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Index to Volume 49 / January-December 2005 A United Methodists Will Respond ‘As Long as is Necessary’ hi (Oct. p. 5) AT YOUR SERVICE (Peck Stahi) Being the hope: A photo essay (Nov.-Dec. p. 14) HUMAN RELATIONS DAY Karen Greenwaldt, GBOD (Jan. p. 29) Counting the losses (Nov.-Dec. p. 20) Saving lives a dollar at a time (Passi-Klaus) (Jan. p. 21) Dal Joon Won, UMPH (Feb.-Mar. p. 36) ‘We have to rebuild Gulfside’ (Rouse) (Nov.-Dec. p. 21) HUNGER RELIEF Kim Coffing, COSROW (April p. 27) Worldwide Methodist community responds to relief effort Fighting hunger — one crop at a time (Noble) (Apr. p. 28) Mary O. Benedict, Upper Room (May-June p. 34) (Nov.-Dec. p. 22) Beth Babbitt Borst, GCFA (July-Aug. p. 8) i Lillian Smith, Division on Ministries with Young People IDEA MART (Sept. p. 10) FACES (Peck Stahl) —The Advance for Christ and His Church Gwen Redding, UMCOR Sager Brown Depot W. Richard West Jr.: director of Smithsonian American Indian Whom shall | send? (Murugu) (Jan. p. 38) (Nov.-Dec. p. 33) National Museum (Jan. p. 8) —Age-levei & Family Ministries Cc Sara Nichols: Knits sweaters for those in need (Jan. p. 20) Start planning for summer camp (Young) (Feb.-Mar. p. 39) Carl E. Stewart: U.S. Circuit Judge ‘“eb.-Mar. p. 14) Make back-to-school a ministry (July-Aug. p. 33) CENTRAL CONFERENCES Michael Eavis: Music festival founder (LaCamera) Take action against bullying (Calhoun) (Oct. p. 32) Central Conference Pension Initiative moves forward (Gilbert) (Feb.-Mar. p. 34) —Finance & Stewardship (Oct. p. 25) |.B. Foote: Crusader for college scholarships (Apr. p. 8) Organizing for the new year (Terry) (Jan. p. 37) CHRISTMAS Shauna Fleming: Collects letters for U.S. troops (Apr. p. 20) Focus sharply on the entire picture (Weaver) Being the hope during the holidays (White) (Nov.-Dec. p. 16) Len Ripley: Catching waves, sharing faith (May-June p. 8) (May-June p. 38) Holidays time to include survivors (Smith) (Nov.-Dec. p. 17) Kevass Harding: From ‘little’ to ‘big’ — a cycle of care Six keys to screening church staff and volunteers (Johnson) Choosing toys is gift for parents (Smith) (Nov.-Dec. p. 19) continues (May-June p. 26) (Oct. p. 31) When Christmas comes on a Sunday (Rouse) (Nov.-Dec. Jeanette Ora: Glorifying God on four strings (July-Aug. p. 8) —Higher Education & Campus Ministry p. 31) Paul Fuschini: Provides water for desert crossers Preparing a new generation of Christian leaders (Bigham) COMMUNION (Sept. p. 10) (Jan. p. 38) The power of Holy Communion (White) (Sept. p. 22) Evan Korte: Author, fund-raiser ... third-grader (Oct. p. 18) Forming faithful leaders (Hartley) (Feb.-Mar. p. 40) CCoOnNnNeEctCiToInOalN ALTa blTeA BtLaEk es ‘first steps’ (Apr. p. 38) MDaavriyd LBeea:b b:W or‘kWso odtco airmvperro vem eeftosst erJ escuarse C(hOrcistt.’ p. 28) K(Aepyr . rpe.s o3u6r)c es for developing young leaders (Felder) D (Nov.-Dec. p. 33) Orientation gets new look, new focus (May-June p. 38) FAITH AT WORK The PLSE Initiative (Fuquay) (July-Aug. p. 32) DISASTER RELIEF Exercising religious liberty in a hypersensitive culture (Aldrich) Foundation’s scholarship program heins students across the In mission day and night (Beher) (Jan. p. 19) (Sept. p. 16) church (Davis) (Sept. p. 37) UMCOR playing pivotal role in tsunami relief effort (Snider) United Methodists rally for workers’ rights (Butler) Mentoring: Peers crucial for exploring call to ministry (Brown) (Feb.-Mar. p. 6) (Sept. p. 17) (Nov.-Dec. p. 38) United Methodist online giving tops $1 million (Gilbert) Truck-stop chaplain ministers to drivers, travelers (Green) p g Technology for the Church (Feb.-Mar. p. 7) (Sept. p. 18) Is your church safe from viruses? (McAtee) (Feb.-Mar. p. 39) Missionaries in Indonesia urge strong Christian response to FORGIVENESS Managing digital images for less (McAtee) (Apr. p. 34) quake (Snider) (Feb.-Mar. p. 8) A daily challenge (Caldwell) (Feb.-Mar. p. 23) The lowdown on digital projectors (McAtee) (May-June p. 35) A prayer from a heart in pain (Day) (Feb.-Mar. p. 9) What would Jesus do? (Passi-Klaus) (Feb.-Mar. p. 24) —Media & Communications Ingenuity, compassion raise relief funds (Snider) ‘I've forgiven you’ (Smith, Walsh) (Feb.-Mar. p. 26) New online resources for pastors and Christian educators (Feb.-Mar. p. 10) Moving toward racial reconciliation in Oxford, N.C. (Watts) (May-June p. 36) Tsunami giving tops $15 million (Apr. p. 21) (Feb.-Mar. p. 27) —Nurture & Congregational Care Tsunami report: After the destruction (DuBose) (Apr. p. 22) Wartime internment teaches bishop ‘the importance of grace’ Celebrate your history makers (Burton) (Feb.-Mar. p. 40) Tsunami victims pull together to rebuild (Bloom) (Apr. p. 24) (Holmes) (Feb.-Mar. p. 28) Take care of your church's records and its past (Patterson) The Unseen Recovery: The Emotional and Spiritual Toll of Self-forgiveness doesn’t come easily (Rush) (Feb.-Mar. p. 30) (May-June p. 37) Hurricane Season (Scott) (Sepi. p. 20) Caught and taught (Halverson) (Feb.-Mar. p. 31) Physician, heal thyself? (Dick) (July-Aug. p. 31) Raise $10,000 Easily witha Fundraising Cruise. Good news! The easiest way to fundraise just got easier. Raise up to $10,000 or more for your church with an exciting fundraising cruise. 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Soul care through Sabbath (Thompson) (July-Aug. p. 31) Docket (Apr. p. 32) (Sept. p. 32) REAL WORLD, THE Two resources promote forgiveness (Sept. 36) JUMPSTART YOUR MINISTRY —9to5 —Outreach —Christian Education Fair-trade coffee supports poor farmers (Apr. p. 9) Churches support a ‘shining star’ (Watts) (Sept. p. 35) Bethany Travels the Bibie (Oct. p. 7) Frazer Memorial reaches out to people on the job (Sept. p. 8) —Social Justice —Did You Know? (Hickman) —Body, Mind, Spirit Native American ministries resources now available online Ash Wednesday (Jan. p. 6) Dieting? Look to church for scripture and support (Ross) (Nissen) (Apr. p. 35) Easter eve (Feb.-Mar. p. 12) (Jan. p. 9) S.0.S.—Protect God’s sacred oceans and seas (Hill) Holy Communion (Apr. p. 6) Take a smart approach to new fitness guidelines (Apr. p. 10) (Apr. p. 35) The season after Pentecost (May-June p. 6) ‘Poverty diet’ creates empathy for food stamp recipients Remember Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings The Apostles’ Creed (July-Aug. p. 7) (July-Aug. p. 10) (July-Aug. p. 32) ‘He descended into hell’ (Sept. p. 7) —Environment Society of St. Andrew introduces holiday programs ‘The holy catholic church’ (Oct. p. 7) Faith groups collect toxic chemicals for safe disposal (Breitinger) (Oct. 33) —Hospitality (July-Aug. p. 9) —Welcoming Wisconsin church takes ‘open doors’ literally (May-June p. 7) —Family What will your congregation offer newcomers in the new —Smile Leaders advise families planning mission trips (Apr. p. 9) year? (Reece) (Jan. p. 37) The world’s largest cross and flame (Feb.-Mar. p. 13) —Hospitality Billboards for travelers (Vaughan) (Apr. p. 34) Look out G.!. Joe — Here comes Jesus! (July-Aug. p. 7) Wisconsin church extends welcome to immigrants (Oct. p. 8) How is your church reaching seekers? (Willis) Merry Christmas! (Nov.-Dec. p. 8) —Just For Fun (May-June p. 36) —Sprouts (Gran) AngelFire game catches fire with kids (Johnson) (Sept. p. 8) Matching grants available for local welcoming ads (Vaughan) Care for others (Jan. p. 6) —tife Changes (Sept. p. 36) Help children understand natural disasters (Feb.-Mar. p. 13) New Year's resolutions — a map for success (Jan. p. 10) Showing ‘Open hearts. Open minds. Open doors.’ to seekers Building faith at mealtime (Apr. p. 7) Interfaith campaign promotes preparing for emergencies and hurricane survivors (Reece) (Nov.-Dec. p. 37) Who do you know? (May-June p. 6) (Nov.-Dec. p. 7) —Worship & Evangelism Let children lead prayer (July-Aug. p. 6) —Older Adults Wipe the slate clean (Jan. p. 36) —Sunday School South Carolina labyrinth beckons as a meditative tool (White) Any day's a good day for ministry (Kelly) (Oct. p. 31) Worship on the waves (Jan. p. 7) (May-June p. 10) IGNITING MINISTRY —UMC 101 (Peck) Transition Ministry helps older adults cope with change Offering Hope, Celebrating Community (Hollon) (Sept. p. 27) What is a lectionary? (Jan. p. 7) (Youngblood) (Sept. p. 9) IN DEPTH The apportionment system (Feb.-Mar. p. 13) Program helps senior citizens enroll in Medicare drug plans Open hearts. Open minds. Open doors: Into the future (Rush) The Advance (Apr. p. 7) (Oct. p. 8) (Jan. p. 14) The six ‘restrictive rules’ (May-June p. 7) —Outreach Forgiveness: Our holy center (Waddle) (Feb.-Mar. p. 21) Committee on lay leadership (July-Aug. p. 6) Leap of faith supports student from Zimbabwe It's OK to laugh in church — really! (Dennis) (April p. 14) Deaconesses and home missioners (Sept. p. 7) (July-Aug. p. 10) Making retirement good for all God’s servants (Caldwell) Clergy salaries (Nov.-Dec. p. 8) —Personal Finance (May-June p. 15) —Worship Works Pension agency seeks to influence corporations (Caldwell) Reclaiming 24/1 (Waddle) (July-Aug. p. 14) Take the Igniting Ministry Challenge! (Jan. p. 7) (May-June p. 10) Faith in the workplace (Aldrich) (Sept. p. 14) Society of St. Andrew offers Lenten programs —Popular Culture Knowing gifts leads to joyful service (Smith) (Oct. p. 13) (Feb.-Mar. p. 12) Study guide looks at Christian themes in J.R.R. Tolkien's IN MINISTRY TOGETHER What makes worship good? (Reeves) (Apr. p. 7) work (Gilbert) (May-June p. 9) The gift of language (Lauber) (Jan. p. 30) Lights! Camera! Worship! (Lauber) (July-Aug. p. 6) —Relationships IT WORKED FOR US! World Communion Sunday service truly global (Sept. p. 7) Saying ‘I’m sorry’ (Elam) (Feb.-Mar. p. 15) Discounted gasoline sparks conversation (Jan. p. 11) Want to ‘ignite’ your worship? (Nov.-Dec. p. 8) TeamMates mentoring program makes a difference (Prokop) Bread on doorsteps extends welcome (Jan. p. 11) —Youth (May-June p. 9) Children and parents journey through Holy Week (Jan. p. 12) A ‘red carpet’ event (Feb.-Mar. p. 12) New study promoted spiritual growth in small groups Holy Week services unite churches (Jan. p. 13) Free computers motivate students academically, spiritually (July-Aug. p. 9) Church staff sends prayer notes (Jan. p. 13) (Green) (Apr. p. 6) —Under 30 ‘Lint illustrates Lent (Jan. p. 13) Middle schoolers ‘adopt,’ pay apportionments (Prokop) Financial tips for young adults (Jan. p. 9) Widows and widowers are honored, not forgotten (May-June p. 6) Arkansas State University students take ‘Tour de Faith’ (Feb.-Mar. p. 16) Youth receive practical training before mission trip (Scahill) (Sept. p. 9) A service of reconciliation (Feb.-Mar. p. 16) (July-Aug. p. 7) Youth, adults seek balance in playing video games (Nov.- Peacemakers with needle and thread (Feb.-Mar. p. 17) Youth Advocate for positive body images (Oct. p. 7) Dec. p. 7) ‘Karing 4 Kids’ created by youth (Feb.-Mar. p. 17) www.youthworkermovement.org (Nov.-Dec. p. 9) S Camp Asbury attracts hundreds of kids each week JUST THINKING (Noble) (Apr. p. 11) We must keep this promise! (Jan. p. 4) SCHOLARSHIPS Wyoming churches raise three pigs for food pantry This we do understand... (Hollon) (Feb.-Mar. p. 4) Communications fellows serve across the church (Elam) (Apr. p. 12) Soaked in joy (April p. 4) (Feb.-Mar. p. 33) Small Maine church uses Web site effectively (Apr. p. 13) We are one! (May-June p. 4) Scholar prepares to ‘shape a better future’ (Scahill) Empty banana crates rejuvenate Honduran medical clinic Use the gift! (July-Aug. p. 4) (Sept. p. 26) (Apr. p. 13) Worship and work: A daily connection (Sept. p. 4) United Methodist Student Day offerings vital to fund aid Sanctuary windows transformed into angels (May-June p. 11) Stand by Us (Day) (Oct. p. 4) (Brown) (Nov.-Dec. p. 24) Conference sparks creative worship techniques ‘Being the Hope’ for the long term (Nov.-Dec. p. 4) SCOUTING (May-June p. 11) Syracuse scout troop offers alternatives to youth (Snider) Prayer pager ministry brings hope, healing in Jackson, Miss. ti (Feb.-Mar. p. 37) (May-June p. 12) LAITY SHARING GOD'S GIFTS Belfast United Methodist Church offers one-stop he!p for Preparing and celebrating new lay leadership (Ziegler) World Service Fund (Jan. p. 28) sYCatoluuidtfehon rtnisin a M(icMnhanuyer-scJhou tnase t abrput.is l d1m 3e)gn atradle nh esalatnhc tumainriys tr(yM ay-June p. 13) (Jan. p. 32) M ABWflorariclckda CUSonelirlvveeirgcseei tFyF uunnFddu nd((A Jpur(l.Fy e-bpA..u -g2M.6a )r .p. p3.9 )3 2) (May-June p. 14) MAIL Episcopal Fund (Sept. p. 33) Plant sale in Naperville, Ill., fights hunger (May-June p. 14) (Jan. — Sept., Nov.-Dec. p. 5), (Oct. p. 35) General Administration Fund (Oct. p. 36) Online book club boosts interest in church library MENTAL ILLNESS Interdenominational Cooperation Fund (Nov.-Dec. p. 36) (July-Aug. p. 11) Models of ministry for creating caring congregations (Gregg- SOCIAL ISSUES Security patrol takes ministry to streets (July-Aug. p. 11) Schroeder) (Oct. p. 21) ‘Theologians Under Hitler’ provokes questions (Noble) California church reaches out through TV (July-Aug. p. 12) N (Nov.-Dec. p. 35) N(dourlmya-nA,ug , Okpl.a .1, 2)c huircehe eat tracts famdila ha ith English a cal aa NATIVE AMERICAN MINISTRIES WwW ‘Night of American Music’ helps veterans (July-Aug. p. 13) we will bless land restoration project (White) WELCOMING ‘It is cool to be a Christian’ (July-Aug. p. 13) M i Exploring the ministry of hospitality (Wilmoth) (Jan. p. 17) Church dedicates communion set made from internment ea preserve Native hymn tradition (Suter) (Nov.-Dec. WORLD AIDS DAY camp soil (Sept. p. 12) P Trend lines behind the headlines: the Church and global ‘Room mom’ volunteers show God's love (Sept. p. 13) O AIDS (Messer) (Nov.-Dec. p. 27) C~hi ldren and youth make DVD to tell Christmas story ONE GREAT HOUR OF SHARING WORLDVIEW (Sept. p. 13) i Brazil’s Methodists say social action is the human expression United Methodist Men's group builds helipad for rural area —— Ee Sorry ey ee a) of God's love (LaCamera) (Feb.-Mar. p. 35) (Oct. p. 10) Young workers: An unseen minority (Gadsden) (Sept. p. 30) Macedonian United Methodists lead ministry to Roma people Missouri church shows ‘radical hospitality’ with free garage Thanksgiving on the tumpike (Butler) (Nov.-Dec. p. 30) (LaCamera) (April p. 33) sale (Oct. p. 10) 3 ‘The sun never sets on Methodism!’ (Quick) (May-June p. 32) CD-ROM promotes involvement in large church (Oct. p. 11) P Mizo congregation founded for asylees (Butler) Pennsylvania church becomes ‘Light Enough to Fly’ (July-Aug. p. 30) (Oct. p. 11) PASTORS Happy birthday! (Teo, Lau) (Sept. p. 28) Intergenerational ministry connects seniors with students When your pastor is hurting, let your care show (Caldwell) (Nov.-Dec. p. 10) — ¥ Kentucky church embraces technology (Nov.-Dec. p. 10) B‘Lo0oo0wkk - stofr oef smse’m mem noaitrisv ithy hio pnloarys avpepteearlasn s to( Nfvoavme.i-l iDeesc . (Npo.v .1-1D)4 e c. p. 11) 6(1M eUnneintdeedz )M et(hJoadn.i stp.s 33wi)l l serve in the 109th Congress YeDiOrsUaciNnpG le sAhiDpU:PL : TTaSk in; g 9 the next step P (White) (Oct. » Ppp.. 16) eae o2 ) talents for unique Chitsimas photo project R Youth develop, lead life-changing ministry in Philadelphia J RACIAL ISSUES a African Americans gather to remember Central Jurisdiction JUDICIAL COUNCIL (Crosby, Green) (Jan. p. 27) Decisions (Feb.-Mar. p. 41) 40 / InterPReTER / NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2005 OPEN HEARTS. OPEN MINDS. OPEN DOORS. aPas=Eca p