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December 18—December 22

• A Coming to Being (Interpreter Magazine)
• The Amazing Message of Christmas (GBGM)
• Former hostage visits Upper Room (UMNS)
• Faith in Action Weekly Digest (GBCS)

December 10—December 16

• Nothing But Nets campaign gets Advance designation (UMNS)
• Pastor’s Nativity sets reflect universality of Christmas story (UMNS)
• United Methodist Mission Agency Announces New System for Literature Distribution (GBGM)
• United Methodist is top justice in the Philippines (UMNS)
• Hunters provide venison to hungry in Tennessee (UMNS)
• United Methodist Agency to Restructure Designated Mission Giving Program (GBGM)
• NCC policy helps member churches join biotechnology debates (UMNS)
• 'Fearfully and Wonderfully Made': excerpts (UMNS)
• United Methodist Communications' leader testifies before FCC (UMNS)
• Red Bird Mission experiencing financial shortfall (UMNS)
• Former inmates gets second chance through program (UMNS)
• Relief Supplies Can Change Lives (UMCOR)
• Commentary: Finding the Holy Grail at the communion table (UMNS)
• Claremont seminary loses, regains, accreditation (UMNS)
• A Church of Servants Anticipates a Third “Miracle Offering” (UMCOR)

December 3—December 9

• Music directors seek gifted United Methodists for ’08 assembly (UMNS)
• Bishop Bolleter will take post with World Methodist Council (UMNS)
• Agency executive challenges council to work for change (UMNS)
• Faith in Action Weekly Digest (GBCS)
• North American Methodists build bridges on immigration (UMNS)
• Ordained ministry division names 10 scholarship recipients (UMNS)
• Moscow bishop sees no impact so far from new NGO law (UMNS)
• Finees Flores, a leader in Hispanic ministries, dies at 78 (UMNS)
• General Board of Higher Education and Ministry Names
  2007-08 Dempster Scholars (GBHEM)
• Carter Named Interim Director of Endorsement, Pastoral Care (GBHEM)
• UMCOR provides assistance to typhoon survivors (UMNS)
• Survey to help shape ‘future of urban ministry’ (UMNS)
• Immigration Concerns Build Bridges Among North American Methodists (GBGM)
• Igniting MInistry Runs Advent TV Message (Igniting Ministry)
• Philippines: UMCOR Provides Relief Following Typhoon Durian (UMCOR)

November 26—December 2

• Faith in Action Weekly Digest (GBCS)
• Report cites positive signs amid rising HIV/AIDS statistics (UMNS)
• AIDS takes high toll among African-American women (UMNS)
• Prayer guide focuses on people with serious illnesses (UMNS)
• God’s call comes in different ways, clergy tell young people (UMNS)
• Event helps young people sort out God's plan (UMNS)
• Clare Chapman joins NCC as financial officer (UMNS)
• EXPLORATION Weekend of Prayer, Discernment, and Commitment (GBHEM)
• EXPLORATION Helps Young People Sort Out God’s Plan (GBHEM)
• STAIR program steps up to help children after Katrina (UMNS)
• Well House helps women get lives on track after prison (UMNS)
• Betty Admussen, leader in Native American work, dies at 80 (UMNS)
• UMCOR Sager Brown Needs Generators (UMCOR)

November 19—November 25

• Pan-Methodist commission continues journey of becoming one (UMNS)
• Battered Copies of Upper Room Inspires New Spirituality Resource
  for Persons Struggling with AIDS (Upper Room)
• Thanksgiving Missionary Minute (GBGM)
• Commentary: First steps to fulfilling a dream and a promise (UMNS)
• A Responsive Heart (UMCOR)

November 12—November 18

• Liberian President Pledges Ambulance, Support for Ganta
  United Methodist Hospital (UMCOR)
• Division Supports PBS, Hallmark Film on Human-Trafficking (Women's Div.)
• Faith in Action Weekly Digest (GBCS)
• “I Like What They Do About God” (UMCOR)
• Cokesbury Christmas Open House—Nov. 16–18 (Cokesbury)
• Publishing House to republish book for U.S. troops (UMNS)
• UMW continues to press for chlorine-free paper (UMNS)
• Nothing But Nets Campaign Calls for $10 Donations
  to Provide Lifesaving Bed Nets (Press Center)
• Lois M. Dauway Named Interim Chief Executive of Women’s Division (Women's Div.)
• Global nature task force proposes a U.S. central conference (UMNS)
• Bishops adopt calls to action for United Methodists (UMNS)
• Africa University develops e-learning plans, officials say (UMNS)

November 5—November 11

• African bishops glad to not travel to the U.S. for meeting (UMNS)
• Noted Ecumenical Agency Fighting Poverty In Appalachia
  Forced to Close its Doors (GBGM)
• Nelson Mandela, Gracia Machel speak to bishops (UMNS)
• African churches have obsession for evangelism, scholar says (UMNS)
• Noted Ecumenical Agency Fighting Poverty In Appalachia
  Forced to Close its Doors (GBGM)
• Angolans welcome historic delegation visit (UMNS)
• NBC documentary focuses on poverty, housing (UMNS)
• ExploreCalling.org Helps Examine Calling (GBHEM)
• Survey Seeks Grassroots Views on Future of
  United Methodist Urban Ministry (GBGM)
• Give a Gift That Changes the World through
  UMCOR’s Christmas Wish List (UMCOR)
• Cote d’Ivoire Church not fully admitted, says Judicial Council (UMNS)
• Judicial Council: Conferences may disagree with rulings (UMNS)
• Women’s Division Joins Immigrant-Rights Network (Women's Div.)

October 29—November 4

• Council leader challenges bishops to put hope into action (UMNS)
• Researchers complete first phase of ‘State of Church’ report (UMNS)
• Connectional Table affirms four ‘provocative proposals’ (UMNS)
• Committee approves pilot program for Liberia pension (UMNS)
• Mozambican president welcomes bishops, receives resolution (UMNS)
• Bishops meet outside U.S., greet Mozambican president (UMNS)
• Faith in Action Weekly Digest (GBCS)
• Division Addresses Mercury Poisoning in Vaccines (Women's Div.)
• India's Methodists celebrate 150 years of ministry (UMNS)
• United Methodist agency applauds decision to drop athletic name (UMNS)
• College reopening brings light, joy, to Angola (UMNS)
• Mission agency names new director for Advance (UMNS)
• General Commission on the Status and Role of Women
  celebrates 30th Anniversary (GCSRW)
• UMW Green Team's Letter Writing Campaign for
  Processed Chlorine-Free (PCF) Paper (Women's Div.)

October 22—October 28

• Church confronts killer diseases in Angola (UMNS)
• Association honors church communicators (UMNS)
• Native American United Methodist Weaves Stories of Heritage and Faith (GBGM)
• Board examines need for global education resources (GBHEM)
• UMCOR Hotline (UMCOR)
• Do No Harm; Do All the Good You Can (Women's Div.)
• Discipleship agency responds to church’s emerging needs (UMNS)
• Group focuses on crisis at Cuba's evangelical seminary (UMNS)
• Event speakers call for more women in decision-making (UMNS)
• Play uses humor, drama, in focusing on women's suffering (UMNS)
• Africana Worship Book affirms diversity of African descendents (UMNS)
• Action Alert: Who Will Control Content on the Internet? (Women's Div.)
• Directors of Mission Agency Step Up Advocacy of Just Immigration Laws
  in the US and Elsewhere (GBGM)

October 15—October 21

• Agency issues statements on North Korea, Darfur, violence (UMNS)
• Board celebrates passage of Internet gambling law (UMNS)
• Love challenges church to reconsider concept of being global (UMNS)
• Higher education and ministry board keeps global focus (UMNS)
• Directors of Mission Agency Step Up Advocacy of Just Immigration Laws
  in the US and Elsewhere (GBGM)
• Jesus was executed by the state, activist reminds Christians (UMNS)
• Mentally ill inmates continue to be executed (UMNS)
• Death penalty is personal for brothers (UMNS)
• Higher Education Board Keeps Focus on Global Church (GBHEM)
• Appeal to Judicial Council focuses on Native American programs (UMNS)
• Belmont University to host men’s four-year gathering (UMNS)
• Alaska Supreme Court awards property to conference (UMNS)
• Funds needed to repair campus ministry buildings (UMNS)
• Chief Executive Addresses the Women's Division Board of Directors (Women's Div.)
• Online course will help churches develop Web ministries (UMNS)
• Speakers challenge church health ministry leaders (UMNS)

October 8—October 14

• Mission board continues call for better immigration laws (UMNS)
• UMCOR grants bolster community centers on Gulf Coast (UMNS)
• Henderson Settlement to Provide Medical Transportation
  through Foundation Grant (GBGM)
• Consultation will study impact of 2 church court rulings (UMNS)
• New United Methodist Missionaries Receive a Blessing of Bread
  From Those Retiring (GBGM)
• The Annual Board Meeting of the General Board of Global Ministries (GBGM)
• U.N. Foundation helps fund United Methodist health summit (UMNS)
• United Methodists to observe U.N. Sunday (UMNS)
• Meetings move toward goals of Methodist Global Education Fund (UMNS)
• $4 Million Monetization Grant Improves Life for Thousands
  In the Democratic Republic of Congo (UMCOR)
• GBHEM Consultation to Examine Judicial Council Decisions (GBHEM)
• Women’s Division sees brighter financial outlook (UMNS)
• United Methodist military chaplains gather in Nashville (UMNS)
• UN Foundation Grant Underwrites United Methodist
  Health Initiative Planning (Press Center)
• Better Water, Farms in South Darfur (UMCOR)
• Excitement About United Methodist Women’s Online Community (Women's Div.)
• DVD assists with dialogue, not debate, about homosexuality (UMNS)
• Mission Leader Calls North Korean Test “Deplorable”
  And Calls for International Nuclear Disarmament (GBGM)
• Faith in Action Weekly Digest (GBCS)

October 1—October 7

• Commentary: Churches cannot remain silent about HIV/AIDS (UMNS)
• Appalachian Ministry Network awards grants, hires consultant (UMNS)
• Mission Giving: New Name, Same Great Opportunity (Women's Div.)
• General Board of Pensions and Health Benefits Introduces New Web Site (GBPHB)
• Churches build communication centers around globe (UMNS)
• Board of Higher Education and Ministry Names
  Director of Research and Data Management (GBHEM)
• Workshop on Christian Unity to meet in Washington (UMNS)

September 24—September 30

• Judicial Council sets oral hearings for two cases (UMNS)
• Mission Agency Announces Major Program
  To Increase Alcohol and Drug Abuse Ministries in Congregations (GBGM)
• World Communion Sunday: An Opportunity to Support
  the Education and Training of Church and Community Leaders (GBGM)
• Texans ‘still in the storm’ one year after Hurricane Rita (UMNS)
• Pastor, volunteers, report violations of Fort Worth codes (UMNS)
• Conference Walk for Mission Raises More Than $8,100 (Women's Div)
• College Student Selected to Promote United Methodist Women (Women's Div)
• United Methodists put pact with Episcopalians into practice (UMNS)
• Horizon uses interfaith dorm to transform prison inmates (UMNS)
• Bishop Thomas Bangura of Sierra Leone dies at 81 (UMNS)
• Zimbabwe remains good place to live, speakers say (UMNS)
• Be an advocate for children during the Children's Sabbath—Oct. 13-15 (GBGM)
• Black college presidents get orientation to Hispanic culture (UMNS)
• Postage stamps honor Methodist hospital in Philippines (UMNS)
• Event will give youth opportunity to explore call to ministry (UMNS)
• Mission Agency Announces Major Program to Increase Alcohol
  and Drug Abuse Ministries in Congregations (GBGM)
• Candler Dean-elect to Deliver Willson Lecture in October (GBHEM)
• EXPLORATION 2006 Registration Deadline is Oct. 6 (GBHEM)

September 17—September 23

• Church leaders urge pulling troops from Iraq (UMNS)
• Commentary: Reflections on 100 years of Methodism in Bolivia (UMNS)
• Faith in Action Weekly Digest (GBCS)
• A Better Place to Learn (UMCOR)
• Sudan relief continues during uncertain period (UMNS)
• Hispanic church leaders voice support for immigrants (UMNS)
• Camp in Sierra Leone teaches children to 'live in light' (UMNS)
• Commentary: God wants younger, more diverse congregations (UMNS)
• United Methodist, Presbyterian churches train youth leaders (UMNS)
• CBS to air special on Chautauqua Institution (UMNS)
• Faith in Action Weekly Digest (GBCS)
• Mission: An Expression of God’s Love (GBGM)
• United Methodist Men join effort to help reduce teen smoking (UMNS)
• Men's commission moves four-year gathering from Purdue (UMNS)
• Commentary: Young people’s ministries grow in Russia (UMNS)
• Bringing New Life to the Community (GBGM)
• Angolan Bible Women Organize (Women's Div.)

September 10—September 16

• Bishop Hassinger steps out of retirement to lead area (UMNS)
• United Methodist-related woman’s college votes to accept men (UMNS)
• 'Weavings' remembers terrorists attacks, celebrates 20 years (UMNS)
• California, Nevada churches challenge CBS over ‘Survivor’ (UMNS)
• Liberian president says education key to country’s success (UMNS)
• Methodist king of Tonga dies at age 88 (UMNS)
• Oklahoma City professor sends project on space shuttle (UMNS)
• Commentary: A prescription for racism, our chronic affliction (UMNS)
• Creativity shaped New Jersey 9/11 response by Methodists (UMNS)
• Virginia churches serve 'secondary victims' (UMNS)
• Conference rallies faithful to global challenges of AIDS (UMNS)
• Bishop Alfred Norris to lead North Texas Conference (UMNS)
• United Methodists assisted secondary victims of 9/11 attacks (UMNS)
• Response to 9/11 leaves lasting legacy in New York (UMNS)
• New York sidewalk vigil is reminder of Sept. 11 (UMNS)
• United Methodist has two roles on 9/11: pastor, griever (UMNS)
• United Methodists watch downtown recovery after 9/11 (UMNS)
• New Yorkers join Hoosiers in rebuilding church (UMNS)
• Church executive recalls how 9/11 changed life for her family (UMNS)
• Survey to help assess ‘State of Church’ for United Methodists (UMNS)
• Techshop offers Adobe/Macromedia products at discount (UMCOM)

September 3—September 9

• Church members assist with memorial for 9/11 crash site (UMNS)
• Brother of Flight 93 crash victim keeps memory alive (UMNS)
• Five Years After 9/11: A Time to Pray, Reflect, and Renew (GBGM)
• City of Albany challenges church's music ministry (UMNS)
• Commentary: Beware treating others like ‘nobodies’ (UMNS)
• UMCOR Hotline (UMCOR)
• Ubuntu Journey Cöte d’Ivoire (Women's Div.)

August 26—September 2

• Hurricane Rita survivors get help rebuilding homes, lives (UMNS)
• Volunteers pour into Texas to rebuild after Hurricane Rita (UMNS)
• "Faith in Action" Weekly Digest (GBCS)
• United Methodist pastor ministers with Hispanics on Gulf Coast (UMNS)
• Katrina cost Vietnamese fishermen their livelihood (UMNS)
• Commentary: All are responsible for water use, abuse (UMNS)
• Mission zones help New Orleans churches rebuild ministries (UMNS)
• Roots run deep for Gulfside (UMNS)
• A Year and Counting: UMCOR and Katrina Recovery (UMCOR)
• Women’s Division, UMR Communications Launch
  Communications Partnership (Women's Division)
• Florida churches get ready for Ernesto (UMNS)
• Bishop says, 'Faith stronger than storm' (UMNS)
• As church recovers, pastor sees expanded ministry role (UMNS)
• Done Peter Dabale, church's 1st Nigeria bishop, dies (UMNS)
• Heart for Children Lives On in Bequest to UMCOR (UMCOR)
• United Methodist Women Members Name
  New Racial-Justice Challenges (Women's Div.)

August 20—August 26

• Commentary: Church plays significant role in Katrina response (UMNS)
• United Methodists take look at hunger in NCC documentary (UMNS)
• Church and Society now accepting applications for Ethnic young adult Internships
  in Washington, DC (GBCS)
• Church continues to offer sanctuary for mother, son (UMNS)
• Bishop encourages U.S. churches to partner with East Africa (UMNS)
• Women’s Division to Move Service Center (Women's Div)
• Bishops urge Bush to press Philippines to curb violence (UMNS)
• Seminaries, church should work together, professor says (UMNS)
• Sri Lanka Conflict: Notes from the Field (UMCOR)
• Bishop Rhymes Moncure dies of complications after surgery (UMNS)
• Event gives clergywomen sense of empowerment from peers (UMNS)
• Background data for mission, Aug. 2006 Newsletter (GBGM)

August 13—August 19

• Commentary: Remembering Gloster Current, an American hero (UMNS)
• Missionary group calls for response to Philippines violence (UMNS)
• Congregation finds new life in diverse language ministries (GBGM)
• Church rallies around woman battling to stay in U.S. (UMNS)
• Clergywomen sign peace declaration, call for end to Iraq war (UMNS)
• Arabic-language ‘Upper Room’ editor criticizes Mideast policy (UMNS)
• First non-U.S. woman bishop preaches to United Methodists (UMNS)
• Mission Leader Thanks God and Diplomats for Ceasefire (GBGM)
• Bishop praises President Bush for role in Mideast cease-fire (UMNS)
• Women’s Division executive elected VP of world Methodist women’s body
  (Women's Div.)
• Women's Division head joins interfaith action for Middle East peace (Women's Div.)
• Speaker challenges Women of Color Scholars to think ‘glocally’ (UMNS)
• Love affirms dignity, value of life, ethicist says (UMNS)
• New Bishop Conveys Hope for East Africa (GBGM)
• UMCOR Responds as Humanitarian Crisis in Sri Lanka Deepens (UMCOR)
• Church members show support for soldier refusing deployment (UMNS)
• Women of Color Scholars Program celebrates past, looks ahead (UMNS)
• Women of Color scholars must lift all women’s voices, bishop says (UMNS)

August 6—August 12

• United Methodists evangelize in Lithuania with ads, brochures (UMNS)
• United Methodist Leaders Go Back to School (GBOD)
• Gunmen kill United Methodist local pastor in Philippines (UMNS)
• Commentary: 'Standing in the gap' in New Orleans (UMNS)
• African-American leaders hear needs of damaged churches (UMNS)
• New Orleans residents race against housing deadline (UMNS)
• Anti-Malaria Work Continues in Mozambique (GBGM)
• Bishop decries killing of United Methodist local pastor in Philippines (UMNS)
• Young people’s unit sees leadership change, approves grants (UMNS)
• Filipinos see God's help in acquiring visas for U.S. visit (UMNS)
• Faith in Action Weekly Digest (GBCS)
• United Methodists: “And Are We Yet Alive?” (GBGM)