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UMNS Daily Digest - November 22, 2010 (health care, Sibley Memorial Hospital, interfaith Thanksgivin
From "United Methodist News Service" <[email protected]>Date Mon, 22 Nov 2010 14:41:54 -0800
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 Monday, November 22, 2010 [5]Foundation ensures health care for D.C. poor [6]Interfaith Thanksgiving services bridge faiths [7]Agency approves change to insurance program [8]CBS special: Religious response to Haiti earthquake [9]Cuban church leaders call for end to travel ban [10] UMTV: Thanksgiving for International Students» [11] UMTV: Medical Care for Military Women» [12] Read Additional UMNS Stories» [13]Find us on Facebook [14]Twitter Contact Us [15]E-mail (615) 742-5470 âItâs a faith-like-a-mustard-seed story. Those women started with a vision; they started small and look how it has grown. They were brave enough to act, to reach out. Thatâs our heritage.â â Rene Carter, Sibley board member Foundation ensures health care for D.C. poor BALTIMORE (UMNS) â In a move to ensure that the United Methodist commitment to health care for all people is preserved in the nationâs capital, a $75 million fund is being established by Sibley Memorial Hospital and Johns Hopkins Medicine. The Jane Bancroft Robinson Foundation â named after a Methodist deaconess â will be administered by an independent board of directors, which includes a majority of United Methodists. [16]Read full story and post a comment» Interfaith Thanksgiving services bridge faiths NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) â Across the United States â and the United Methodist connection â interfaith Thanksgiving services are gaining popularity. In Manchester, Mich., First United Methodist Church has been involved in ecumenical Thanksgiving worship for almost four decades, but the concept is new to the folks in Vashon, Wash. âThis is the first year for what we hope will become a tradition,â said the Rev. Darryn Hewson, Vashon United Methodist Church. [17]Read full story and post a comment» Agency approves change to insurance program FRANKLIN, Tenn. (UMNS) ââ In an effort to lower costs, the denominationâs top financial agency will become the single owner of an insurance program currently operated by a number of church entities. During its Nov. 17-19 meeting, the General Council on Finance and Administration approved a plan to allow the [18]United Methodist Property and Casualty Trust Company buy out the 12 annual (regional) conferences and two general agencies that now own the company. [19]Read full story and post a comment» CBS special: Religious response to Haiti earthquake NEW YORK (UMNS) â Relief efforts after the Jan. 12, 2010 earthquake are highlighted in a CBS-TV religion special, âHaiti: Religionâs Response to Disaster,â that will begin broadcast on Sunday, Dec. 5. Check local television listings for times. Members of the United Methodist Committee on Relief, Church World Service, Catholic Relief Services and the Jewish Distribution Committee will share stories about their work with viewers. Melissa Crutchfield of UMCOR talks about the Haitian people's struggle for survival and her agencyâs renewed efforts and commitment in Haiti. [20]Read more information here» Cuban church leaders call for end to travel ban WASHINGTON (UMNS) â Religious leaders in the United States and Cuba are hopeful that U.S.-imposed restrictions on religious travel and financial transfers soon will be eased by the Obama administration. In a Nov. 15-16 visit, a delegation of Protestant leaders from the Cuban Council of Churches â including the Rev. Humberto Fuentes, a Methodist pastor â pressed their concerns about the inhibiting effects of the travel restrictions and financial transfers in meetings with officials of the U.S. Department of State and the National Security Council. Did someone you know pass along this copy to you? Get your own copy [21]here. United Methodist News Service is a ministry of United Methodist Communications. 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