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       UMNS Daily Digest - Produced by United Methodist News Service
                        Wednesday, September 1, 2010
                    [5]Diverse church lifts up New Orleans
                  [6]Letter alleges racism in Obama attacks
                 [7]Agency offers resources to honor laborers

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   âI believe when a person comes through those doors we want them to 
feel
 welcomed and we want them to feel loved. I strive to do that every 
Sunday.â
 -- Stephanie K. Martin, a greeter at First Grace United Methodist 
Church in
                                New Orleans.

Diverse church lifts up New Orleans

   NEW ORLEANS (UMNS) â For more than a century before Hurricane 
Katrina, First
   United Methodist Church and Grace United Methodist Church existed 
in their
   own worlds. Geographically they were less than a mile apart. But 
they were
   divided by race. The two churches merged after the storm, and 
attendance has
   steadily increased from about 47 to more than 200. âIt has been 
the best
   thing that ever happened to us,â one member said.

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Letter alleges racism in Obama attacks

   NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) â More than 90 Christian clergy and laity 
have
   signed a letter calling for church members to speak out against 
racially
   motivated attacks against President Obama. The Rev. Gil Caldwell, 
a retired
   United Methodist pastor in Asbury Park, N.J., and one of the 
founders of
   Black Methodists for Church Renewal, wrote the letter after seeing 
criticism
   of Obama he felt went beyond the usual political sniping all 
presidents
   face. Caldwell pointed to such examples as the repeated demands to 
see
   Obamaâs  birth certificate and the continued charges that Obama is 
not
   Christian.

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Agency offers resources to honor laborers

   NASHVILLE,  Tenn.  (UMNS) â Americans this weekend will celebrate 
such
   advances as the end of child labor and the 40-hour work week. At 
the same
   time, many Americans are still struggling with unemployment. The 
United
   Methodist Board of Discipleship has resources for churches to 
honor workers
   and all seeking work. The resources include a special blessing and 
suggested
   readings for [15]"A Service of Holy Communion for Labor Day.â
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