UMNS Daily Digest - April 14, 2011 (Photography, cancer, UMCOR, Japan, immigration, Windsor Village,

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       UMNS Daily Digest - Produced by United Methodist News Service
                          Thursday, April 14, 2011
                 [5]Photographer sees beauty despite disease
                 [6]UMCOR grant helps Japan institute reopen
           [7]Illinois church members open first immigration clinic
              [8]Windsor Village pastor named author of the year


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   "Because I am going blind, I give more freely of the talents God gave me.
   And because I'm going blind, I refuse to be stingy with joy." - Tiffany
   Chartier, a United Methodist photographer.

Photographer sees beauty despite disease

   MANSFIELD, Texas (UMNS) - Tiffany Chartier sees beauty in chaos and disease.
   The United Methodist captures lasting pictures of young people starting
   their spiritual journeys and cancer patients enjoying happy moments, even as
   she slowly loses her own sense of sight. She is already legally blind.

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UMCOR grant helps Japan institute reopen

   STAMFORD, Conn. (UMNS) - After the ground stopped shaking on March 11, staff
   at the Asian Rural Institute in northern Japan began assessing the damage.
   What they found was serious. Now, a month later, repairs are under way and,
   with the support of a $150,000 grant from the United Methodist Committee on
   Relief, the staff will be able to welcome its new students on May 2.

   [18]Read story and post a comment»



Illinois church members open first immigration clinic

   AURORA, Ill. (UMNS) - After three years of careful planning and coordinating
   volunteers, the Justice for Our Neighbors clinic opened its doors April 2 to
   immigrants seeking legal guidance. The clinic, which provides free,
   high-quality attorney services, will operate the first Saturday of each
   month at Fourth Street United Methodist Church in Aurora. It is the state's
   first Justice for Our Neighbors clinic.

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Windsor Village pastor named author of the year

   HOUSTON (UMNS) -The Rev. Suzette Caldwell was voted the 2010 author of the
   year by Destiny Image Publishing for her book, "Praying to Change Your Life:
   A Guide to Productive Prayer."

   Caldwell is associate pastor at Windsor Village United Methodist Church,
   where her husband, the Rev. Kirbyjon Caldwell, is senior pastor. She is also
   board chair and president of the Prayer Institute, a nonprofit,
   community-based organization committed to praying for people and teaching
   people how to pray. Her book can be ordered at [20]prayerinstitute.com.

   Caldwell said some view prayer like an ATM, using it only when they need
   something or fall into horrendous situations. "Welcome to your new world of
   prayer," she said. "For too long, too many people, including believers, have
   viewed prayer as passive, ambiguous and intrinsically ineffective. Well,
   kiss those days goodbye and start praying to change your life."



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