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Face holiday hardship at Longest Night (The Huntsville Times-December 20, 2006)
Asbury United Methodist Church will hold its first Service of the Longest Night today to support anyone dealing with difficulty during the holiday season. Susan Farris, Asbury United Methodist Church's director of music ministry, said she proposed holding the service as an avenue of comfort and hope at Christmas, when it can be much harder to cope with hardship.
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Healthy initiatives win Trinity United Methodist Church $5,000 HUEY Award (The Daily Times-December 18, 2006)
Take a moment and remember a time when you were under stress. Maybe there's a relationship that's not going well, or you have pressing financial problems, or there's something else in your life that's causing you stress. Have you found that stress can play havoc with your efforts to eat right? Do you crave chocolate or Twinkies or ice cream or some other comfort food?
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Drive-through Christmas (Shreveport Times - December 7, 2006)
Mary and Sonny Hooker were looking for a church several years ago when they heard about a Christmas event near their Benton home.They wandered a few blocks over and saw the Christmas story presented in a series of scenes by Benton United Methodist Church. "We thought these people have something great," Mary Hooker said. "This is something that touches peoples' hearts."
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Hawaiian church groups join Tongan community to aid riot victims (DisciplesWorld? December 4, 2006)
Local churches and members of the Hawaii Tongan community plan to raise funds to send to victims of last month's riot in Tonga's capital. Four East Honolulu Methodist churches already raised more than $1,000 in a Thanksgiving Day collection to benefit victims.
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The Christmas Tree Church (Herald Tribune - December 6, 2006)
Faith, dedication, teamwork and a wide selection of trees were in abundant supply as members of VAMO United Methodist Church started the annual Christmas tree sale last week. The sale, which will continue until Dec. 17, has been an annual church and community tradition since 1974.
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Church agencies recognized at White House Malaria Summit (Christian Post - December 17, 2006)
Two major church agencies were included on the list of ?Who?s Who? in the campaign against malaria in Africa during a White House Summit on Malaria this past week. Both the United Methodist Church?s General Board of Global Ministries and the Episcopal Church?s Episcopal Relief and Development (ERD) were invited to the Summit hosted by President George W. Bush and Laura Bush at the National Geographic Society in Washington Thursday.
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Area Church Is Rebirthed Through The Ashes (WMFD-TV - December 5, 2006)
Building upon a foundation of hope and faith is what led congregation members of First United Methodist Church in Ashland to see the culmination of a four-year process to open up its new education wing.
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Making the season bright (Tribune-Review - December 8, 2006)
For the third year in a row, the Community United Methodist Church in Harrison City is sponsoring Holiday Helping Hands, its Christmas program to help low-income, working families in the Penn Township area have a happy Christmas season.
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Church Clothes Closet 'sure helps' in the cold (Morning Sentinel - December 8, 2006)
Sifting through garments at the Centenary United Methodist Church Clothes Closet Wednesday, Kathy Ward said the used garments are a real blessing during tough times."It sure comes in handy," Ward said, already sporting a blue jacket she got from the church last week. "It's getting cold and I'm feeling the arthritis in my whole body. When your husband is retired and you're living on $1,200 a month -- even though they're used clothes -- it sure helps."
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Autistic teen's giving spirit outshines disabilities (Tennessean - December 8, 2006)
When Patrick learned that his church, Christ United Methodist Church in Franklin, was organizing a mission trip to Nicaragua to repair and paint a school in Managua, he decided he would collect the toys in fast-food restaurants' kids meals and donate them.
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San Marcos congregation buys 'ark' to benefit needy (North County Times - December 7, 2006)
After a year of fundraising, the Mission San Marcos United Methodist Church has reached its goal of collecting $5,000 to purchase an ark-full of animals from Heifer International, a nonprofit organization dedicated to preventing hunger and poverty by providing livestock and training to communities in need across the world.
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Church looking at future of renewed growth (Miami Herald - December 7, 2006)
As the residential neighborhoods in and around downtown Miami began dwindling in the 1970s, First United Methodist Church of Miami could have closed its doors and followed its members to the suburbs. Instead, the church stayed and continued catering to a burgeoning community of homeless -- people like Mae Janecka, who came to the church for food and clothes and slept on the church steps for five years until she died in 1985. It held onto its numerous community service projects for the community's needy -- the breakfast club on Sunday mornings, clothing drives and other projects.
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Mission trip helps residents of Goba (The Daily Press - December 7, 2006)
The Rev. Arthur Rajanayakam and his wife, Esther, led a mission trip from Bethany United Methodist Church, Hampton, to Goba, Ethiopia. The trip, made in July and August, included 11 volunteers and was funded by numerous fundraising activities organized by the congregation. Computer classes were taught to 15 people.
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Last Minute Toy Store provides gifts
Last year, Irene Carrera stood several hours in the cold rain just for a ticket. But it was worth it, she said, because that small piece of paper represented a Christmas holiday for her four boys, who now range from ages 2-9. The 61st Avenue United Methodist Church will open this year's toy store Sunday through Wednesday, said the Rev. Paul Slentz. (Tennessean - December 15, 2006)
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Glide gives 6,000 bags of groceries
They started lining up outside the church in the middle of the cold night, sitting on plastic tubs, and by daybreak Tuesday so many people were waiting for the big red bags of free food that they wrapped around a full city block in San Francisco's Tenderloin. (San Francisco Chronicle-December 20, 2006)
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