UMNS Daily Digest - February 29, 2012 (Tornado response, child nutrition, food kitchens, piano accom

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       UMNS Daily Digest - Produced by United Methodist News Service
                        Wednesday, February 29, 2012

     [5]Churches respond after winter twisters
     [6]Better child nutrition brings economic gain
     [7]âWe had to find a way to feed themâ
     [8]Piano accompaniments available online
     [9]Graham apologizes for Obama remarks
     [10]Religion in political campaigns
     [11]Bishop Whitfield to serve at Perkins

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  âUMCOR has always worked to provide nutrition. For us, food is the first
                       medicine.â â June Kim, UMCOR.


Churches respond after winter twisters

   HARRISBURG, Ill. (UMNS) â Late-winter tornadoes and high winds roared across
   several Midwestern states early Wednesday morning, leaving death and
   destruction in their wake. But even as United Methodist congregations and
   congregants assessed damage, they sought ways to be Christ in their
   community.

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Better child nutrition brings economic gain

   NEW YORK (UMNS) â Four years ago, a British medical journal presented
   concrete proof that nations that donât invest in proper nutrition for
   pregnant and lactating women and their infants will suffer economically as a
   result. An outgrowth of that research is â1000 Days,â a joint effort among
   relief agencies, advocacy groups and faith groups, including United
   Methodists.

                                 [23]Read full story and post a comment»


âWe had to find a way to feed themâ

   NEWBURGH, N.Y. (UMNS) â Grace United Methodist Church in Newburgh, a city of
   about 28,000, organizes Abraham's Table, an ecumenical children's food
   ministry, which began in summer 2010. Started after the city eliminated its
   federal feeding program because of budget concerns, Abrahamâs Table served
   12,500 lunches to children younger than 18 during its six weeks of operation
   in 2011. Interpreter OnLine looks at the ways in which churches keep kids
   fed after school.

                                                          [24]Read more»


Piano accompaniments available online

   NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) â The many churches â rural and urban, large and
   small â that have no musicians to accompany congregational singing can now
   download hundreds of piano recordings of familiar hymns from The United
   Methodist Hymnal. The free, growing resource is a joint project of the Board
   of Discipleship and United Methodist Communications. More than 200 songs are
   already [25]available online, and more will be available soon.

                                                        [26]To download»


Graham apologizes for Obama remarks

   WASHINGTON (UMNS) â Just one day after NAACP faith leaders issued an open
   letter to the Rev. Franklin Graham regarding remarks about the faith of
   President Obama, the evangelist offered an apology, saying, âI regret any
   comments I have ever made which may have cast any doubt on the personal
   faith of our president, Mr. Obama. The president has said he is a Christian
   and I accept that (and have said so publicly on many occasions).â Faith
   leaders including the presidents of the National Baptist Convention USA, the
   National Baptist Convention of America and the Progressive National Baptist
   Convention published an open letter condemning recent comments by Graham.

                                                 [27]To read the letter»
                                           [28]To read Grahamâs apology»

Religion in political campaigns

   NEW YORK (UMNS) â The United Methodist Board of Church and Society is among
   14 endorsers of an âInterfaith Statement of Principlesâ on religion in
   political campaigns. The statement says freedom of religion is one of the
   United States' âmost cherished libertiesâ and sets forth four standards of
   ethical behavior by candidates. The diverse coalition of national religious
   organizations calls on all candidates for public office to honor the United
   Statesâ traditions of religious liberty and avoid sowing religious discord.

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Bishop Whitfield to serve at Perkins

   DALLAS (UMNS) â D. Max Whitfield, bishop of the New Mexico and Northwest
   Texas annual (regional) conferences, has accepted an invitation to serve as
   bishop-in-residence at United Methodist-related Perkins School of Theology,
   Southern Methodist University, effective Sept. 1. Whitfield earned his
   B.S.A. from Arkansas State University, M.Div. from Perkins School of
   Theology, and D. Min. from Princeton Theological Seminary.

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