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• Va. woman has no regrets over role in burial

  
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  Va. woman has no regrets over role in burial DOSWELL, Va. (AP) – The Virginia woman whose actions led to Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev being buried about 30 miles north of her Richmond home said the angry backlash from local officials, some cemetery neighbors and online critics has been ...
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• God Bless Thomas Ogletree

  
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  In my experience, Dr. Ogletree is about as good and godly of a man as they come. I’m blessed to have studied with him, to know him, and to call him a brother. My time at Yale wouldn’t have been nearly as rich or meaningful without him. Maybe this will be the lightning rod that helps … Continue reading »
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• Limits

  
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  Every Wednesday I get a few minutes with the children of our Preschool and Kindergarten. Today I shared about helium and a lesson about God that it can help us understand.  I got this idea from our Children’s Minister. It is a simple object lesson: we cannot see the helium, but we can see what […]
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• Cozy Backyard Wedding: Laura & John in Winter Park

  
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  Yall are going to adore this sweet and intimate wedding from Dustin at Sunglow Photography . He soulfully captured lots of tender moments from Laura and Johns special day, and today the bride is sharing their love story thats full of harmony. Enjoy! Photography by Sunglow Photography From Laura... My husband ...
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• How will United Methodists respond to Gosnell horror?

  
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  Matt O’Reilly tackles the important but admittedly difficult question of  How will United Methodists respond to Gosnell horror? First, O’Reilly makes the connection between Roe and Gosnell clear: We must begin by recognizing that this tragic situation follows from the widespread efforts to normalize ...
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• The Reverend Thomas Ogletree: Father and LGBT Ally

  
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  The Reverend Thomas Ogletree thought he was doing the right thing, performing a marriage ceremony for his son, Thomas Rimbey Ogletree. Trouble was, the younger Thomas was marrying another man, Nicholas Haddad, and what started out as a deeply personal act, is now a full-blown church scandal. The wedding was ...
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• Methodist Minister Faces Sanctions For Officiating Sons Same-Sex Marriage

  
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  United Methodist minister Thomas Ogletree is facing church sanctions for presiding over the wedding of his son and another man. Dr. Ogletree, 79, is now facing a possible canonical trial for his action, accused by several New York United Methodist ministers of violating church rules. While he would not be the ...
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• Maine church’s tax dilemma may lead to new law | Alliance Defending Freedom

  
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  A Maine church’s ordeal in court may lead to a modification in state law that will help end inequities between how churches and non-church charities are treated in property taxation matters.
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• Methodist Minister Could Face Trial for Officiating Gay Son’s Wedding

  
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  After officiating the wedding of his son to his partner, the Rev. Dr. Thomas Ogletree — a minister in the United Methodist Church and a retired dean of Yale Divinity School — is facing a possible canonical trial. The Methodist church does not condone homosexuality and considers it “ incompatible with Christian ...
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• Caught in Methodism’s Split Over Same-Sex Marriage

  
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  The Rev. Dr. Thomas W. Ogletree, a Methodist minister and former Yale Divinity School dean, faces a potential canonical trial for officiating at his son’s gay wedding.        
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• The Itinerant Clergy System of the #UMC is evil

  
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  Stripped image of John Wesley (Photo credit: Wikipedia) As many of you know, I now attend a United Methodist Church, a place that has become our home. To say we enjoy it, or like it, are both understatements. Further, you know where we have come from – the dank, musty hiding place of superstition and cult ...
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• Fear of Neither Future nor Past

  
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  Someone shared this with me in an email titled: Church Services of the Future. (It can also be found at places other than FreeRepublic.com.  I believe the idea behind the email (I was among a  good number of recipients) was to engender discussion of the ways technology is, or seems to be, or threatens to [...]
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• What does your sign say?

  
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  Several leaders of my church and I attended a Stewardship Seminar this weekend led by Dr. Clif Christopher of Horizons Stewardship.  It was a very helpful, informative event; and a trip well worth taking for the group I went with. One of Dr. Christopher’s points that I particularly enjoyed was that a cross, a sign ...
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• Allen County Blood Drive Rescheduled

  
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  News release from the American Red Cross: Allen County Blood Drive Rescheduled The American Red Cross blood drive on Saturday, May 11, at the United Methodist Church of the Covenant has been rescheduled for Tuesday, May 14, from 3 p.m. until 7 p.m.at the United Methodist Church of the Covenant in the Meeting Room, ...
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• Song in Three Forms

  
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  MusicaNova Orchestra in rehearsal at Central United Methodist Church (credit: Elizabeth McKinnon) Music protesting war and violence takes many forms — from 20 th century songs like Metallica’s hit “One” and Sting’s “Russians” to earlier expressions by Bob Dylan, Peter Paul and Mary, and Joan ...
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• There go we all?

  
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  He: I was stupid. She: we’ve all been there. The discussion was this simple, this straightforward, this honest. He was looking for someplace to get some community service hours for a pending legal issue.  She represented one of those potential “someplaces;” in this case, a church. I have been serving in ...
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• UMC Global Impact

  
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  While you’re at it, please take a moment to check out the following resources: Official UMC Global Impact website: www.umcglobalimpact.org Official campaign Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/umcglobalimpact Official campaign Twitter account: https://twitter.com/umcglobalimpact A FREE download of Your ...
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• Which side am I on?

  
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  I found myself in an awkward place a few weeks ago in a discussion with some of our youth. There are many words that are used broadly within concern for shared meaning, and I think wisdom is one of them. So I decided to ask what “wisdom” was. I don’t remember the definitions given, but [...]
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• Today, I met someone with Lewy Body Dementia!

  
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  OK, to you, that may not be a big deal.  To me, it is monumental!!  I have never talked to someone, in person, who had LBD.   I met him at the Sound Side  Gulf Breeze United Methodist Church which has a wonderful community center.  I go there to play Ping Pong with a friend who as Parkinsons.  Ping Pong is fun ...
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• Quote of the Day: Dan R. Dick on Ecumenically Challenged

  
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  The fact is, we want to be bigger, and we really can’t be bothered with the health and well-being of other denominations — after all, their gain is our loss, right? He tells about how he got in trouble with his trustees … and fellow pastors. And I love it! Read the whole thing .   Related Posts: Dan ...
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