This Was Your Life Christian Track

I have this track when I was in college, I remembered once I shared it to my classmate and laugh at it. I do not remember who gave it to me but I like to share it anyway.

Christian Tracks- The Greatest Story Ever Told

Head of States that are Methodist

- James Knox Polk 11th U.S. President
- Ulysses S Grant 18th U.S. President
- Rutherford B. Hayes 19th U.S. President
- William McKinley 25th U.S. President
- George W. Bush 43rd U.S. President (convert from Episcopal Church)

- Boris Trajkovski President of Macedonia
- Chiang Ching-Kuo President of Taiwan (1978-88)
- Chiang Kai-Shek President of the Republic of Church (Taiwan)
- Abel Muzorewa former president of Zimbabwe (former Methodist bishop)
- Taufa'ahau Tupou IV King of Tonga
- Oliver Tambo President of South Africa (1969-91)
- Lester Bowles Pearson Prime Minister of Canada (1963-68)

- Alben W. Barkley U.S. Vice-President under Truman
- Hubert H. Humphrey U.S. Vice-President under L.B. Johnson
- Walter F. Mondale U.S. Vice-President under Carter
- Dick Cheney U.S. Vice-President under George W. Bush

- Hillary Clinton former First Lady with Pres. Bill Clinton

UMYF National Contest First Place Poem

This is a repost of the winning entry by Gerald Galindez, a poem about the realities, emotions of Christian youths. It garnered the first place in the first UMYF national poem contest.

Quiescent no more

Harvest first the master says
Famine stricken throat for days
Brought the end of farmers toil
Again United with his soil

Comfort of a market shade
Home of all the beggars frayed
Talking wounds on fleshless knees
That is what they meant of peace

Collecting broken dreams, a house
Of Harlots forced to work with sows
Make-up hides the swollen ducts
Client undresses and locks

Bustling cars of justice men
Does his job from ten to ten
Meets the youth to sell his drugs
remits to political rugs

Precious vault the greedy owns
Money in his blood and bones
Hunger knocks his shiny Ford
Mocks away the poor ignored

Peaceful yet it harrows you
If justice hides what should you do
For a youth that serves to God
Must you share our Jesus' blood

Blood of love and peace accords
Christian soldiers drop your swords
Wear the cleanest conscience robe
Start with you before the globe

Volunteers in Mission in SPMC, Kidapawan

Nine Volunteers in Mission from Chapelwood UMC, Houston, Texas arrived lately to repair the leaking roof of the SPMC administration building. They are Dave Luther, Chris Archer, Susan Patterson, Carleen Woods, Vicki Roussel, CJ Yeoman, Early Denison, Bob Lassalle & Doug Cheves. The American volunteers work for a week in the school changing the roof tiles and installing a wire fence around the school. They are happy and eager to share their knowledge and expertise in the work. After all, they have a background ranging from carpentry to administration, they also gave some woodwork toys to the children living near the school compound assisted by student volunteers. We are hoping that in the near future this teamwork between the school and the church wherever here or in abroad will be strengthened and revitalized.

Superman's Religious Affilation- Methodist

Superman is the archetypal costumed super-hero. He is clearly the most influential character in the comic book super-hero genre. The character was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster [often mis-spelled "Joe Schuster"], both of whom were Jewish. The character of Superman, however, has always been depicted as having been raised with a solidly Protestant upbringing by his adoptive Midwestern parents - Jonathan and Martha Kent. Of Clark's parents, Martha is the more devout churchgoer.

Clark Kent was raised as a Methodist. While growing up in Smallville, Kansas, Clark Kent attended Sunday church services at the local Methodist church with his mother, Martha Kent, every week until he was fourteen years old. These aspects of the character are not speculative, but are canonical - established by in-continuity published DC Comics. Action Comics #850 (August 2007), for example, identifies Methodism by name as the denomination that Clark Kent and his mother attended.

Jonathan also raised his adopted son with staunch Protestant values, but Jonathan has never been much of a churchgoer. Clark stopped attending church services when his super-hearing, X-ray vision and other super senses began developing. As Clark later told his wife, Lois Lane, he stopped attending services becaues he "knew too much about their lives -- their problems -- their lies... [he] was afraid" that he might lose his faith in people. So he decided to distance himself from such close-contact, frequent congregational worship and put his faith in "the best that humanity has to offer" (Action Comics #849, July 2007). As shown in a number of published comics, including Superman: A Man For All Seasons, the adult Clark Kent continued to visit and consult with the minister at his family church, even after he had begun his career as Superman. This does not mean, however, that the adult Superman attends weekly church services (he does not). If asked if he is a Methodist, the adult Superman would not answer "no," but he would defer answering such a pointedly denominational question by suggesting that he respects people of all faiths and backgrounds and considers himself a servant of all humanity.

As is often the case with a character or franchise of extraordinary longevity, Superman has been reconceived multiple times. Throughout all of his incarnations, Superman has maintained his rural Midwestern Protestant upbringing, although rarely have the words "Protestant" or "Christian" been explicitly attached to his background.

Superman is sometimes spoken of as being "Jewish." This may be an attempt to honor the fact that the writer and artist who created the character were Jewish. However, no textual support exists in any of the published comics, novels, films or TV series episodes to support the notion that the character of Superman is actually Jewish.