UMNS Daily Digest - April 19, 2011 (Easter, youth, freeing slaves, homosexuality)

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                          Tuesday, April 19, 2011
                  [5]Easter traditions create fond memories
               [6]Youth concert raises $8,000 to free 16 slaves
                    [7]Trial of lesbian elder rescheduled


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   "It is not Easter unless 'Because He Lives' is sung."
   - Gene E. LeGrand of Sevierville, Tenn.

Easter traditions create fond memories

   NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) - Do you have a favorite Easter memory or tradition?
   When that question was posed on Facebook, it evoked more than 200 nostalgic,
   mostly-happy memories. Not surprisingly, sunrise services, special music and
   shiny new clothes topped many lists.

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Youth concert raises $8,000 to free 16 slaves

   BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (UMNS) - The fourth annual Rock the Chains Battle of the
   Bands Benefit at Brentwood United Methodist Church raised $8,000 for
   [16]International Justice Mission, a human rights agency that secures
   justice for victims of slavery and exploitation. According to IJM, it takes
   $500 to free a person from slavery, so the April 9 event helped 16 people
   find freedom. The church's youth group organized the event and secured
   corporate sponsorships to cover costs. That allowed 100 percent of Rock the
   Chains' proceeds to go to International Justice Mission, the online
   newspaper Brentwood Home Page reports.

   "It's fun to see how God works and moves in different people toward a
   unified purpose and vision," said the Rev. Travis Garner, the church's
   director of student ministries.

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Trial of lesbian elder rescheduled

   SUN PRAIRIE, Wis. (UMNS) - The trial of the Rev. Amy Delong, a lesbian
   clergywoman in Wisconsin, has been rescheduled for June 21-23 at Peace
   United Methodist Church in Kaukauna. The presiding officer will be retired
   Bishop Clay F. Lee of Mississippi.

   The church counsel will be the Rev. Thomas Lambrecht, senior pastor of Faith
   Community Church, a United Methodist congregation in Greenville, Wis.
   Lambrecht is also a board member of Good News, an unofficial United
   Methodist evangelical caucus.

   DeLong, a clergy member of the [18]Wisconsin Annual (regional) Conference
   for 14 years who currently serves as director of an advocacy group,
   triggered the case in 2009 when she agreed to officiate at the union of a
   lesbian couple. That same year, she registered with her partner of nearly 16
   years under Wisconsin's Domestic Partnership Conference. She reported both
   actions to the annual conference. The Book of Discipline, the denomination's
   law book, states that "the practice of homosexuality is incompatible with
   Christian teaching."



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