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  - - Mission Possible: Dying man’s wish comes true
    - Impact Community days continue to change lives.
    - Free marketing kit available
    - Register for Change the World before Apr. 16 and score a free re-usable lawn banner!
    - Journey to Hope
    - Open a new door this Lent and find the hope that changes everything.
    - The people of The United Methodist Church called to America’s Sunday Supper
    - Events like America’s Sunday Supper create opportunities for the church to go down new paths and impact lives and to meet others along the way.
    - Online Space becomes Sacred Space
    - Seekers are being invited to join a Christmas eve online faith gathering of people from different walks of life worshiping together in a Nashville warehouse.
    - Advertising Reaches Out to Metro District
    - Campaign invites those who don’t have church home to explore and learn about The United Methodist Church.
    - What's on your plate?
    - What’s on your plate Sunday evening, January 15, 2012—the night before Martin Luther King, Jr. Day?
    - Hope Mushrooms
    - On 9/11 Sunday, the people of Park Ridge honored their first-responders with a community thank-you. Watch Video OR
    - Outside the Box: The Gift that Can't be Contained
    - This Christmas, Rethink Church invites you to unwrap the story of Jesus’ birth and experience anew Love personified.
    - Rethink Church - Immigration
    - On the fence about immigration? Explore the boundaries of citizenship and faith with a free resource package from Rethink Church.
    - New Rethink Church Campaign
    - What if Church opened new doors? What if Church changed the world?
    - A Fresh Start Sermon Starter Series
    - There’s something about back-to-school that makes everyone feel the possibility of a fresh start. For students leaving behind the grades of prior semesters, becoming an A student feels like a possibility once again.
    - Meet a growing, ‘Facebooking’ church
    - Out of the Box Worship Center in Hillsville, Va., is living up to its name. Holston Conference has labeled it "one of the fastest new-church starts in United Methodism." So, how is this small-town church, nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains, growing so rapidly? Two words: social media.
    - Music That’s Authentic, Not Awkward
    - Music of all genres floats (and rocks and grooves) throughout the sanctuary of Cokesbury West in Knoxville, Tenn. The newest campus of Cokesbury United Methodist Church is crossing cultural lines and breaking musical barriers with a roster of musicians that includes a former "American Idol" contestant, a touring singer/songwriter and a film/TV composer.
    - HopeFest 2011, Reclaiming a Day of Hope
    - On September 11, three churches will join together to host an Impact community event, celebrating and honoring the lives of first responders everywhere.
    - Back-to-school Sermon Series: A Fresh Start
    - Back-to-school season is a time of refocus for the church, bringing people together to start new spiritual disciplines.
    - Experiencing Mission
    - What do United Methodists do when government budget cuts reduce community services? They get busy, fighting for justice and rolling up their sleeves to do the work.
    - Sight Psalms
    - Striking images combined with questions, statements or Scriptures from Sight Psalms will be shown on rethinkchurch.org.
    - Fighting the flood: United Methodist care
    - It is time for United Methodists to care and give our community a vision of the body of Christ. It is hope in action time today!
    - Missionary to Japan discusses response to the earthquake aftermath
    - Rev. Paul Tsuchido Shew will be featured in an online video discussion, Monday, April 4 at 4 pm Central Time.
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