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                        Thursday, September 16, 2010
                  [5]Young adults answer calling at shelter
                 [6]Chinese church building school in Uganda
            [7]Interfaith gathering counters Quran-burning threat
                    [8]Former pastor faces murder charges


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âThis is a perfect place to come and be a servant.â â Nichole Leuburn 
on the
                   homeless shelter she helps operate at
            First Grace United Methodist Church in New Orleans.

Young adults answer calling at shelter

   NEW ORLEANS (UMNS) â A steady flow of servant-minded young people 
have found
   their calling at Hagarâs House, a ministry serving women and 
children based
   at First Grace United Methodist Church.

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Chinese church building school in Uganda

   OAKLAND, Calif. (UMNS) â A California church with fewer than 50 
members is
   attempting to raise a half-million dollars over the next several 
years to
   build an educational complex in Kumi, Uganda. Chinese Community 
United
   Methodist Church leaders in Oakland adopted the mission to Uganda 
after
   their music minister, Aeri Lee, returned from a trip there.

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Interfaith gathering counters Quran-burning threat

   GAINESVILLE, Fla. (UMNS) â As pundits, politicians and people 
around the
   world  debated  whether  the  pastor of a small fringe 
congregation in
   Gainesville should or should not burn the Quran, members of the 
Gainesville
   Interfaith Forum decided a more pointed response was needed. The 
three-hour
   âA Gathering for Peace, Understanding and Hopeâ Sept. 10 at 
Trinity United
   Methodist  Church  in  Gainesville was their answer. The full 
story is
   available [16]here.

Former pastor faces murder charges

   JACKSON TOWNSHIP, Pa. (UMNS) â A former United Methodist pastor 
was arrested
   and charged on Sept. 14 with murder and tampering with evidence in 
the death
   of his wife, according to the Pocono Record in northeastern 
Pennsylvania.
   Bishop Peggy Johnson of the Eastern Pennsylvania told the 
newspaper that
   A.B. Schirmer surrendered his credentials on Nov. 14, 2008, when 
police
   started investigating the death of his second wife, Betty Jean 
Schirmer. She
   died on July 15, 2008.
   According to the Pocono Record, police are also investigating 
Schirmer in
   the death of his first wife, Jewel Schirmer. She died in April 
1999 from a
   traumatic brain injury due to an alleged fall down a flight of 
stairs.
   Schirmer had formerly served as a licensed local pastor, with 
appointments
   in eight churches from 1970 to 2008. Bishop Johnsonâs complete 
statement to
   the newspaper is available [17]here.
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