Posted on 12/02/2004 9:06:12 AM PST by mbarker12474
From me to Bishop Charlene Kammerer, presiding bishop over the Virginia Conference, United Methodist Church, 19 November 2004:
Bishop Kammerer,
Considering the increasing revelations of U.N. complicity in the Oil for Food scandal, and that money intended for Iraqi civil and humanitarian purposes has gone instead to reward the families of Palestinian terrorists, and the closely aligned activities and sympathies of U.N. and GBCS officers, what, if anything, do you propose be done to assure Virginia and General Methodists that all Conference and General BCS activities have been free from the OFF scandal?
Mike Barker Trinity UMC, King George VA
And Bishop Kammerer's response, 24 November:
Mr. Barker,
I received your e-mail in regard to the questions around Oil for Food program in Iraq through the UN. These questions, along with many, many others of humanitarian relief groups in war-torn countries, are appropriate to ask. However, it is not my responsibility to speak for the General Board of Church and Society, or any other Board, Agency, or Commission of our United Methodist Church. They are accountable to the General Conference. The Council of Bishops is also accountable to the General Conference.
My personal hope and prayer is that the desperate need for relief agencies to get into Iraq may be addressed. With ongoing security concerns, the malnutrition of children and the health of Iraqis in general, has plummeted to a new low. Children are always the first victim of war. I am pleased that many ongoing efforts through our denomination are responding to the basic needs for shelter, health, and food for Iraqi citizens.
Charlene P. Kammerer
...to which I say, "Amen!"
Dear Prov3456,
Wish I had seen this before but I've been out of town the past three+ days working an Emmaus Walk.
You remind me of ... me. Have we met? I'm in the North Texas Conference.
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