UMNS Daily Digest - July 7, 2011 (Zimbabwe, immigration, Facebook, United Methodist music, Africa Un

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                           Thursday, July 7, 2011
                    [5]Zimbabwe UMC women’s club empowers
                         [6]The holy work of worship
                   [7]Facebook group on church music starts
                      [8]Program calendars now available
              [9]S.C. church members call for immigration reform

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   “I don't need to tell you something interesting about the Bible, I need to
   tell you what to do with it. Worship and sermons are important parts of
   being transformed." — Rev. [21]Safiyah Fosua, director of
   [22]Transformational Preaching Ministries, Board of Discipleship.


Zimbabwe UMC women’s club empowers

   CHITUNGWIZA, Zimbabwe (UMNS) — Electric sewing machines buzz. Aged
   hand-operated machines creak, some thirsty for a few drops of oil. Figures
   bent on all fours murmur as they precariously juggle scissors, pins and
   paper. A lone voice breaks the monotony, and the machines go silent. Welcome
   to the women’s club run by The United Methodist Church to try to empower
   members financially by teaching them to sew, crochet, knit and bake.

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The holy work of worship

   DALLAS (UMNS) — In Matthew's Gospel, Jesus' last command to his disciples is
   to "go and make disciples of all nations." Two millennia later, the church
   is still fulfilling the Great Commission through training, offering
   experiences and instruction and financially supporting modern-day disciples.
   It is also lived out during worship, Interpreter magazine reports.

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Facebook group on church music starts

   NASHVILLE. Tenn. (UMNS) — A new group on Facebook offers discussion of music
   in The United Methodist Church at [25]UMC Music. The site’s administrator is
   Dean McIntyre, the director of music resources at the United Methodist Board
   of Discipleship.



Program calendars now available

   NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) — The official 2012 United Methodist Program
   Calendar is now available from United Methodist Communications. Available in
   several designs, the calendars contain monthly planning checklists,
   Scriptures, dates of Special Sundays, descriptions of offerings, and church
   agency contact information. The 2012 calendar is themed around United
   Methodist-affiliated Africa University in Mutare, Zimbabwe. United Methodist
   apportionments support the university.

                                            [26]Order your calendar here»


S.C. church members call for immigration reform

   FLORENCE, S.C. (UMNS) — The United Methodist South Carolina Annual
   (regional) Conference approved a resolution at its annual meeting last month
   that calls for reform of U.S. immigration policies. The gathering also
   criticized state senate legislation — now a law to take effect Jan. 1 —
   requiring employers to verify the status of their employees and police to
   check the immigration status of anyone they have stopped and suspect is
   undocumented.

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