twitter [20]Contact Us (615) 742-5470 âSignificant spiritual preparation and planning are taking place to create prayer support for General Conference. ⦠Whether you are sitting in your home or participating at the Tampa site, your prayers will influence the future of our church.â â The Rev. Tom Albin, co-chair of the Prayer Support Team for General Conference 2012. Churches reach out after Ohio shootings CHARDON, Ohio (UMNS) â School violence came to a United Methodist churchâs neighborhood on Monday morning. As the school day began Feb. 27, a young man opened fire in the Chardon High School cafeteria near Chardon United Methodist Church. Five students were shot, and one later died. [21]Read full story and post a comment» New studies available for Lent 2012 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) â New studies from popular authors â including Adam Hamilton, Shane Stanford, Derek Maul, Bishop Reuben Job, John Indermark, Robert V. Dodd, John Gooch and Nan Duerling â will be available for Lent 2012. [22]Read more» Call to prayer for General Conference TAMPA, Fla. (UMNS) â The beauty of being a part of a connectional church is that we can call on one another to pray and support each other in prayer, reminds the Rev. Tom Albin in a commentary. As the 2012 General Conference approaches, he writes, it is important to know our prayer foundation is firm and we are connected in a global prayer network. Find out how to be part of [23]â50 Days of Prayer for the General Conference.â [24]Read full story and post a comment» Devotions for delegates NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) â To help 2012 delegates center themselves for the important work ahead, the [25]Board of Discipleship provides devotions written by members of previous General Conference delegations. Countdown to General Conference offers multiple resources to prepare for the 2012 meeting of the lawmaking body of The United Methodist Church. Gender issues at General Conference ST. LOUIS (UMNS) â Eighty delegates to the 2012 United Methodist General Conference attended a [26]briefing critically analyzing the impact of proposed legislation on women. The lawmaking body will meet in Tampa, Fla., from April 24 to May 4. The briefing, organized by the Womenâs Division, United Methodist Board of Global Ministries, and the United Methodist Commission on the Status and Role of Women, assigned delegates to groups based on General Conference legislative committees, applying gender analysis to proposed legislation most likely to affect women and other marginalized groups. [27]Read more» Ex-students rerelease â69 choir album OCEAN CITY, N.J. (UMNS) -- It was Christmas 1969, and the Ocean City High School Concert Choir, led by director Lewis Benzon, recorded in a United Methodist church nearly a dozen Christmas favorites, including Psalm 96, written by Benzon, reports ocshorenewstoday.com. The vinyl album was a big deal to choir members then, and now, nearly 43 years later, it is being re-released, this time as a CD, by a choir member. [28]Read full story» Did someone you know pass along this copy to you? Get your own copy [29]here. United Methodist News Service is a ministry of United Methodist Communications. 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