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  • Lee Donley receives the Harry Denman Award

    June 4th, 2010

    ADRIAN, Mich. -- Lee Donley, president of the North Central Jurisdiction UM Men, received the Harry Denman Evangelism Award from the Detroit Annual Conference, meeting last May in Adrian. “Lee has a heart bigger than his chest,” said the Rev. Doug McMunn, pastor of Oxford UMC where Donley teaches a 5th grade class, organizes potato drops and… read more

  • Bishop credits Boy Scout experiences for his call to the ministry

    June 4th, 2010

    DALLAS, Texas –– Bishop Will Willimon says the work he completed for his God and Country Award was instrumental in his call to the ministry. “I give thanks to God that scouting found me just when I needed it,” he said during a May 27 keynote address to a national Duty to God Breakfast in Dallas. Raised by a single mom, the… read more

  • Trucking academy owner named men’s ministry specialist

    June 4th, 2010

    FUQUAY, Va. –– Charlie Gray, 52, owner of Carolina Trucking Academy and president of the Raleigh District United Methodist Men, has been certified as a United Methodist men’s ministry specialist to help area churches expand their ministries to and with men in the North Carolina Annual Conference.Gray also serves as president of UM… read more

  • United Methodists package 6.5 million hunger packets

    May 25th, 2010

    UMNS photo by Bob MerkleMen and women in Lynchburg, Va. package Stop Hunger Now packets for Haiti Over the past ten years, some 35,000 United Methodists in the U.S. have packaged 6.5 million Stop-Hunger-Now packs in 218 congregations and 418 packaging events. A total of $1.4 million has been raised to pay for the dry-food ingredients and shipping … read more