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UMNS Daily Digest - April 11, 2012 (General Conference, health care, polity, Bingu wa Mutharika, mob
From "United Methodist News Service" <newsdesk@umcom.org>Date Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:14:08 -0700
To ensure consistent delivery, please add [1]newsdesk@umcom.org to your >contact and/or safe senders list. [2]View Online | [3]Add to Address Book | [4]Subscribe UMNS Daily Digest - Produced by United Methodist News Service >Wednesday, April 11, 2012 >[5]GC2012: Wonders of a global faith >[6]GC2012: Include all at the banquet >[7]Rx: Affordable health care >[8]What difference does our polity make? >[9]Condolences from Zimbabwe bishop >[10]General Conference goes mobile >[11]Seminar on retirement offered >[12] >General Conference 2012A> >[13] >General Conference appA> >[14] >General Conference BlogsA> >[15] >Change the World 2012A> >[16] >Social Networks and FeedsA> >[17] >United Methodist Boards/AgenciesA> >[18] >Read Additional UMNS StoriesA> >[19]Find us on Facebook >[20]Twitter >[21]Contact Us >(615) 742-5470 aHow are we to live faithfully into our future as a people of God?a a Philip H. Carver, Iowa Annual (regional) Conference >GC2012: Wonders of a global faith CORALVILLE, Iowa (UMNS) a United Methodists need look no further than Iowa to see the rainbow of people worshipping together in their denomination, writes Philip H. Carver, a lay delegate to General >Conference 2012. >[22]Read commentary and post a commentA> >GC2012: Include all at the banquet TAMPA, Fla. (UMNS) a Reflecting on the upcoming work at General Conference 2012, the Rev. Francisco CaA+-as, national coordinator of the National Plan for Hispanic/Latino Ministries, writes that the church amust redefine basic concepts such as acommunity,a aneighbor,a >amissiona and aredemption.aa >[23]Read commentary and post a commentA> >Rx: Affordable health care WASHINGTON (UMNS) a United Methodist leaders were among the faithful who gathered outside the Supreme Court last week to show their support for the Affordable Care Act. As supporters rallied outside, court justices were on the inside hearing arguments about whether the law >passed in 2010 is constitutional. >[24]Read full storyA> >What difference does our polity make? WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (UMNS) a The Rev. Thomas E. Frank, university professor at Wake Forest University and an authority on United Methodist history, offers a framework he hopes General Conference delegates will keep in mind when considering proposed structural >changes. >[25]Read commentaryA> >Condolences from Zimbabwe bishop HARARE, Zimbabwe (UMNS) a Bishop Eben K. Nhiwatiwa of Zimbabwe has offered his asincere condolencesa to the people of Malawi over the death last week of President Bingu wa Mutharika, The 78-year-old Mutharika, who had governed Malawi for eight years, died of a cardiac arrest April 5. aThis is a loss to the nation of Malawi and to the whole of the continent of Africa,a said Nhiwatiwa, whose Zimbabwe Episcopal Area includes the Malawi Missionary Conference. aWe who have churches ministering in Malawi experienced all the support we needed from the government of Malawi and it is our hope that this cordial relationship will continue. May his soul rest in peace.a Malawi Vice President Joyce Banda was sworn in Saturday as the countryas first >woman president. >General Conference goes mobile NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) -- You donat have to be in Tampa, Fla., or anywhere near there, to watch the proceedings of General Conference 2012 April 24-May 4. There will be live streaming of worship and conference sessions a as well as news stories, photos and videos a to your mobile devices. If youare planning on being at General Conference, there will be hands-on information, including maps of the convention center, locations of restaurants and local points of interest. >[26]Learn moreA> >Seminar on retirement offered WINFIELD, Kan. (UMNS) a The Institute for Discipleship and Upper Room Multimedia will offer an online seminar for those approaching retirement. The seminar, titled aRetirement Matters: Transitions, Opportunities, Challenges,a will be led by Jack Hansen and Jerry Haas and use their book aShaping a Life of Significance for Retirement.a The seminar is $50 and will be offered Monday, Wednesday and Friday each >week May 7-18. >[27]To registerA> Did someone you know pass along this copy to you? Get your own copy >[28]here. United Methodist News Service is a ministry of United Methodist >Communications. 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