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  • UM Men celebrate anniversary of Girl Scouts, award youth

    May 1st, 2012

    Photo: Boy Scouts Justin Jackson (left) and Ryan Wilson receive the United Methodist Church's Good Samaritan Award from Larry Coppock during the 2012 United Methodist General Conference in Tampa, Fla. Coppock is director of Scouting Ministries at the General Commission on United Methodist Men. A UMNS photo by Mike DuBose.   TAMPA(UMNS) –– … … read more

  • UMC tops list of denominations participating in PRAY awards

    April 19th, 2012

    Photo: Students in a God and Me class at Salem (N.C.) UMC proudly display the game boxes they made during one of the classes. ST. LOUIS, Mo. –– One out of every four participants in the PRAY (Programs of Religious Activities with Youth) is a member of the UMC or a member of a Boy Scout Troop, Girl Scout troop or a Cub Scout pack sponsored by … … read more

  • Commission certifies 150th scouting ministry specialist

    March 30th, 2012

    Photo: Rob Charlton and his Cub Scout den. NASHVILLE, Tenn.–– There are now 150 persons in helping United Methodist churches in 44 annual conferences expand their ministries to youth through scouting and other youth-serving agencies.Robert Charlton, Detroit Annual Conference, became the 150th person to be certified as a scouting ministry specialist by the… … read more

  • In Memoriam Karen Heim-Baugh

    March 12th, 2012

    Photo: Karen Heim-Baugh leads a workshop on scouting during the 2009 National Gathering of UM Men. EVANSVILLE, Ind.––Karen Heim-Baugh, 62, a long-time leader of United Methodist Scouting, died March 7. She had been moved to a Indiana University Hospital in Indianapolis to await a liver transplant but was too weak for the procedure. “… … read more