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Thursday, May 26, 2011

RUM Summer update

Reconciling United Methodists of NE, Friends: Another year of great awakenings!

THIS IS YOUR SUMMER NEWS & DATES : SAVE IT and Send it on to friends! Thanks to those helping with summer emailing~

We have over 300 RUM's in NE! Let's make it 400 friends by growing the circle!
Join us at the RMN table in June or go to the website: www.RMNetwork.org :
Go to JOIN US! Cards are available too by calling RMN offices - that you can send in to join! RMN has no membership fee : just a desire for a fully inclusive UMC and commitment to that goal!

Thanks to the WEST Email Contacts: We have FOUR Reconciling Communities in NE and One Reconciling Congregation at Omaha First UMC (thanks omaha),

We are happy to announce New Main Email contacts in the WEST with Robert Wheeler as the new Main Contact and Jo Macintosh assisting (thanks to Margaret Engle for volunteering the past few years - and best wishes moving EAST!

Other WAY WEST Local contacts we are featuring this time: Carolyn Dickinson, Scottsbluff; Mary Ellen Kilmer Harrison, NE and Connie Hansen, Anselmo, Broken Bow area! Thanks to all the emailers and local contacts who lend support to others, listen, get together -- and help us get out reconciling info thru email!

Carolyn Reports -- Way out WEST:
Check out www.amendment10a.org for the latest update on the More Light Presbyterian website. Click on the vote updates near the top sort of right middle.

Presently 94 presbyteries have approved the wording, which so far is 7 more than required. Another 10 presbyteries to go.

By Carolyn Dickinson, Way West
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Summer is here! Schools are ending and summer plans are being made!

Try Getting Active 4 AIDS for the UM Global AIDS fund this summer : see attach
We now have 50 AIDS Ambassadors in NE : to become one : andrewb@nap.org
To take ACTION on Inclusive statements go to : www.nebraskarum.blogspot.com

Here are Upcoming Happenings and Ways to Renew your Spirit, offer support this summer to friends:

Update -- Summer Email offering 2 RMN 4 NE Statewide Reconciling Network : Giving is a way to thank volunteers who email, do the new blog, Facebook, gather folks for meetups, organize Rainbows of HOPE Art exhibists, Reconciling tables & events:

We have $95 now to STARTUP our Summer Email Offering to raise $250 for our yearly support this summer -- as an email network of friends (NE Statewide Reconciling Network) Thanks to attending the Birthday Lunch Fundraiser May 11 too!

Thanks to Donors this May / Gifts from: Cathy Denman (Maureen's Birthday), Jim and Donna Lightbody, Wendy, Eric, Brian and Jenna Smith, Maureen and Jay Vetter (everyone's birthday)

To reach our GOAL OF $250 TO RMN this summer: Write checks to RMN, send to Maureen Vetter, 4422 Drake Lane, Grand Island, NE 68801 .. she will record GIFTS and send directly to RMN Ministries in Chicago -- with Sing a NEW SONG CONVO coming IN AUGUST and Gen Conf SPRING 2012!

UPCOMING DATES: Come join us!

May 23: Noon, 313 3rd St, G Island: Thank Scott Taylor for organizing 3 HIV AIDS Benefit concerts in GI so far!

May 28: RAINBOWS OF HOPE Art Exhibit starts at Christ UMC, Great Hall, Lincoln, NE : gather an Art Exhibit locally with children's or art, fibers, quilts, stoles, paintings, drawings of all ages!

May 31: NE MFSA Dinner, 6 PM, Trinity UMC, Lincoln, speaker : Dr Don Messer, Chair of UM Global AIDS Fund, Awards, UM Global AIDS Fund info, $15 per ticket : www.umcneb.org for info - go to UM Connects : the weekly news from NE UMC Conference : see articles on Don Messer coming!

June 1 - 4: Annual Conference, St Marks UMC Lincoln: RMN Table: Betty: bobcdorr@cox.net , HIV AIDS Table, Bill: biobb@bellsouth.net Volunteer today! Thanks to all delegates too!

June 3, Friday morning worship 8:30 am, Annual Conference, St Marks UMC Lincoln, 84th St South : Special Offering for UM Global AIDS fund, Visitors welcome
COME TO OUR TABLES to get info and make new friends! Thanks to ALL the volunteers in may and june~

June 4: Noon, 313 3rd Street, G Island : Thank You Lunch 4 Becca and Breanne Preisendorf, Becca worked hard to start the first GSA at GISH; Breanne, leadership: Bring donations checks to GSA, GISH or cash 4 GISH GSA (Grand Island Sr High Gay Straight Alliance)

June 4, 5 : 24th Annual Danish Days, Dannebrog with Pawnee Art Center, readings, signings: Celebrate Diversity!

June 24-25 : Heartland Pride : Omaha ----- June 25 Parade: 10th and Pacific Get together! Get a table!

June 24-26 : Ethnic Festival, G Island Celebrate Diversity downtown, 3rd st area, www.grand-island.com/ethnic

July 9 : Grain Place Farm Tour Day, near Marquette ,NE ( see website for info and reservations ) : Renew your health and spirit, learn about organic foods, local foods in NE; Visit FROGS this summer: the new Organic food grocery in Wolbach, NE : First Rural Organic Grocery Store (friends from Open Hearts Reconciling Community)

July 15 - 17: Lincoln Pride Event : weekend go to Website and Facebook ; Get together! Get a Table!

August : Get a Team Together for AIDS walks in NE Sept 18 ( www.nap.org )

Sept 19 : Welcome Alliance GSA back to Hastings College: Potluck: Hastings PFLAG, Open Hearts hosting

Oct 11 : Coming Out Day and Week : get together with friends! Lend support!

Nov : Thanksgiving Get togethers, coffee get togethers! Give thanks and share Awakening stories

Dec 1 : World AIDS Day, Special offerings, Fundraisers for UM Global AIDS fund Dec 4 in NE

BELIEVE OUT LOUD - Reconciling Goes on the Road to events in NE this summer!

Another Great year of Spiritual Awakenings through Meetups, email, events, support groups, books, writing and telling our stories!

Read Awakening books this summer or write an Awakening Story for fall to share locally in your groups -- with friends drinking coffee or tea (one page front and back that people could print )

www.RMNetwork.org with Sing a new Song CONVO coming in August sponsored by RMN and MFSA .. if you are going let us know! mvetter@charter.net or wsmith28@gmail.com or lizabethjoan@aol.com We know of one person attending so far!

Thanks to EVERYONE who helps through VOLUNTEERING .. our group email network would not work without lots of volunteers and lots of time, energy, home computers, in house donations and passion! Thanks everyone!

Maureen Vetter and Wendy Smith, mvetter@charter.net and wsmith28@gmail.com
NE Statewide Reonciling Network Contacts Emails and www.nebraskarum.blogspot.com
Our group Facebook is being redone for new group Facebook formats!
PRN contacts, Local reconciling contacts,
Main Email Reconciling contacts -- recruit your children, youth and young adult contacts locally now!
We wish all GRADUATES a more fully inclusive world and faith communities -- congrats with graduations!

MFSA Annual Dinner NEXT WEEK 5/31/2011

NEBRASKA RECONCILING U Methodists and friends : TELL YOUR FRIENDS!

"Stigma, Human Rights and the Battle Against AIDS" will be the name of Don's sharing and speech!

When: May 31, Tuesday, 6 PM, after a day of doing mission work: volunteers in Lincoln @ Annual Conference
What : NE MFSA Annual Dinner, Methodist Federation of Social Action, 100+ doing social justice
Where: Trinity UMC, Lincoln (see website)
Cost : $15 a ticket
For info, RSVP and tickets: Susan Davies, susansouldesires@aol.com
Speaker : Dr Don Messer, Chair of UM Global AIDS Fund of the UMC -- www.umglobalaidsfund.org
Program : meet new friends, speaker, info and awards given, Jimmy Creech Profile of Justice Scholarship, etc

For more info on Annual Conference and the evening and UM connect articles : www.umcneb.org
More info on UM Global AIDS fund: www.umcneb.org/AIDS our new URL &
www.umglobalaidsfund.org
Center for the Church and AIDS, Denver: Don Messer Director -- find it online!

Friday, JUNE 3 -- Special OFFERING at the 8:30 worship at St Marks UMC, Lincoln for UM Global AIDS Fund

See you at the Reconciling Table & UM Global AIDS Fund tables June 1 - 4 St Marks UMC, Lincoln.
Sign up as an AIDS Ambassador in your local church and receive a FREE DVD : HIV AIDS TOOLKIT with tons of resources for local churches on HIV AIDS.. it is also online and downloadable at www.umglobalaidsfund.org

Sunday, May 15, 2011

NE Statewide Reconciling Network: THX Margaret, Lunch /Kickoff May 11 -D Messer, MFSA dinner May 31, Rainbows- UMconnect 05/04/11

NE Statewide RUM's (Reconciling United Methodists) - Friends far and wide:

Another Year of Great Spiritual Awakenings!
Write up a Spiritual Awakening this summer to share in the fall (one page front and back for a booklet of Sacred stories: Spiritual Awakenings) -- Believe out loud - Reconciling goes on the road!

We took Reconciling on the Road this week with dinner in North platte to Thank Margaret Engle for sending out the EMAIL in the West for our NE Statewide Reconciling Network! ( You might have gone on the road recently for an inclusive event or to lend support for more fully inclusive faith groups, creating safe places for all God's children. )

We THANK MARGARET for her volunteer time and energy as she moves our EAST with her husband! If you know Margaret Engle, send her a note of thanks or give $ in her honor for the Summer Email Offering -- and we hope we hear from YOU MARGARET with reports on Reconciling / inclusive church in New Jersey from time to time as our OUR EAST Coast Reporter in the field and our Pacific NW Reporter.

New Volunteer Contacts in the west are working to transition from Margaret's email list. THANK the volunteer who sends you email when you get a chance! We have no budget per se and all of our work is done with volunteers and volunteer time, energy!

Take Reconciling on the Road in your area and attend a Reconciling program or event, worship at a Reconciling congregation, travel to meet reconciling friends or new friends to lend support, plan or organize, drive to a birthday party fundraiser for RMN or drive to SING A NEW SONG - already over 400 people are signed up nationally! www.RMNetwork.og

Sign up today as a Reconciling United Methodist online or as an AIDS ambassador by writing: andrewb@nap.org or mvetter@charter.net

See info on Dr Don Messer coming to speak at the MFSA dinner, how to get tickets, cost and you do not have to be an MFSA member to attend! See the UM Connect below! Other info on giving to the storm relief and more!

DATES & EVENTS:
Special Offering for UM Global AIDS Fund -June 3, 8:30 am in the Sanctuary at St marks umc.

May 23: noon, Thank You Scott Taylor Lunch, 313 Cafe and Cream, 3rd street, Grand Island (former Blue moon) - Come thank scott taylor for organizing this ongoing HIV AIDS benefit Concert and give some pocket money, gifts to the TUMC Emergency HIV AIDS Fund to honor Scott! Thanks to PHIVE- O (peer education for HIV AIDS) students at Hastings College for giving a $500 Service award to the TUMC Emergency HIV AIDS fund this week!

May 27: Rainbows of HOPE Art show will be going up at Christ UMC, Lincoln! Visit this new Art Show at Annual Conference in Lincoln. Do a Rainbows of hope project, banner, stole, table etc. Thanks to all the artists who have made Rainbow Art this spring!

May 31: 6 PM NE MFSA Dinner with Dr Don Messer speaking! See info below in UM connect! You will also see a schedule of Annual conference and storm response info!

June 1 - 4 NE UMC Annual Conference, St Marks UMC Lincoln (84th street south) Two tables this year needing Volunteers: Reconciling Table (contact betty : bobcdorr@cox.net Bring rainbows, stoles or ribbons to give away!

HIV AIDS table for UM Global AIDS fund, contact Maureen Mvetter@charter.net or bill biobb@bellsouth.net Bring AIDS Ribbons for the giveaway basket if you want! HIV AIDS Toolkit DVD's will be given to AIDS Ambassadors who sign up at Annual Conference!

We have 50 AIDS Ambassadors in NE now and we would love to reach 100 AIDS Ambassadors this next year -- one or more in each church and $1 per member is our commitment from 2006 Annual Conference -- learn more on the 20/20 campaign at:
www.umglobalaidsfund.org See our new URL : www.umcneb.org/AIDS Sign up at the UM Global AIDS fund table and receive a FREE HIV AIDS Toolkit DVD!

Pride events this summer and more on the blog: www.nebraskarum.blogspot.com
Go to Facebook page to sign up! Groups : Nebraska Statewide Reconciling Network

SEE tons of info below (tenth story down) and an article about the MFSA dinner info! Another Great year of Spiritual Awakenings!

www.nebraskarum.blogspot.org & Group Facebook: Nebraska Statewide Reconciling Network

Maureen and Wendy ------- ps SING A NEW SONG Convo is coming this summer! www.RMNetwork.org Are you going? Let us know! mvetter@charter.net
Check out www.soulforce.org for info on young activists for GLBT rights and Church within a Church for moving stories : www.cwac.us Find the Book ADAM'S gift : a memoir by Jimmy Creech or other books with spiritual awakenings this summer! THE RMN website has books and resources as well! www.RMNetwork.org
----- Original Message -----
From: Kathryn Witte
To: Maureen Vetter -
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2011 5:05 PM
Subject: UMconnect 05/04/11

In this edition of UMconnect:

- Register for AC, YAC, MAC, CAC by May 17
- Where to find AC 2011 schedule of events, other important AC-related info
- Pre-conference briefings coming up May 15 and 16
- How to help storm victims
- Update from the Council of Bishops’ meeting being held in Georgia
- Take one of two special offerings this Mother's Day Sunday
- Church and Community Worker Lisa Maupin to be featured in 10-Fold webcast
- Help change the world on Celebrate Community Day, sign up now
- Center for Pastoral Effectiveness of the Rockies will begin Nebraska retreat series in August
- Chair of UM Global AIDS Fund Committee Dr. Don Messer to speak in Lincoln
- Spaces still available to join VIM team going to Panama this summer
- New Micah Corps intern selected
- GBGM missionary pays visit to Norfolk First UMC
- News from UMCOR: Haiti update, new relief-supply network newsletter
- Zach Anderson attends Peace with Justice coordinators gathering in Washington, D.C.
- NWU campus minister Mara Bailey featured in UMNS story
- UNL campus ministry teams up with women’s gymnastics team for clinic
- Cheney UMW assembles, donates more than 50 Easter baskets to kids in need
- Employment opportunities — Omaha St. Andrews UMC seeking director of youth ministries
- UM Camps need your help promoting their ministry
- May is National Youth Safety month
- Spotlight on women’s resources at the Resource Center
- Worship resources from GBOD
- Subscription tools

Click on the link below to read this edition of UMconnect online:
http://www.umcneb.org/enewsletterarchives/detail/20

Sunday, May 1, 2011

MFSA 2011 Dinner May 31, 2011

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Nebraska Chapter MFSA Annual Dinner

Tuesday, May 31st
6pm gathering, concluding by 8pm
Trinity United Methodist Church
7130 Kentwell Lane
Lincoln, NE 68516
(Come check out their new space!)

Featuring:
Donald E. Messer, Executive Director for the Center for the Church and Global AIDS, speaker
Schlosser Award presentation
Creech Scholarship presentation
Introduction of candidates for General and Jurisdictional Conference
Delicious dinner

Print the forms below
and follow mailing instructions.



DINNER RSVP

Name_______________________________________________________

Address_____________________________________________________

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E-mail_______________________________________________________

I'd like _________ tickets at $15 each

I'd like _________ student tickets at $10 each

I'd like _________ free retired clergy tickets

I'd like to donate_________ for retired clergy ticket

Total enclosed $__________

Please RSVP to ensure an accurate count.
Mail RSVPs and checks to:
Susan Davies, 1026 Jackson St., Omaha NE 68102



MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL

METHODIST FEDERATION FOR SOCIAL ACTION
...where progressive United Methodists connect faith to action

YES! I want to be a part of this movement and will make a membership gift as follows:
___ $500 Stellar Membership Gift
___ $200 Spirited Membership Gift
___ $150 Supporting Membership Gift
___ $100 Sustaining Membership Gift
___ $ 60 Subscribing Membership Gift
___ $ Set your own membership gift amount
___ I am unable to give to MFSA financially at
this time but would like to be a member.

Membership in MFSA is not predicated on ability to pay.
Any membership gift is gratefully accepted.

Send a check payable to MFSA
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Name
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Mail Renewal form and checks to:
Susan Davies, 1026 Jackson St., Omaha NE 68102