UMNS Daily Digest - April 3, 2012 (Broken to Peace, Easter, evangelism, UMCOR)

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>Tuesday, April 3, 2012

>[5]Tough times lead us aBroken to Peacea

>[6]Which came first: Easter or the eggs?

>[7]Evangelizing in Prague

>[8]UMCOR grant targets Somalia famine

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aI donat know why God loves broken people so much, but he does

absolutely adore us.a a Bonnie, who shared testimony in aBroken to

>Peace.a

>Tough times lead us aBroken to Peacea

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) a A [17]new DVD-based study series from United

Methodist Communications focuses on Christians who faced painful

circumstances that threatened their spiritual health and sanity.

>[18]Read full story and post a commentA>

>Which came first: Easter or the eggs?

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) a Even the most seasoned Easter worshippers may

have questions about traditions such as decorated eggs, lilies and

>Peter Cottontail.

>[19]Read more and post a commentA>

>Evangelizing in Prague

NEW YORK (UMNS) a When the Rev. Michelle McKinnon-Young, then the

pastor at Cherokee United Methodist Church in Johnson City, Tenn., told

her district superintendent that she wanted to go into the mission

field before retiring, she didnat expect to find herself posted to

>Prague in the Czech Republic a year later.

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>UMCOR grant targets Somalia famine

NEW YORK (UMNS) a A new grant from the United Methodist Committee on

Relief will help the Turkey-based Islamic aid organization,

International Blue Crescent, provide monthly food packages,

psychosocial support, and care for severely malnourished children and

>mothers with newborns in Somalia.

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