[Dialogue] From our local (Denver) U Methodist newsletter

[KarenBueno at aol.com]

Forty-Day Prayer for Campus Ministries Urged  
>From August 17th, 2009 the social network called  CollegeUnion.org is 
calling The United Methodist Church to 40 Days of Prayer for  our campus 
ministries.  "As millions of students pour back onto our  nation’s campuses," they 
say, "we will pour out our hearts to God to move anew  among our Wesley 
Foundations, United Methodist related colleges, and local  church ministries.  
Almost 1,200 people who heard their call to ministry  through a United 
Methodist campus ministry have joined a Facebook group (United  Methodist Campus 
Ministry – Raising Up Christian Leaders) and pledged to pray  for our mission 
to this generation of college students, staff, and  faculty.  On behalf of 
the women and men who serve on our nation’s campuses  – we invite you to 
join us in praying for God to do a new thing among our campus  ministries this 
fall.  Our goal is to lift up these vital ministries during  the 2009-2010 
school year, to witness to United Methodist campus ministries as  being vital 
centers of vocational calling, and to celebrate the new lay and  clergy 
ministers who will answer God’s call over the coming decades."   
Prayers have been written by people who are supportive of  campus ministry 
across the denomination including bishops, general board  officials, 
professors, administrators, and campus ministers themselves; many of  whom received 
their call to ministry through campus ministry.  The prayers  can be found 
at www.collegeunion.org/prayer.  A press release from the  General Board of 
Higher Education and Ministry can be found here: 
_http://www.gbhem.org/site/apps/nlnet/content3.aspx?c=lsKSL3POLvF&b=3527165&ct=7302721_ 
(http://www.gbhem.org/site/apps/nlnet/content3.aspx?c=lsKSL3POLvF&b=3527165&ct=7302721) 

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