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...size are trying these new approaches and experiencing similar surges in attendance. "The more [kids] touch and they hear and they feel, the more likely the content becomes not only interesting, but they comprehend and understand," says Charlotte Echols, executive director for the child-development program at Highland Park Methodist United Church in Dallas. "That transforms into the good feeling that brings them back next week...
...Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church, which sets the official policies of that denomination, is full of seemingly conflicting statements. “Since the practice of homosexuality is incompatible with Christian teaching, self-avowed practicing homosexuals are not to be accepted as candidates, ordained as ministers or appointed to serve in the United Methodist Church” is soon followed by, “We commit ourselves to be in ministry for and with all persons...
...Pashtun Talibs. The Chiclets have already repaired and refurnished the school with chairs and desks, and now they have returned with nearly four hundred pounds of classroom supplies. When their military budget failed to cover the materials, team members asked for help from relatives back in the U.S. A Methodist Church in Texas raised the necessary money, bought the notebooks, paper, pens, pencils, and art supplies, and mailed them to Afghanistan via the A.P.O. Now four hundred children, many orphaned survivors of Taliban ethnic cleansing, come forward one by one to get their armloads of treasure. Most smile shyly; some...
Grubman's I-made-it-all-up defense severely undermines his credibility at a moment when he's entangled in multiple investigations and lawsuits. "Mr. Grubman is what you'd call a third-class witness," says Alan Bromberg, a securities-law professor at Southern Methodist University. "Who's going to believe...
Kevin Armstrong, a United Methodist pastor and director of the Religion and Public Teaching Project, based in Indianapolis, Ind., concedes that segregation, whether voluntary or compulsory, seems at odds with religious ideals. But he argues that the outcome often justifies the practice, particularly in immigrant communities. "They preserve their tradition," Armstrong explains, "sing in their native language, eat the food of their own culture, [and are] with people who remember what their land looks like and who their people...