November 17, 2008

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Word from Winkler — Near and dear to my heart
By Jim Winkler, General Secretary, General Board of Church & Society

A ‘Crack in the System’
Wofford College advocacy day on inequitable justice
By Susan Burton, Director for Seminar Design, General Board of Church & Society

Seminar inspires students to conduct campus campaign to address inequality of cocaine sentencing laws.

Ethnic Young Adult Summer Internship
Application deadline Feb. 1

Applicants, age 18-22, representing 5 ethnic caucuses of UMC work in Washington, D.C., social justice placements.

Nebraka’s United Methodist Ministries
receives Nonprofit Innovation Award
Ethnic Local Church grant to help ‘dismantle racism’
By Wayne Rhodes, Editor, Faith in Action

40-year-old Omaha agency tackles hunger, poverty, racism.

Ethnic Local Church Grants
Deadline to apply Jan. 10

Program to strengthen ethnic local churches engaged in social justice through education, advocacy or leadership training.

Human Relations Day Grants 2010 deadline
Deadline to apply Jan. 10

Grants support ministries to non-violent young offenders.

Largest fair-trade market
400 volunteers work year-round in Missouri

Manchester UMC fair-trade market provides gifts that give twice.

Education key to creating AIDS-free world
Church leaders fail to discuss sexual health with youths
By Donald Messer, Chair, United Methodist Global AIDS Fund Committee

Silence prevails from pulpits, and seminaries fail to prepare spiritual leaders.

World AIDS Day, Dec. 1
‘Leadership: Stop AIDS. Keep the Promise.’
By Linda Bales, Director, Louise and Hugh Moore Population Project, General Board of Church & Society

20th anniversary theme underscores discrepancy between commitments made to halt AIDS and actions taken.

Tents of Hope send message of love to Sudan
300 colorful refugee tents fill National Mall

Churches, communities and organizations from as far away as Sweden participated in the gathering to protest genocide in Darfur.

United Methodist Student Day
Special Sunday is Nov. 30

Each year scholarships and loans are made possible that enables preparing students to unite faith with knowledge.

‘Responding to Family Violence’
April 25 in Richmond, VA.

Seminar will feature a clergy-only break-out session to provide tools for effective ministry.

On alcohol abuse
‘We can’t keep our heads in the sand and talk only about encouraging abstinence when it’s no longer the norm even among United Methodists.’
—Gerrit DenHartog (Missouri)

November 17, 2008