3&'-&$5*0/4 "/&%*5*0/0'5)&6/*5&%.&5)0%*453&1035&35 ) & 6 / * 5 &.%& 5 01&354*%0) 3 &5 3 Two Sections—Section A | 063000 | Volume 159 Number 26 | October 26, 2012 Our New Bishop is Installed and Celebrated An uplifting Installation Service for Bishop Jung was held at First UMC in Wausau on Sept. 23. Leaders and church members from across Wisconsin, as well as family and friends of the Bishop, came to welcome him back to our Con- ference as our leader and listen to his humble words of inspiration. “It is my great privilege and honor to be installed today as a servant leader in the Wisconsin Conference,” he said. In his sermon, Bishop Jung spoke of God’s living waters: a river “so amazing and deep and wide, and includes all people, without negation and without rejec- tion.” He talked about his vision for the Church, one which celebrates diversity without hesitation, and focuses on bringing new members in all the time. As a sign of his servant leadership, Bishop performed a feet washing cere- mony by washing the feet of Conference Lay Leader Deanna Shimko before com- munion. “In that moment, I was so honored and humbled,” Shimko said. “It truly shows how dedicated our new Bishop is and how lucky we are to have him here.” The service, which more than 200 people attended, demonstrated an out- ABOVE: Conference leaders and Bishop Jung celebrate his ABOVE: Bishop Jung performed a pouring of support for Bishop Jung, including special guests such as a choir from Installation Service. BELOW: More than 200 people attended Bishop ceremonial feet washing with the Korean United Methodist Community of Faith, the Combined Choirs of Cir- Jung’s Installation Service. Wisconsin Conference Lay Leader cuit 9, and a dismissal by retired Bishop Donald Ott, who expressed his gratitude Deanna Shimko during his to have Bishop Jung as a new leader. Installation Service. BELOW: The “Are we blessed or what?” Bishop Ott said. “Bishop Jung, thank you, thank Metros Region celebrated Bishop you, for submitting yourself to Jesus Christ, for offering yourself in the ministries Jung’s visit with food and cake. as a Bishop, and for being here with us. We are so grateful.” Bishop Jung has also been participating in six Welcoming Celebrations being held in the regions across the state. Each celebration has featured worship, fel- lowship, food and a time for Bishop Jung to share his vision for the future as he begins his service as a Bishop in Wisconsin. He explained that he wants Wiscon- sin to focus on three things: celebrating God’s abundance, not scarcity; creating an atmosphere of inclusivity for all people; and recruitment of new disciples ver- sus retention. Reflections on Shared Offerings in Wisconsin By Bishop Hee-Soo Jung our apportionments, we witness to Christ’s ministry through our We will be strong in our love of God. Our United Methodist I believe in the future of the Wisconsin Annual, Jurisdictional and General Conferences. God is calling Church is faithful to God’s movement in the world. We take the Conference! Never has the world been so in us to reach out to those who are the least, the lost and the last bold step to bring God’s love and justice for all creation. need of the gifts that we United Methodists in the world. We focus on four areas of ministry, and are excited that we bring! Never has Wisconsin so needed our It’s a common question raised by many a congregant to his or have been called to be part of God’s work in this world! I prayer- ministry! Other denominations emphasize her pastor: “Why do we pay apportionments?” Paying the utilities fully invite Wisconsin to again celebrate 100 percent giving to either evangelism or social justice, but we bill makes sense to everyone; providing funds for outreach through the General Church. Through our giving, we can extend our sup- have learned from John Wesley to unite these the Conference and denomination is too abstract in the minds of port for The United Methodist Church’s bold vision by: a) develop- two! many who have not been exposed to the wonderful things The ing principled Christian leaders, b) creating new churches and United Methodist Church is doing around the world! Unfortunately, renewing existing ones, c) engaging in ministries with the poor Your Giving Makes an Impact in Your Bishop Hee-Soo many United Methodists don’t know the impact they are making and d) stamping out the killer diseases of poverty by improving Community and Beyond Jung through apportionments. We call upon congregational leaders to global health. As a Bishop, I have been privileged to travel to many other spread the good news of what The United Methodist Church is Henri Nouwen speaks of gratitude as basic to the Christian states, as well as to the less developed world. I have been amazed at doing around the world! We can be proud to be United Methodists! faith: “Gratitude flows from the recognition that who we are and the work being done in our name as United Methodists. God’s peo- Dozens of congregations give more than 100 percent. They do so what we have are gifts to be received and shared. Gratitude re- ple are being served; and justice in the street is made possible by because they are grateful to harvest God’s blessings. With grateful leases us from the bonds of obligations and prepares us to offer the giving we call “apportionment”! I dislike the term “apportion- hearts, they help relieve the hardship of sister churches. ourselves freely and fully for the work of the Kingdom.” ment” since it speaks more of duty than opportunity, but we’re stuck with the terminology. Here in Wisconsin, we prefer the term Together We Can Transform the World We Need to Make Giving a Priority “Shared Offering.” In reality, it is giving for the outreach of congre- As a servant leader, I celebrate the abundance in God and the I invite each congregation and its leaders to make apportion- gations well beyond the communities in which each is located. Even strengthening of mutual trust between congregations and Confer- ment giving a priority! Let us generate together the story of trans- though some congregations may not think of themselves as having ence leadership. I am called to guide our ministry to be vitally formation! Through pulpits, small groups and Church leaders’ an impact in their community, they can know that they are making relevant to the needs of the world. I commit to working with you gatherings, let us live out our common mission to reach out to the a difference in the world through their apportionment giving. to grow the realm of God and to transform the world through world! Let us extend our best to fulfill giving goals! We are connec- I appreciate each congregation’s dedication to giving and to sup- the power of the Gospel. I am with you in sharing the joy of harvest tional people and it is our pride as United Methodists. May God be porting Christ’s mission in the spirit of the Great Commission. With in your life and ministry wherever you are. glorified! The United Methodist Reporter (USPS 954-500) is published weekly by UMR Communications, 1221 Profit Drive, Dallas, Texas 75247-3919. Periodicals postage paid at Dallas, Texas and additional mailing offices. Postmaster: Send address changes to The United Methodist Reporter. PO Box 660275, Dallas Texas 75266-0275. THE UNITED METHODIST REPORTER October 26, 2012 GOOD WORKS United Methodist up for CNN Hero award Emory film confronts history of anti-Semitism B Y SUSAN G REEN United Methodist-related Special Contributor Emory University confronted BOCA RATON, Fla.—When Con- its history of past anti-Semi- nie Siskowski began caring for her ail- tism on Oct. 10 with the showing of a university-com- ing grandfather, she was still in grade missioned documentary From school in Nutley, N.J. Silence to Recognition. From At age 13, she rose early one morn- 1948 to 1961, Jewish stu- ing to give her grandfather medica- dents in Emory’s dental tion and discovered he was no longer school were failed or forced breathing. to repeat courses at a rate “That was really traumatic,” she disproportionate to their num- said. “It had more of an emotional im- bers. At the public viewing of pact than anyone knew about at that the film, the university stated time.” its regret for the dental She thought she was alone in her school’s history and for the experience, and so she dealt with the long period during which it loss in silence. went unacknowledged, ac- “You don’t talk about it,” she said. cording to Gary Hauk, vice president and deputy to the “You just stuff that because there isn’t president of Emory. Today, the anyone to talk to about it.” university’s student body is Now, more than 50 years later, as roughly 20 percent Jewish, founder of the nonprofit American according to Dr. Hauk, and its Association of Caregiving Youth faculty includes prominent (AACY), she knows how not-alone Jewish scholars like the Holo- young caregivers are. At the start of caust historian Deborah Lip- every school year, she wades through stadt. The dental school hundreds of applications that detail PHOTO COURTESY OF CNN closed in the early 1990s due the struggles of kids caring for kids or Connie Siskowski surveys incoming sixth-graders in Florida’s Palm Beach County to try to help young to a decline in enrollment.