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UMNS Daily Digest - July 15, 2011 (Vital congregations, British Methodists, United Methodist music,

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                           Friday, July 15, 2011
                [5]Vital congregations site empowers churches
            [6]British Methodists discuss poverty, climate change
               [7]Worship group offers free student membership
               [8]Building interfaith community in Switzerland


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   “While all congregations have some aspect of vitality, highly vital
   congregations grow over time, engage more people in ministry and are more
   generous in giving to mission.” — Washington Area Bishop John R. Schol.


Vital congregations site empowers churches

   NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) — A new website, [16]UMVitalCongregations.org,
   launching today offers tools for churches to assess their health and set
   goals for becoming vital. Churches also can share stories of success.

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British Methodists discuss poverty, climate change

   LONDON (UMNS) — The 2011 Methodist Conference, the gathering of the
   Methodist Church in Britain, met June 30 – July 7, in Southport, England,
   for prayer, worship and debate. Issues up for debate included the [18]Big
   Society, poverty and inequality, climate changeand the
   [19]Anglican-Methodist Covenant. The conference also designated a new
   president and vice president for 2012-13, the [20]Rev. Mark Wakelin and
   Michael King, who will be inducted during the 2012 conference in Plymouth.

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Worship group offers free student membership

   NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) — The [22]Fellowship of United Methodists in Music
   and Worship Arts offers free online membership for students. The fellowship,
   an affiliate of the United Methodist Board of Discipleship, serves as a
   resource organization.

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Building interfaith community in Switzerland

   BOSSEY, Switzerland (UMNS) — Twenty-three students from more than a dozen
   nations are attending a course this July on “Building an Interfaith
   Community” at the Ecumenical Institute in Bossey. Now in its fifth year, the
   institute’s summer course brings together students of Jewish, Christian and
   Muslim traditions for a time of study, shared experience of one another’s
   sacred spaces and reflection on their own cultures, spiritualities and
   worldviews.

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