UMNS Daily Digest - July 21, 2011 (California-Pacific Annual (regional) Conference, Zimbabwe, Holsto

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                          Thursday, July 21, 2011
                   [5]'Ministry on wheels' repairs churches
                  [6]Zimbabwe mission treats body and spirit
                     [7]Hispanic Heritage Month resources


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   "We are like a big family. We spend a lot of time together serving others.
   In addition, I like doing a ministry that both my husband and I can do
   together." - Sharon Parker Mason, a member of RVers in Mission.

'Ministry on wheels' repairs churches

   INDEPENDENCE, Calif. (UMNS) -- [14]RVers in Mission is a group of 30, mostly
   retirees, who volunteer to work on California-Pacific Annual (regional)
   Conference churches, campgrounds and facilities in need of repairs. They
   recently completed their 214th project at Pioneer Memorial United Methodist
   Church in Independence, a town of 669, in the shadow of the Sierra Nevada
   mountains.

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Zimbabwe mission treats body and spirit

   HARARE, Zimbabwe (UMNS) -- Curtains and ropes formed makeshift consultation
   rooms in the church. The smell of drugs greeted those who trickled in. All
   ages sat on benches at the preliminary health-check desk, the first port of
   call for medical attention. "Our aim is to extend the love of Jesus Christ
   to Zimbabwe, especially Sunningdale, showing that Jesus heals body, mind and
   spirit," said Vicky Snyder, a medical practitioner from the [16]Holston
   Annual (regional) Conference in eastern Tennessee.

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Hispanic Heritage Month resources

   NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) -- Hispanic Heritage month kicks off Sept. 15, and
   Rethink Church will offer resources to assist the dialogue in worship,
   Sunday School and community gatherings. The resources, which will be
   available for download beginning Aug. 15, are designed to educate, connect
   and motivate. The Hispanic Heritage package will include videos that can be
   used in Sunday School or worship as sermon illustrations, study material for
   Sunday Schools or neighborhood Bible studies, and informational pieces to
   help start a new understanding of immigration.

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