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       UMNS Daily Digest - Produced by United Methodist News Service
                          Thursday, March 1, 2012

    [5]Malariaâs death toll nearly cut in half
    [6]8th generation in ordained ministry
    [7]Women face long road to change in church
    [8]Bishop outlines disaster relief
    [9]Delegation affirms Call to Action letter
    [10]Publishing House sales exceed projections
    [11]Macedonia plane crash reinvestigated

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   Womenâs History Timeline»





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   An Easter 'mugging'»





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   UMTV: Lead Women Pastors»





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   UMTV: Mentoring Women Leaders»





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âI was the first female pastor everywhere I served in Tennessee. Most of the
   churches were in rural areas, and the resistance to a woman pastor was
                               pretty high.â
 â The Rev. Katherine Thomas Paisley, a member of the Tennessee Conference.


Malariaâs death toll nearly cut in half

   NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) â Every 60 seconds, malaria claims a life in Africa.
   Does that sound a little different from what youâve heard before? It should
   because it is different â the rate of death has slowed from every 45 seconds
   to a minute. But a little different to us is a huge difference to families
   in Africa. Imagine No Malaria announces the change based on the recent
   [22]2011 World Malaria Report, issued by the World Health Organization,
   citing a declining death rate. Malariaâs toll has been reduced to an
   estimated 655,000 deaths annually â down from 1 million just three years
   ago.

                                                    [23]Read full story»


8th generation in ordained ministry

   CHICAGO (UMNS) â Choosing a career path, the Rev. Carol Hill intended to go
   into international politics and work in Washington. She was unaware that
   watching her United Methodist mother and grandmother serve as clergywomen
   was influencing and shaping her â until a Washington church called her to be
   a youth director. Ordained an elder during the 2011 [24]Northern Illinois
   Annual (Regional) Conference, Hill is the eighth-generation Methodist pastor
   on her maternal grandmother's side of the family and the fifth-generation
   one on her grandfather's side. Interpreter OnLine tells the story of this
   familyâs service.

                                                          [25]Read more»


Women face long road to change in church

   CHICAGO (UMNS) â Women have made major inroads in The United Methodist
   Church, but many of the issues the first Commission on the Status and Role
   of Women tackled in the 1970s remain on the radar today.

                                 [26]Read full story and post a comment»


Bishop outlines disaster relief

   CHICAGO (UMNS) â Illinois Area Bishop Gregory V. Palmer outlined yesterday
   steps that can be taken to help those affected by the Feb. 29 storms that
   hit areas in the [27]Illinois Great Rivers Conference and surrounding
   Midwestern states. âIt is in these times that the people called United
   Methodists are at their best, providing a ministry of presence and offering
   care and compassion for those in need,â Palmer said.


                                                [28]Read full statement»


Delegation affirms Call to Action letter

   COLUMBIA, Mo. (UMNS) â The General Conference delegation from the Missouri
   Annual (regional) Conference has affirmed a letter from the Council of
   Bishops, âFor the Sake of a New World, We See a New Church.â âThis is our
   way of saying that we recognize the dire need for change, and we are
   encouraged by the work that has gone into preparation of the Call to
   Action,â said the Rev. Cody Collier, head of the Missouri delegation. âWhile
   specific aspects of the proposal from the Interim Operations Team may be
   modified at General Conference, we believe the overall aim of forming a new
   church ⦠is a positive change.â Fred Koenig of the Missouri Conference has
   the story.

                                                    [29]Read full story»

Publishing House sales exceed projections

   NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) â Neil Alexander, president and publisher of the
   United Methodist Publishing House, reported on Feb. 23 that sales totaled
   $44.8 million for the first six months of the fiscal year. That exceeds the
   prior year by $2.2 million and surpassed the budget by $260,000. The
   positive revenue performance is due in part to brisk sales of the Common
   English Bible, Worship & Song, and Sunday school resources for children and
   adults, among other works, the publishing house reports. Cokesbury also has
   benefited from a new partnership with (Episcopal) Church Publishing Inc.

Macedonia plane crash reinvestigated

   SKOPJE, Macedonia (UMNS) â Macedonia is calling for a new investigation
   into [30]the 2004 plane crash that killed President Boris Trajkovski and
   eight others, the Associated Press reported Feb. 29. Trajkovski, an active
   United Methodist, received the 2002 World Methodist Peace Award and promoted
   interreligious and intercultural peace in his region until his untimely
   death.

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