http://sg.brickriver.com/news_top.aspnothing provideden-usTue, 9 Feb 2010 13:00:00 ESTTue, 9 Feb 2010 13:00:00 ESThttp://sg.brickriver.com/news_detail.asp?PKValue=125http://sg.brickriver.com/news_detail.asp?PKValue=125This Valentines Day give the gift that lasts. Make your gift online at umcorhaiti.org, download this card in color or black and white and insert it into a traditional Valentinersquo;s Day card.Mon, 8 Feb 2010 12:00:00 ESThttp://sg.brickriver.com/news_detail.asp?PKValue=123http://sg.brickriver.com/news_detail.asp?PKValue=123The General Board of Global Ministries has put together a Digital Resource Packet for use by conferences, churches and groups to help interpret and promote mission and ministry in Haiti.Please click on the link below to view and download the contents individually or all together. http://multimedia.gbgm-umc.org/pindownload/login.dopin=TPV48 This digital packet includes: - UMCOR Haiti multimedia presentation, incorporating new images and music - to be used in worship, on the web, small grouWed, 3 Feb 2010 12:00:00 ESThttp://sg.brickriver.com/news_detail.asp?PKValue=121http://sg.brickriver.com/news_detail.asp?PKValue=121The Board of Managers of the Georgia Pastorsrsquo; School is conducting a survey of clergy in the NorthGeorgia Conference and South Georgia Conference to gather information and feedback to help withdeveloping and planning the program and speakers for the next several years. Your responses areimportant and critical to this process. Click below to access the survey. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GeorgiaPastorsSchoolSurvey Tue, 2 Feb 2010 12:00:00 ESThttp://sg.brickriver.com/news_detail.asp?PKValue=122http://sg.brickriver.com/news_detail.asp?PKValue=122Like thousands of United Methodists around the country, Grace United Methodist Church in Hopkin, MA, invites football fans in its area to ldquo;rethink Super Bowl Sundayrdquo; and join the Souper Bowl of Caring. If football devotees redirect even one-tenth of our collective Super Bowl Party grocery bill of $55 million to feed the poor, suggests the churchrsquo;s blog, we could make a huge difference for the hungry in our own communities. United Methodists are encouraged to participate in SouperMon, 1 Feb 2010 12:00:00 ESThttp://sg.brickriver.com/news_detail.asp?PKValue=124http://sg.brickriver.com/news_detail.asp?PKValue=124 On behalf of the Methodist Church in Haiti and the Haitian people, we thank you. Thank you all for your outpouring of love, support and Christian brotherhood in our great hour of need. Haiti has suffered a great tragedy, and to rebuild, recover and strengthen, it will take us all. You have kept us in your prayers and we are grateful. You have sent donations through the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR). We thank you for your generosity. You have expressed your selfless interest iFri, 29 Jan 2010 12:00:00 ESThttp://sg.brickriver.com/news_detail.asp?PKValue=120http://sg.brickriver.com/news_detail.asp?PKValue=120Six young Haitian Methodists spent an afternoon dividing 55-pound bags of rice and 100-pound bags of beans into family-sized portions to feed more than 160 families who have had little assistance since the Jan. 12 earthquake. ldquo;This is meeting their first need,rdquo; said Val Keteline, 24. ldquo;The people will be very happy.rdquo; Workers move bags of flour in the Boutique Market in Port-au-Prince, HaiThu, 28 Jan 2010 12:00:00 ESThttp://sg.brickriver.com/news_detail.asp?PKValue=116http://sg.brickriver.com/news_detail.asp?PKValue=116They call themselves the Agape Stitchers, this group of women in their 60s to late 90s who snip, stitch and sew for those in need. Meeting two days a month for almost six and a half years, the women of the Agape Stitchers group of Allentown United Methodist Church have made more than 4,500 girlrsquo;s dresses, 2,000 boyrsquo;s shorts/shirt outfits, and 600 baby blankets, all of which have been sent to needy children around the world. Started in August 2003, the women who make up the Agape StWed, 27 Jan 2010 12:00:00 ESThttp://sg.brickriver.com/news_detail.asp?PKValue=115http://sg.brickriver.com/news_detail.asp?PKValue=115The patients ranged from a toddler with scabies to a man with prostate cancer. Dr. Troy Silvernale, a United Methodist family physician, walked the grounds in the backyard of the Methodist Guest House, checking people and handing out numbers. The most serious patients had the lowest numbers. Those who could wait had the higher numbers. Silvernale and Bill Johnson, a trauma nurse, came to Haiti as part of a medical team from Michigan. They found rooms at the Methodist Guest House and on their sWed, 27 Jan 2010 12:00:00 ESThttp://sg.brickriver.com/news_detail.asp?PKValue=117http://sg.brickriver.com/news_detail.asp?PKValue=117Food. Potable water. Shelter. A girl carries water from the well at the Methodist Church compound in Mellier. Those are the top needs a group of 29 church and community leaders told three executives from the United Methodist Committee on Relief. Asked which is the most important, the group said all three. The Jan. 12 earthquake left Mellier, about 80 kilometers from Port-auTue, 26 Jan 2010 12:00:00 ESThttp://sg.brickriver.com/news_detail.asp?PKValue=118http://sg.brickriver.com/news_detail.asp?PKValue=118Wesleyan College, a UnitedMethodist College in Macon, Ga.,is the nations #3 quot;Best Valuequot; private college for 2010 according to The Princeton Review, one of Americas most widely known education services and test preparation companies. The Princeton Review teamed with USA TODAY, the nations most widely read print newspaper, to present its list, quot;The Princeton Review Best Value Colleges for 2010.quot; quot;The Princeton Review Best Value Colleges for 2010quot; list which features 100Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:00:00 EST