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'A Discussion on the Meaning of Full Communion' Video Now Available
Written: 11/19/2009
A discussion on the meaning of full communion between The United Methodist Church and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA), presented at the fall meeting of the Board of Directors of the General Commission on Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns (GCCUIC) on September 10, 2009, is...
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Written: 11/19/2009
Worshippers who thronged to "Together We Serve," the Sacramento celebration of full communion between The United Methodist Church and The Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, were treated to a rich experience involving inspired liturgical worship and virtuoso music that featured musicia...
January 10 Deadline to Apply for Human Relations Day Grants
Written: 11/19/2009
Program designed to support ministries that respond to non-violent young offenders
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 10 is the deadline to apply for a Human Relations Day Grant from the United Methodist General Board of Church and Society (GBCS). The grants are to support ministries that respond to non-v...
Precious Craft's 'Voices of Faith' to Open 'Together We Serve' Service This Sunday
Written: 11/12/2009
Bishop Warner H. Brown, Jr., Resident Bishop of the California-Nevada Annual Conference, will celebrate Communion with churches of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and The United Methodist Church, this Sunday (November 15, 2009), at a special service at First UMC, Sacramento.
The service,...
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Written: 11/12/2009
By J. Richard Peck* Nov. 9, 2009 | LAKE JUNALUSKA, NC. (UMNS) The United Methodist Church is going forward with a plan to do a systemwide study of national and regional agencies and practices to reinvigorate a denomination that is growing older and smaller in the United States. The Connec...
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Written: 11/12/2009
A UMNS Report By Kathy L. Gilbert* In a day and age when just having a job is the new raise, it came naturally to the spiritual leaders of The United Methodist Church to take a pay cut. "It's as plain as the nose on your face," said Bishop Peggy Johnson, Philadelphia Area. &quo...
November 20 Is Application Deadline for Mission Agency's Top Post
Written: 11/12/2009
NEW YORK (UMNS) - The deadline for those wishing to apply for the position of top executive of the United Methodist Board of Global Ministries is November 20. Information on the job and how to apply is available at Job Description: General Secretary, General Board of Global Ministries....
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Written: 11/6/2009
By Kathy Gilbert* Nov. 4, 2009 | LAKE JUNALUSKA, N.C. (UMNS) Bishop Larry M. Goodpaster of Western North Carolina will be the next president of the United Methodist Council of Bishops. The council at its fall meeting on Nov. 4 elected Goodpaster president and Bishop Rosemarie Wenner of ...
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Written: 11/6/2009
By Kathy L. Gilbert* Nov. 5, 2009 | LAKE JUNALUSKA, N.C. (UMNS) United Methodist leaders are seeking to lower the average age of church members by a decade in a decade. At its fall meeting, the Council of Bishops approved a plan that emphasizes mission work and leadership development among young ...
United Methodist Chaplain Is Aboard the USS New York
Written: 11/6/2009
NEW YORK (UMNS) - United Methodist chaplain Laura Bender was among the crew members aboard the future USS New York, which sailed into New York Harbor on November 2, stopping for a 21-gun salute opposite "Ground Zero," the World Trade Center site, before continuing on to her berth in midtow...
Watch UMTV Story: 'Airport Angels' for Soldiers
Written: 11/6/2009
When they come home, thousands of U.S. soldiers serving overseas make their way through Hartsfield-Jackson Airport in Atlanta - and when they do, they find United Methodists there to greet them.
Reed Galin of UMTV reports on the volunteers from Mount Bethel UMC who station themselves at the world's...
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Written: 11/3/2009
By Kathy L. Gilbert* Nov. 2, 2009 | LAKE JUNALUSKA, N.C. (UMNS) - Soul matters. As the United Methodist Council of Bishops gathered for their fall meeting, church officials were reminded to pay attention to the "soulful" qualities of Christian leadership. "Never for...
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Written: 11/3/2009
By Susan Hogan* Oct. 30, 2009 | CHICAGO (UMNS) - Kerry Bart's faith blossomed in his mid-20s. Two years into a career as a college chemistry teacher in Iowa, he grew curious about being a pastor. A friend invited him to tour a Pennsylvania seminary. The visit affirmed his sense of calling....
Making Sure We Nurture Younger Generation's Call
Written: 11/3/2009
"Nothing tests a person's faith quite like working in a church," writes Eric Van Meter, director of the Wesley Foundation at Arkansas State University, in his article "Making Sure We Nurture Younger Generation's Call" published in the October 23, 2009 issue of the United Methodis...
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Written: 11/2/2009
Nov. 2, 2009 | LAKE JUNALUSKA, NC - Reporting to the Council of Bishops today, the Call to Action Steering Committee laid out a vision of The United Methodist Church of the future and urged a system-wide operational assessment - from the general boards and agencies, to the annual conferences, t...
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Written: 11/2/2009
By Linda Bloom* Nov. 2, 2009 | DURHAM, N.C. (UMNS) Local United Methodist churches may not arbitrarily choose which general church programs to support financially, according to the church's top court. The Judicial Council has upheld the decision by Bishop Larry Goodpaster that the Western Nor...
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Written: 11/2/2009
By Linda Bloom* Nov. 2, 2009 | DURHAM, N.C. (UMNS) - There is an official position in The United Methodist Church on gay and lesbian sexuality, and that position states that the practice of homosexuality is incompatible with Christian teaching. The Judicial Council, the denomination's hi...
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Written: 10/29/2009
Pension rates for retired clergy in the California-Nevada Annual Conference to be addressed. By Linda Bloom Oct. 23, 2009 | NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) The United Methodist Church's highest court will consider whether regional church groups have any latitude on payment to general church fund...
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Written: 10/29/2009
By Linda Bloom Oct. 26, 2009 | NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) An updated sexual ethics website for The United Methodist Church will offer resources for those accused of sexual misconduct in addition to information for victims and church leaders. The new site, at www.umsexualethics.org, will deb...
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Written: 10/29/2009
By Cate Monaghan Interim Director of Communications, CA-NV Annual Conference "Wesley didn't want to do field preaching, either," communicators are told Although Bishop Sally Dyck called communications in the church a "ministry of ink," it was more contemporary tools wh...