UMNS Daily Digest - July 22, 2011 (Youth 2011, Indiana, Harry Potter, Missouri, Chicago, Marcy-Newbe

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                           Friday, July 22, 2011
                     [5]Youth 2011: More than a meeting
                 Christian muggles learn from Harry Potter 
             [6]Missouri Conference youth brave heat for mission
                    [7]UMCOR responding to African famine


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   “The last day, I didn’t want to leave. I learned so many things about myself
   and met so many awesome people.” — Miki Arnold, 17, a Youth 2011 participant
   from West Lafayette, Ind.


Youth 2011: More than a meeting

   WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (UMNS) — The curtain has dropped on the first Youth
   2011 event with the contributions of the some 3,700 young people still
   growing. The second Youth 2011 will begin July 27 in Sacramento, Calif.
   Videos showcase some of the experiences youth had at the Indiana event.

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Christian muggles learn from Harry Potter

   NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) — In June of 1997, the world — and the Christian
   faith — was introduced to a piece of work that would spark controversy and
   discussion: Harry Potter. Many Christians denounced the series as promoting
   witchcraft and recruiting children into the occult, but others embraced
   author J.K. Rowling’s take on the classic good vs. evil fairytale. Some
   churches now use the boy wizard to enlighten, to examine Christianity and to
   entertain children and adults alike.

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Missouri Conference youth brave heat for mission

   CHICAGO (UMNS) — Despite excessive heat warnings in Chicago, 170 youth and
   adults from the Missouri Annual (regional) Conference are busy this week at
   the Marcy-Newberry Association’s site on Maxwell Street cleaning, painting,
   weeding, planting and trying to stay cool. The volunteers from 11 churches
   across Missouri traveled by bus to Chicago for their annual conferencewide
   youth mission trip.

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UMCOR responding to African famine

   NEW YORK (UMNS) — The United Methodist Committee on Relief, the
   denomination’s relief agency, is planning with partner organizations a
   regional response to the growing famine provoked by severe drought in the
   Horn of Africa. The affected countries include Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya and
   Djibouti.

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