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February 2, 2006 Welcome! This is the conference’s weekly update to church leaders — lay and clergy — for things you probably need to know. Information to be shared must be submitted to Carolyn@ctcumc.org by 4 p.m. Wednesday in order to be e-mailed on Thursday. Articles should be as brief with active links to websites or contact persons for details. Use this information for announcements, in church newsletters and/or bulletins. The E-Link and the Central Link newspaper are posted on the conference website at www.ctxumc.org. Read them online or download and copy to share with others. To add a colleague or church member to E-Link’s weekly distribution, send their addresses to susan@ctcumc.org.
— Editor: Carolyn Stephens Carolyn@ctcumc.org.
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Near-Time Items
Events this weekend: Souper Bowl of Caring — People from all walks of life will be turning on their TVs and gathering around bowls of chips on Sunday, Feb. 5, to watch the big game. Others will also be giving from their hearts to help people in their community and the world to have food to eat. It's not too late to get involved in this year's Souper Bowl of Caring on Super Bowl Sunday. Young people are encouraged to raise support on Feb. 5 on behalf of those who face hunger every day of the year. Churches and youth groups are encouraged to donate a portion of the proceeds to a local charity and another portion to UMCOR Advance #982920, World Hunger/Poverty to share the bounty with the wider world. For more information visit the UMCOR Souper Bowl of Caring website at: http://gbgm-umc.org/umcor/hunger/souperbowl.stm
Multi-district “Singles Mingle” Feb. 4 — Join singles from UM churches in the Fort Worth, Mid- Cities and Waxahachie districts for a fun “Singles Mingle” event 7 to 10 p.m. Feb. 4 at Trinity UMC in Arlington. The Multi-District Singles Council is sponsoring this free event, emceed by Philip Rhodes, which includes faith, fellowship, friendship and food! Childcare is available with reservation by Jan. 31 (817-274-1435). For a complete calendar of upcoming singles’ events sponsored by area UM churches, contact Michael Anderson at mpacpatx@yahoo.com.
Trinity hosts support event for UTA Wesley Foundation Trinity UMC, Arlington (3321 W. Park Row, Arlington) will host a fajita dinner at 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12, to benefit the Wesley Foundation at the University of Texas at Arlington. Following the dinner, Trinity and McMillan UMC invite you to attend the Black History Month Worship Service at Trinity’s sanctuary. For more details, contact Trinity UMC at 817-274-1345 or Steve Brooks at wesfnuta@swbell.net.
“Cross Roads” Lent
devotions program
February previews offer
20% discount on VBS resources
Conference offering recipients (repeat) The deadline for submitting requests to be recipient of the 2006 Annual Conference Offering is Feb. 22. Requests must be sent to Dr. Doyle Allen, Mission Ministries Director, at 464 Bailey Ave., Fort Worth 76107 or doyle@ctcumc.org. Requests must include the name of the organization, address and phone, name of person submitting request, a brief description of the mission/ministry of the organization, and a brief yet specific paragraph how the funds will be used.
Musical Celebration of African American History Month Sunday St. Stephen UMC (1800 W Randol Mill Road, Arlington) will host the sixth annual ecumenical Musical Celebration of African American History Month at 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26. Choirs, trios, and instrumental groups will provide the music. The music will be followed by the usual fellowship meal that will include dishes from Africa, the Caribbean, and down-home southern cooking. Please join us and bring a friend. For more information you may contact the church at (817) 460-8655 or ssumc@sbcglobal.net.
Fort Worth District-wide worship service The Fort Worth District worship service will be held at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26, at First UMC Fort Worth. Bishop Woodie White will be guest preacher, and special music will be by the Choral Union of Fort Worth First, Arborlawn and Campus Drive UMCs.
Children’s Letters to God (repeat) Genesis UMC (7635 S. Hulen, Fort Worth 76133) will present the first showing in Texas of the production “Children’s Letters to God” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10; 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11: and again at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11. The production is based on the book by Stuart Hample, music by David Evans, and lyrics by Douglas J. Cohen. For tickets ($10), reservations and more details, contact the church at 817-292-4551 or 817-263-5424.
AUM Mardi Gras Auction/Dinner Mark your calendar now to attend Arlington Urban Ministries’ 3rd Annual Mardi Gras & Dinner at First UMC Arlington. This is the sole annual fundraiser for AUM, a Methodist mission that ties together all the Arlington Methodist churches. The date is Feb. 18 starting at 5 p.m. Tickets are limited and sold out last year, so get yours early! If you need tickets or want to donate an item for the silent or the live auction, please contact Sandra Fry at 817-861-8585.
Hispanic ministry
opportunity
Older Adults Valentine
Luncheon
(repeat)
Spanish Immersion
Weekend
(repeat)
Lay Speaker event in February (repeat) Training is planned for United Methodists who wish to become lay speakers and lay speakers who wish to fulfill renewal requirements. Lay Speakers who have not taken a basic or an advance course since February 2003 should sign up for one of the advanced courses. Basic and advanced courses will be available, all held at Glen Lake Camp & Retreat Center in Glen Rose. Applications can be attained through the district direct of lay speaker ministry or online at www.ctxumc.org. Friday, 2-24-06 — registration starts at 6 p.m. Saturday, 2-25-06 — all day instruction Sunday, 2-26-05 — check out by 1 p.m.
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News
General agency publications address health & wholeness Health and wholeness is a growing concern in the UMC and the world, encouraging the general agencies and some of their respective publications to give it special attention. In the first three months of this year, at least seven denominational publications are making space available to look at ministries of wellness. In an effort organized by Kathy Nobel, editor of Interpreter magazine, health issues will be addressed by Interpreter (UM Communications), Center Sage (Center of Aging and Older Adult Ministries, General Board of Discipleship), New World Outlook (General Board of Global Ministries), Response (UM Women), UMMen (General Commission on UM Men), and FaithLink (Cokesbury). Circuit Rider, a magazine of the UM Publishing House (which also publishes other interagency work) will address various health-related concerns such as the wellness of clergy, malaria, HIV/AIDS, and access to health care. All of these publications are available to read at the Conference Resource Center.
On the record “When Peter Storey, former Methodist bishop in South Africa, was called to moderate a church in crisis, he would come before the church with two books. In one hand he would hold the Bible; in the other, the Methodist Book of Discipline. ‘We can solve this crisis with either of these two books,’ he would say. Usually the congregation would choose the Discipline. Each side in the dispute thought its rights would be better honored by the church’s book of laws than by Scripture’s insistence on love of enemies and preference for repentance over claims of victory.” — From Editors of The Christian Century
RELIEF SUPPLIES: List of top supply needs (repeat) UMCOR's relief supply warehouse, the Sager Brown Depot in Baldwin, La., issued a new list of most needed relief supplies this week. The top need is not a standard kit, but specific cleaning items that are required to fulfill requests after 2005's many disasters. Relief supplies are requested in the following order: 1. Cleaning Supplies 2. Bedding Kits 3. Flood Buckets 4. School Bags 5. Layette Kits
For more information about specific supplies and shipping, please visit: http://gbgm-umc.org/umcor/05/sagerbrowntopneeds.cfm. Cash donations are also needed to cover the purchase of additional items and shipping costs. Please give to UMCOR Advance #901440, Material Resource Ministry, to help provide for additional expenses.
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FUSE celebrates Youth In Mission program CTCYM invites everyone in the Central Texas Conference to FUSE (potentially the largest single event the CTC has ever had) at 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday, June 4, at the Heart of Texas Coliseum in Waco. FUSE will be an opportunity for celebration, reunion, and worship energized by the Central Texas Conference Youth in Mission program. The two-time Dove Award winning band By the Tree (http://bythetree.com) will be there leading us in worship and celebration. If you have ever been on one of our CTCYM trips, or have supported those who have gone, put this event on your calendar now! Contact: CTCYM coordinator Rachel Giessen at Rachel@ctcumc.org.
Holy Conversations:
Leadership, Money, and Ministry
(repeat) • John Wimmer of the Lilly Endowment on the crucial importance of leaders capable of shaping diverse individuals into spiritually coherent communities. • Demographer Steve Murdock on painting a picture of the future population to be served. • Alban Institute senior consultants Alice Mann and Gil Rendle and Southwestern University president emeritus Roy Shilling on theoretical and practical ideas about strategic planning in churches and institutions.
•
Other sessions/workshops on effectively linking financial resources with
future plans.
One Great Hour of Sharing (repeat) One Great Hour of Sharing: As you plan your worship services for 2006, please consider including a special offering for UMCOR’s One Great Hour of Sharing on March 26th. UMCOR's everyday expenses are funded primarily by gifts to One Great Hour of Sharing (OGHS). Please give to OGHS during the annual offering in Lent or any other time of year. If you are not using the special offering envelop, be sure to mark on your check that your donation is for the OGHS. Go to the UMCOR website for information regarding why this offering is so important and how you can order free resources, including leaflets, coin banks, worship guides, DVDs, posters and magnets: http://gbgm-umc.org/umcor/oghs.stm.
Youth Choir Rally (repeat)
The Central Texas Conference Youth Choir
Rally, YOUTHSING, will be
held April 29-30 at the new
Granbury First UMC facility (301 Loop 567,
Granbury) and Glen Lake Camp. For a repertoire list please
contact Suzanne Cate at Acton UMC, 817-326-4242 or email
Suzanne@actonumc.org.
A registration brochure will be coming to your church soon from the
conference office. Mission message from Jennifer Coggins, director of humanitarian services (repeat)
Sager Brown Trip: The
conference will host a conference-wide mission trip to UMCOR Sager Brown
Depot this spring. We will work in the warehouse to assemble relief
kits that will be distributed across the globe. Date: April 20-23.
Cost: $150, plus one dinner out and meals on the road. Registration
deadline: March 23. Go to
http://www.ctxumc.org/DisasterResponse.asp
to download a registration form, and please pass it along to anyone who
may be interested. Space is limited, so get your registration in soon!
Sexual Harassment Misconduct Prevention Training (repeat) The next Central Texas Conference-sponsored Sexual Harassment Misconduct Prevention Training will be March 18 at St. Andrews UMC in Fort Worth at 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. It is recommended that clergy, local church staff, district office staff, church daycare/nursery workers, staff/parish relations committees, campus ministry staff and all volunteers should attend this workshop if you have not already completed the October training event.
This experience will help people define and understand sexual harassment and misconduct. The presenters will provide information that will help individuals be better aware of issues of power and misuse of power, and be able to identify unethical conduct/potential abusive situations within ministerial relationships. The cost is $25 for the workbook (at least one per five people is recommended) and $7.50 for lunch. If you have questions, please contact Susan Briles at 800-460-8622, 817-877-5222 or susan@ctcumc.org.
SCJ volunteer work at Mount Sequoyah – April 3-7 Mount Sequoyah invites South Central Jurisdiction volunteers to their work week and to enjoy the beauty of springtime at the jurisdictional retreat center. It is an important time of renewal and transformation. Your work will be to enhance the mission and beauty of Mount Sequoyah. Time will be spent repairing buildings, cleaning windows, sealing decks, or making the grounds beautiful. Your carpentry, drywall, maintenance, sewing, cleaning or painting skills will be put to good use. For more details, brochures and registration, visit the website at www.mountsequoyah.org or call 800-760-8126 or 479-443-4531.
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Resources
Free digital choir music downloads for Lent/Holy Week The General Board of Discipleship invites churches to save music budget money - use these for free! These resources are made possible by your generous support of the World Service Fund, by individual giving, and through the sale of Discipleship Resources/Upper Room books, magazines and other products.
"Jesu, Word of God Incarnate" (AVE VERUM) - Just added to the site! by Mozart http://www.gbod.org/worship/default.asp?act=reader&item_id=15723&loc_id=17,823
"Behold the Savior of Mankind" Words by Samuel Wesley (John & Charles' father) Music by Henry Purcell http://www.gbod.org/worship/default.asp?act=reader&item_id=10513&loc_id=17,897,745
"Christ, We Do All Adore Thee" by Dubois (from The Seven Last Words) http://www.gbod.org/worship/default.asp?act=reader&item_id=10212&loc_id=17,897,745
"Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God" Words from Psalm 51:10-13 Music by William Billings ("When Jesus Wept" 4-part canon) http://www.gbod.org/worship/default.asp?act=reader&item_id=10064&loc_id=17,897,745
"De Profundis: Out of the Depths" Words from Psalm 130 Music by Dean McIntyre http://www.gbod.org/worship/default.asp?act=reader&item_id=13828&loc_id=17,897,745
"God Is Our Refuge and Strength" Words from Psalm 46:1 Music by Mozart (his only English composition) http://www.gbod.org/worship/default.asp?act=reader&item_id=10300&loc_id=17,897,745
"God So Loved the World" Words from John 3:16-17 Music by John Stainer http://www.gbod.org/worship/default.asp?act=reader&item_id=6761&loc_id=17,897,745
"Hide Me Under the Shadow of Your Wings" by John Ebenezer West http://www.gbod.org/worship/default.asp?act=reader&item_id=10571&loc_id=17,897,745
"Jubilate Deo" (Opus 10) by Charles Villiers Stanford http://www.gbod.org/worship/default.asp?act=reader&item_id=12561&loc_id=17,897,745
"The Lord Bless You and Keep You" (with Amen) by Peter Lutkin http://www.gbod.org/worship/default.asp?act=reader&item_id=10188&loc_id=17,897,745
"Lord, For Thy Tender Mercy's Sake" (with optional string parts) by Richard Farrant http://www.gbod.org/worship/default.asp?act=reader&item_id=6735&loc_id=17,897,745
"Pax Dei" ("Remain With Us, O Peace of God") by C. Whitney Coombs http://www.gbod.org/worship/default.asp?act=reader&item_id=10189&loc_id=17,897,745
"Praise Ye, the Lord of Hosts" by Camille Saint-Saens http://www.gbod.org/worship/default.asp?act=reader&item_id=11233&loc_id=17,897,745
"When I Survey the Wondrous Cross" Words by Isaac Watts, Music by Christopher Hart http://www.gbod.org/worship/default.asp?act=reader&item_id=15041&loc_id=17,897,745
"With Oil and Ashes" by Daniel Craig http://www.gbod.org/worship/default.asp?act=reader&item_id=13381&loc_id=17,897,745
Contact: Dean McIntyre, director of Music Resources, 877-899-2780, ext 7073 http://www.umcworship.org Email Address: music@gbod.org
Scholarships available for ministry candidates (repeat) Scholarships are available for certified ministerial candidates in the Central Texas Conference attending seminary. The application is available on the Board of Ordained Ministry web site at www.ctcbom.org or can be requested by phoning 817-795-7120 or by e-mailing board@ctcbom.org. The application, with original signatures and a copy of a current transcript, are to be submitted to the Board of Ordained Ministry, P.O. Box 121407, Arlington, TX 76012, postmarked no later than March 1, 2006. Scholarships will be awarded at Annual Conference for the 2005-06 school year.
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— Looking Ahead — UMW’s School of Mission Planning Team — Feb. 4 Central Texas Methodist Foundation Clergy Council meeting — 10:30 a.m. Feb. 7 at St. Andrew’s UMC, Arlington “Children’s Letters to God” performances — Feb. 10 and 11 at Genesis UMC, Fort Worth Bridges of the Spirit-Hispanic Ministry Training Center — 5-6 p.m. Feb. 12 at Metropolitan Board Mission, Fort Worth Older Adults Valentine Luncheon — 11:30 a.m. Feb. 13 at First UMC Arlington Arlington Urban Ministries 3rd Annual Mardi Gras & Dinner — 5 p.m. Feb. 18 at First UMC Arlington Resurrection Woman: UMW Time Apart — March 24, 25, 26 at Round Rock Spanish Immersion Weekend — Feb. 24-25 at First UMC Burleson Conference Lay Speaker Annual Training Event — Feb. 24-26 at Glen Lake Camp, Glen Rose Conference Marriage Retreat — March 3-5 at Glen Lake Camp & Retreat Center UMCOR Disaster Response Training — March 4 Sexual Harassment Misconduct Prevention Training — March 18 at St. Andrews UMC, Fort Worth Spring Board of Ministry interviews — March 27-29, 2006 at Glen Lake Camp Conference Spring Leadership Summit — April 1 at Central UMC, Waco South Central Jurisdiction work week — April 3-7 at Mount Sequoyah, Fayetteville, Arkansas Sager Brown (Baldwin, LA) mission trip — April 20-23 Changing Lives Through Stewardship training — April 29 and 30 (two locations)
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Needs, Resources, Opportunities
NOTE TO LISTERS: Please contact Carolyn Stephens at Carolyn@ctcumc.org to pull your listing when your opening has been filled.
Choir Director
Florence UMC has an immediate opening for
choir director. For details, call or write the pastor Dean Coultas at:
Director of Children’s Ministries
There is an immediate opening for a
part-time director of children’s ministries that requires full-time love
for children in reaching out to children in the Christ UMC parish area
(3301 Sycamore School Road
There is an immediate opening for a Praise
Band leader for Christ UMC (3301 Sycamore School Road
Administrative Secretary
FUMC Colleyville seeks an administrative
secretary — full-time position (9 a.m. -5 p.m. Monday-Friday with
salary commensurate with experience. Must have excellent written and
oral communication skills with proficiency in MS Publisher, Word, and
Excel. E-mail resumes to
garykindley@aol.com. Pastor wants to split convention costs Tim Jarrell (Couts Memorial UMC, Weatherford) is attending the National Pastor's Convention in San Diego Feb. 22-25 and is looking for a conference attendee who would like to split the cost of lodging at the convention hotel. If interested, please email Tim at jtimothyj@sbgcglobal.net
Music Director Seeks Position Devoted Christian, passionate musician looking for a music director position in a loving church. I have extensive experience directing and performing choral, orchestra, band, small ensembles, and vocal performance. An excellent teacher, I work well with adults and youth, from beginners and novices to accomplished professional musicians. My large skill set allows me to be adept at choirs, orchestras, bands, jazz ensembles, contemporary ensembles and handbells. My 350+ arrangements and 30+ compositions are written for a wide range of ensembles and styles, ranging from contemporary worship to choral/orchestral traditional worship. Collateral skills include computer graphics and marketing/publicity. Contact Tom Burkett at 817-551-7187.
Organist FUMC Waxahachie has an immediate opening for a talented, dedicated organist. Opportunity to play a beautiful, brand new 44 rank Wicks (Opus 6428) pipe organ that was installed June 2005. See: http://organ.wicks.com/display_page.php?p=200&o=3&s=6428. Two Sunday services, 8:30 and 10:45 a.m. Approx. 30 miles from Fort Worth or Dallas - 50 from Waco. Please call 972-937-4400 or e-mail office@fumcwax.org for more info. Auditions are now being scheduled.
Praise Team Director FUMC Waxahachie is looking for an enthusiastic, spiritual and committed person to take its contemporary (blended) service and Praise Team to the next level. Experience with a/v a plus. The service is currently at 9:30 on Sunday morning in the Family Life Center. The church is within commuter distance of Fort Worth or Dallas. Please call 972-937-4400 or e-mail office@fumcwax.org for more info. Auditions are now being scheduled.
Youth Director
St. Paul United Methodist Church of Hurst
seeks a youth director. The position is 10-12 hours per week. Interested
persons may contact the church at 852 Bedford Euless Road, Hurst 76053,
or email
stpaulhu@airmail.net
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