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UMCOR Provides Help to Myanmar
Written: 5/8/2008
UMCOR Provides Help to Myanmar Cyclone Nargis tore through Myanmar (Burma) May 2 with unexpected fury, causing a tidal surge that swept inland that devastated Myanmar's most populated regions leaving homes and businesses flattened and families forever changed. Satellite images rev...

United Methodists Score $3.35 Million for Nothing But Nets
Written: 4/9/2008
The people of The United Methodist Church have raised more than $3.35 million for the Nothing But Nets malaria prevention campaign since its launch in November 2006--enough to cover the cost of 335,000 nets. Every $10 raised pays for the purchase and distribution of a long-lasting insecticide-treate...

Episcopal Address to be Multi-Media Experience
Written: 4/8/2008
Modern-Day Episcopal Address Will Be Multimedia Experience When Bishop Sharon Brown Christopher delivers the Episcopal Address at the United Methodist General Conference in Fort Worth on April 24, it will be a much different experience than when the first formal Episcopal Address was presen...

Online Game Offers New Opportunity to Send Nets
Written: 4/7/2008
World Malaria Day is April 25. Now and throughout April, there's an easy new way to help eliminate malaria deaths in Africa and raise more money for nets through the Nothing But Nets malaria prevention campaign. Malaria is a serious and often fatal disease transmitted by mosquitoes. The ...

Weems Book Chronicles Struggles of Younger Clergy
Written: 4/1/2008
The Lewis Center for Church Leadership at Wesley Theological Seminary Announces the Release of The Crisis of Younger Clergyby Lovett H. Weems and Ann A. Michel Why has the number of young clergy declined so precipitously in recent decades? What can be done to reverse this trend? The C...

"Beje" Clark Scholarship Sunday Set for April 20
Written: 4/1/2008
"Beje" Clark Scholarship Sunday Set for April 20 On Sunday, April 20, the life and ministry of Betty Jean "Beje" Clark will be celebrated with a Lay Ministry Sunday at First United Methodist Church in Mason City. During the 10:45 a.m. worship service it will be announced that a "Beje" Clark...

On the High Seas
Written: 3/24/2008
On the High Seas The 40’x8’x8’ container filled with 650 boxes of assorted InGathering kits, 4 metal beds for the Eye Centre Recovery Ward, two solar refrigerators with solar panels, robes, paraments, truck storage boxes and tools (to name a few items) is on the high seas headed to Lagos, N...

2008 Builders Calls Announced
Written: 3/4/2008
2008 Builders Calls Announced The 2008 recipients of the spring and fall Builder's Calls have been announced by the Iowa Parish Development Committee. Living Waters United Methodist Church in Marion (East Central District) will be the spring call and Ellston United Methodist Church (South Cen...

A Four-prong Vision for General Conference
Written: 3/4/2008
A Four-prong Vision for General Conference (NEWSCOPE invited leaders form across the connection to share their hopes, expectations, and priorities for the upcoming General Conference. The Rev. M. Kent Millard, pastor of St. Luke’s UMC in Indianapolis, shares his hopes for the UMC to work toward rea...

Search Begins for General Secretary of GCFA
Written: 3/1/2008
General Secretary and Treasurer General Council of Finance and Administration GCFA is conducting a global search for a chief executive possessing a collaborative style, broad vision, cultural sensitivity and administrative expertise, combined with ?a genuine love of Christ and desire to se...

GBHEM Seems New Assistant General Secretary
Written: 3/1/2008
Higher Education & Ministry Seeks New Assistant General Secretary The General Board of Higher Education and Ministry of The United Methodist Church is seeking candidates to fill the position of Assistant General Secretary in the Division of Ordained Ministry. The Search Committee is act...

Beje Clark Justice Award Nominations Due April 1
Written: 3/1/2008
Beje Clark Justice Award Recognition for the Work of Justice by the Iowa United Methodist Board of Church & Society Nominations are now being received for the 2008 Beje Clark Justice Award. The honoree may be an individual, a group, or a church which has pioneered an ...

William H. Gates, Sr. to Address 2008 General Conference
Written: 2/29/2008
William H. Gates, Sr. to Address 2008 General Conference William H. Gates, Sr., co-chair of the Seattle-based Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and father of billionaire Bill Gates, will speak to the United Methodist General Conference during its upcoming meeting in Fort Worth. The...

Welcome to the Reporter
Written: 2/29/2008
Conference Begins Publishing Bi-weekly Paper Beginning the week of March 7 look for the Iowa Conference Edition of the United Methodist Reporter . To be published every two weeks, it will carry local, Conference and denominational news, success stories and interesting profil...

A Ministry of Presence
Written: 2/28/2008
A Ministry of Presence – One Great Hour of Sharing, March 2 Many United Methodist churches will celebrate One Great Hour of Sharing this Sunday, March 2. If you are looking for examples of how invaluable your congregation’s gifts are to people suffering catastrophic losses due to natur...

An "Eye Camp"
Written: 2/25/2008
An “Eye” Camp When Bishop Palmer visited the Rural Health Program’s Eye Centre in Zing, he was immensely impressed with this state-of-the-art facility. At his suggestion we have been trying to recruit medical personnel who have experience in ophthalmology to work there. Jo Hunerdosse and ...

Discounted Rate for Churches to Access Demographics via the Web to be Offered by General Board of Discipleship
Written: 2/25/2008
Discounted Rate for Churches to Access Demographics via the Web to be Offered by General Board of Discipleship The United Methodist General Board of Discipleship today announced a new strategic alliance that has been formed between the agency and Path 1, and California-based MissionInsite, ...

Denomination Advertising Favorably Impacts Perceptions
Written: 2/14/2008
Research Shows Advertising Favorably Impacts Perceptions New research indicates that the “Open hearts. Open minds. Open doors.” advertising is proving to be effective in communicating key characteristics of The United Methodist Church. “One of the challenges that denominations typ...

Fruitful Practices Workshops Announced
Written: 2/12/2008
Fruitful Practices Workshops Announced A bumper sticker from the 60’s-70’s simply reads, “God doesn’t make junk!”. When you think of your church and what’s going on there (or not going on there), do you believe that - and perhaps more importantly, do you LIVE that? Too many...

United Methodists Seek Resources for Malaria Campaign
Written: 2/11/2008
United Methodists Seek Resources for Malaria Campaign The United Methodist Church has been invited by the United Nations Foundation to apply for up to $5 million to underwrite a campaign to strengthen its global health ministries. The fundraising, education and outreach campaign would ...