UMNS Daily Digest - January 20, 2012 (Interfaith relations, 2012 General Conference, dementia, Wiley

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       UMNS Daily Digest - Produced by United Methodist News Service
                         Friday,  January 20, 2012
                 [5]âExploring Differences, Deepening Faithâ
                 [6]Pre-General Conference briefing under way
                  [7]World Record Female Bodybuilder (UMTV)
                  [8]Pastor learns to accept sudden dementia
                      [9]Wiley student mission to Kenya

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âThat is my ministry, to motivate and inspire others about the importance of
 living a fit and healthy lifestyle.â â Ernestine Shepherd, 75, who runs 10
                                miles daily.


âExploring Differences, Deepening Faithâ

   HARTFORD, Conn. (UMNS) -- Stepping out of our comfort zones to follow Godâs
   calling on our life is risky, but full of unimaginable rewards, writes
   Teresa Mueller, of United Methodist Church of Bolton, in Bolton, Conn. Six
   years ago, she did quit a job she loved to follow a calling on her heart
   into ministry.

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Pre-General Conference briefing under way

   TAMPA, Fla. (UMNS) -- More than 300 United Methodists are attending a
   briefing through Jan. 21 to learn about some of the legislative issues that
   will be before General Conference, the denomination's top lawmaking body,
   when it meets April 24-May 4. The group, which includes General Conference
   delegates and United Methodist communicators, is attending panel discussions
   on proposals that include changes to the ordination process, to the Council
   of Bishops and the denomination's organization. More coverage, including
   video of the discussions, is coming to [17]www.umc.org/gc2012. [18]For more
   information, see Countdown to General Conference.


UMTV: World record female bodybuilder

   BALTIMORE (UMNS) -- Seventy-five-year-old Ernestine Shepherd works out more
   than most people half her age. Shepherd runs 10 miles a day, lifts weights
   and works as a personal trainer. Shepherd is in the Guinness Book of World
   Records and Ripleyâs Believe it or Not as the worldâs oldest competitive
   female bodybuilder. Shepherd considers it her ministry to inspire others to
   live healthy lives.

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Pastor learns to accept sudden dementia

   ST. CHARLES, Ill. (UMNS) -- The Rev. Jeff Spaulding, 55, was in his 32nd
   year of ministry, the last decade at Faith United Methodist Church, when his
   life changed dramatically, the Suburban Journals reports in a story about
   how Spaulding and his family are coping with dementia.

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Wiley student mission to Kenya

   MARSHALL, Texas (UMNS) -- While many students were relaxing over their
   Christmas break, four Wiley seniors were sharing their faith more than 8,500
   miles from home, the Longview News-Journal reports. The United Methodist
   Churchâs Texas Annual Conference, to which Wiley College belongs, helped
   send the students to Kenya on what one student said was âthe most God-given,
   emotional, eye-opening, humbling and gracious experience that I have ever
   had.â

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