UMNS Daily Digest - February 28, 2012 (Civil rights, school shooting services, episcopal candidates,

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       UMNS Daily Digest - Produced by United Methodist News Service
                         Tuesday, February 28, 2012

     [5]Pastorâs civil rights work still matters
     [6]Churches comfort after Ohio school tragedy
     [7]BMCR webcast of episcopal candidates
     [8]Young people respond to restructuring
     [9]Putting Wesley in reforms

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    âMay the stories of the faithful who have gone before us continue to
embolden us in seeking justice for all Godâs children.â â Mary Brooke Casad,
               executive secretary of the Connectional Table.


Pastorâs civil rights work still matters

   MONROE, La. (UMNS) â âMy dad always said it was the Methodist pastors who
   helped bring about civil rights in Louisiana through their brave stances and
   bold witnesses, supported by many good Methodist lay folk,â writes Mary
   Brooke Casad, executive secretary of the Connectional Table, in a
   commentary. Casadâs father, better known as Bishop Ben Oliphint, was one of
   those Methodist pastors who took a brave stance.

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Churces comfort after Ohio school tragedy

   CHARDON, Ohio (UMNS) â The mood was somber and reflective as the community
   of Chardon, Ohio, gathered for prayer vigils after shootings at the town
   high school that killed three students and wounded two others. When dusk
   settled on the town 30 miles east of Cleveland, the community turned to
   prayer.

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BMCR webcast of episcopal candidates

   LAS VEGAS (UMNS) â For the first time in Black Methodists for Church Renewal
   history, the majority of the endorsed episcopal candidates of The United
   Methodist Church will assemble at the organizationâs annual meeting for a
   âlet us get to know youâ session during the March 1 plenary sessions.
   Nineteen candidates from the Northeastern, South Central and Southeastern
   jurisdictions had registered for the meeting and live webcast by midday Feb.
   28 and others were expected. [22]A schedule of events, including sessions
   with the episcopal candidates, is on the BMCR website.

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Young people respond to restructuring

   NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) âThe Division on Ministries with Young People, part
   of the United Methodist Board of Discipleship, has issued a response to the
   proposed restructure by the Interim Operations Team and Connectional Table.
   âChange is necessary,â the groupâs executive table said in a statement. âThe
   work that has been done, both by the Interim Operations Team and the General
   Agencies, is a beginning; but we believe the church needs more time to
   discern and dialogue before a new structure can be implemented.â The United
   Methodist News Service Daily Digest will publish statements from General
   Conference delegations and other groups as those statements are received and
   space is available.

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Putting Wesley in reforms

   NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) â A group of United Methodist clergy and laity urge
   keeping the denominationâs shared Wesleyan tradition in mind as church
   members discuss proposed reforms. The group has put together a Missional
   Manifesto declaring the shared beliefs and welcoming church members to sign.
   âWe would suggest that the Missional Manifesto works in parallel with the
   work of the Call to Action task force and the recommendations of the Interim
   Operations Team,â the group says on its website. âPart of the impetus for
   developing this manifesto was our own longing for a statement which more
   explicitly conveyed a missional identity for the United Methodist Church,
   something which the Call to Action material assumed, but never overtly
   communicated.â

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