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UMNS Daily Digest - November 5, 2010 (Keywords: Hmong, General Conference, lawsuit, Centennial Gathe
From "United Methodist News Service" <[email protected]>Date Fri, 05 Nov 2010 15:13:28 -0700
To ensure consistent delivery, please add [1][email protected] 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 Friday, November 5, 2010 [5]Hmong churches embrace multicultural ministry [6]Number of General Conference delegates stays same [7]Church files suit to reclaim property [8]400-plus gather to witness ecumenical milestone [9]Peace with Justice grants available [10]UMTV: Lazarus Project Supports Soldiers» [11]UMTV: Church Home For Homeless» [12]Additional UMNS Stories» [13]Find us on Facebook [14]Twitter Contact Us [15]E-mail (615) 742-5470 "Sherman Avenue welcomes all people. They've never referred to us as 'you people'-that would have shown that they didn't really accept us." â Pastor Luke Thao, who started a Hmong ministry Hmong churches embrace multicultural ministry ST. PAUL, Minn. (UMNS) â Hmong congregations are embracing the movement to multicultural ministry, as second generations growing up in the United States become used to experiencing many cultures in their schools and communities. Their growing sense of the need for a broader community to address these issues was evident in a recent meeting in St. Paul of some 100 members of the Association of Hmong United Methodist Churches. [16]Read story and post a comment» Number of General Conference delegates stays same PANAMA CITY, Panama (UMNS) â The Rev. L. Fitzgerald Reist announced today that the number of delegates for the 2012 General Conference will be near the 1,000-delegate limit. "Although a variety of opinions have been expressed, I've heard strong pleas to retain similar numbers as before, and I believe any significant reduction in the number of delegates should occur in concert with a more comprehensive look at the whole process," said Reist, who is secretary of the quadrennial legislative gathering. "It's essential that we not undermine the level of trust. With so many substantive changes expected to be considered during the 2012 General Conference, it is important to avoid any perception that a reduction in the number of delegates might somehow be intended to influence outcomes." The exact number of delegates will not be available until calculations have been completed, but the secretary of each annual (regional) conference will be notified by Dec. 1 how many delegates their conference will have. General Conference will meet in Tampa, Fla., in spring 2012. Church files suit to reclaim property ONTARIO, Ore. (UMNS) â The United Methodist Oregon-Idaho Annual (regional) Conference filed a lawsuit Nov. 3 against Ontario Community Church Inc., an independent non-denominational church in Ontario, its corporate directors, and its pastor. The complaint contends that members of the church did not have the right to take United Methodist Church property and divert it for use as a non-denominational church. In addition to the church building itself, the lawsuit calls for the turnover of bank accounts and other property in the building including historic documents and membership records. Last June, members of the Ontario Community United Methodist Church took the property and began operating as Ontario Community Church Inc., according to the complaint. The lawsuit was filed in Malheur County Circuit Court. 400-plus gather to witness ecumenical milestone NEW ORLEANS (UMNS) â More than 400 people of faith, including United Methodists, are expected to gather Nov. 9-11 at the Marriott New Orleans to celebrate a century of ecumenical engagement and to discuss how the churches might live and work together in an uncertain future. The Centennial Gathering of the National Council of Churches and Church World Service will mark the centennial anniversary of the 1910 World Mission Conference in Edinburgh, Scotland, an event many church historians regard as the beginning of the modern ecumenical movement. One of the highlights of the event will be the presence of a delegation from the Cuban Council of Churches, and considerable attention will be paid to the setting in New Orleans, five years after Hurricane Katrina. A complete schedule can be found at [17]www.ncccusa.org/witnesses2010. 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