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Daily Digest - October 24, 2017

“I remember meeting my first patient. I knew that’s where I needed to be. It was kind of like I found home, and I’ve been here ever since.” — The Rev. Caesar Rentie, on becoming a United Methodist hospital chaplain. 

United Methodist chaplain played in NFL

DALLAS (UMNS) — The Rev. Caesar Rentie is certainly unusual as a hospital chaplain who played offensive tackle in the NFL. He’s also a CODA — a child of deaf adults — and grew up in poverty. Sam Hodges has the story of Rentie’s rise to become vice president for pastoral services at Dallas’ Methodist Health System.
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Summit addresses racism 

BALTIMORE — More than 100 people from across the Northeastern Jurisdiction came together to learn how to reimagine, redefine, reposition and, most importantly, respond to issues around race. Erik Alsgaard of the Baltimore-Washington Conference reports on the gathering. 
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Survey on missionaries

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — United Methodist Communications and Global Ministries are seeking United Methodist opinions on missionaries and their work. Your feedback will help shape programs and the way agencies communicate about missionaries. This survey should take about 10 minutes.
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Agency executive brings hearing help to Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Gil Hanke, the top executive of United Methodist Men and a longtime speech pathologist, made his 30th visit to Haiti to help people hear. Hanke, who is the founder of The Hope of Hearing, and three audiologists conducted hearing tests and fit 79 children with hearing aids. Rich Peck of United Methodist Men has the story. 
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No joke. Comedies about God can foster faith

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMC.org) — Hollywood treatments of the Almighty can actually lead to good conversations about how we see God and respond to his teachings, writes Christopher Fenoglio in a commentary.
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Looking ahead

Here are some of the activities ahead for United Methodists across the connection. If you have a United Methodist event to share, you can add it to the calendar with this submission form.

Wednesday. Nov. 1

Interfaith Leadership for the 21st Century — United Methodist Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta will host a lecture at 11 a.m. EST and a dinner workshop at 6:30 p.m. EST with Imam Abdullah Antepli on interfaith engagement. Antepli teaches at Duke Divinity School. The deadline to register is 3:15 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 25. Details

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