UMNS Daily Digest - July 11, 2011 (Annual conferences, Bishop Thomas Bickerton, natural gas, sustain

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                           Monday, July 11, 2011
                   [5]Conferences focus on disaster relief
               [6]Bishops, nuns and rabbis debate gas fracking
           [7]United Methodist schools take lead in sustainability
                 [8]Back-to-school sermon starters available


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   "I believe personally that the church does have responsibility to engage the
   wider body of the community about what's moral and what's not. What's
   ethical and what's not." - Pittsburgh Area Bishop Thomas Bickerton speaking
   of natural gas drilling.

Conferences focus on disaster relief

   NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) - The efforts that went into raising money and
   collecting supplies for victims of the devastating tornadoes, record-setting
   floods and wildfires across the United States clearly were evident as the
   U.S. conferences of The United Methodist Church gathered for their annual
   meetings. The conferences also took up petitions on a number of hot-button
   topics.

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Bishops, nuns and rabbis debate gas fracking

   PITTSBURGH (UMNS) - Bishop Thomas Bickerton, who leads the Western
   Pennsylvania Annual (regional) Conference, is among the religious leaders
   voicing concerns about natural gas drilling and particularly the process
   known as fracking. Bickerton told The Associated Press it's a delicate topic
   that involves the economy, the environment and people's well-being.

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United Methodist schools take lead in sustainability

   POULTNEY, Vt. (UMNS) - Green Mountain College is completely climate neutral
   - the second higher-education institution in the country to achieve that
   status. Many other [18]United Methodist-related colleges, universities, and
   seminaries are turning to alternative, cleaner energy sources - movements
   often spearheaded by the student body.

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Back-to-school sermon starters available

   NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) - "A Fresh Start," the latest sermon-starter series
   and multimedia bundle from United Methodist Communications, encourages
   congregations to look at the back-to-school season as a chance for all
   persons to begin anew and as a time of refocus for the church. The four-week
   sermon-starter series features a preaching focus, liturgical content,
   challenges to live the message in community, and ideas for using social
   media to engage persons online.

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