UMNS Daily Digest - January 7, 2011 (Haiti, domestic violence, theft, Drew University, immigration,

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                          Friday, January 7, 2011
                 [5]Pillowcase dresses aim to cheer Haitians
                         [6]UMTV: Church adopts Haiti
                   [7]Church exposes hidden domestic abuse
                [8]Haiti survivor Gulleyâs sermon to be online
         [9]Live webcast set Jan. 10 for Haiti earthquake anniversary
                   [10]Drew student pleads guilty to theft
             [11]United Methodists to assist at US/Mexico border
                      [12]Advisory: Haiti series coming

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 âWeâre not saving a child by making dresses, but we are doing a 
little bit.
 And I think every little bit helps.â â Carol Johnston, member of 
Hillsboro
                 United Methodist Church in Franklin, Tenn.

Pillowcase dresses aim to cheer Haitians

   FRANKLIN, Tenn. (UMNS) â Every little girl loves a pretty new 
dress,
   especially if she has never, owned one. And members of the 
Hillsboro United
   Methodist Church in Franklin, Tenn., are doing their best to make 
sure more
   than a handful of girls in Haiti receive a coveted âpillowcaseâ 
dress.

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comment»

UMTV: Church adopts Haiti

   FRANKLIN, Tenn. (UMTV) â Bronwen and Bill Pope have a heart for 
Haiti. The
   couple has supported an orphanage in Port-au-Prince for years, and 
they also
   adopted two sons from Haiti. Friends at their church, Hillsboro 
United
   Methodist, wanted to help Haiti too.


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Church exposes hidden domestic abuse

   NEW YORK (UMNS) â To raise awareness about the issue of domestic 
violence,
   United Methodist Women has joined an interfaith collaboration to 
produce an
   hourlong documentary âI Believe You: Faiths' Response to Intimate 
Partner
   Violence.â The documentary, will begin airing on ABC affiliates 
Jan. 9 and
   will be available for air through March 6.

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story»

Haiti survivor Gulleyâs sermon to be online

   CHARLOTTE, N.C. (UMNS) â The Rev. Jim Gulley, a Haiti earthquake 
survivor,
   will preach at 11 a.m. ET Sunday, Jan. 9, at Providence United 
Methodist
   Church in Charlotte, and his sermon will be streamed live at
   [25]www.umc.org/haitimedia.

   After the earthquake, the United Methodist agricultural specialist 
was
   trapped with the Revs. Sam Dixon and Clint Rabb in the collapse of 
the Hotel
   Montana in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Both Dixon and Rabb died as a 
result of
   their injuries.


Live webcast set Jan. 10 for Haiti earthquake anniversary

   NEW YORK (UMNS) â 10-Fold, an interactive effort of the United 
Methodist
   Board of Global Ministries to put faith into action, is 
[26]hosting a live
   webcast from Haiti at 8 p.m. ET on Jan. 10.
   The webcast will focus on recovery efforts after the earthquake 
that
   occurred in Haiti a year ago this month. It will feature the Rev. 
Jim
   Gulley, Melissa Crutchfield and Juan Carlos Real of the United 
Methodist
   Committee on Relief. Viewers can ask questions via chat.10-Fold 
began last
   October when people from all over the world âgathered,â became 
advocates of
   Global Ministries' projects, encouraged others to learn about 
projects and
   raised donations for the mission work.

Drew student pleads guilty to theft

   CAMDEN, N.J. (UMNS) â William J. Scott, a Drew University student 
arrested
   last March for allegedly taking letters written by John and 
Charles Wesley
   and other historic figures from the library there, entered a 
guilty plea in
   federal court this week to one count of theft of a cultural item 
from a
   museum.

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United Methodists to assist at US/Mexico border

   PHOENIX (UMNS) â United Methodists and Methodists from Mexico will 
reach out
   to recently repatriated immigrants along the US/Mexico border on 
Jan. 8 by
   volunteering with several Mexican social-service agencies.
   The mission work will coincide with meetings of the United 
Methodist Desert
   Southwest Annual (regional) Conference Covenant Council, led by 
Bishop
   Minerva Carcaño, at El Mesias United Methodist Church in Nogales, 
Ariz.
   Carcaño and other volunteers will pass out blankets and health 
kits in
   Nogales, Mexico, as well as become familiar with the assistance 
programs to
   these immigrants.


Advisory: Haiti series coming

   United Methodists have used their long-standing connections with 
the people
   of Haiti to assist with earthquake relief. To mark the first 
anniversary of
   the  Jan.  12, 2010, earthquake in Haiti, a four-part series by 
United
   Methodist News Service examines the efforts by volunteer teams, 
Haitian
   Methodists  and  relief  agencies,  as well as the stumbling 
blocks to
   rebuilding one of the poorest nations in the hemisphere. The 
series will
   begin Tuesday, Jan. 11.


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