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Please Join UCC in celebrating the groundbreaking of the new Polytechnic
Center on May 9th. Please distribute the attached invitation to all
the pastors and churches in your district so they may share in this wonderful
event! RSVP to the telephone number below or to Rhonda Nardini,
rnardini@unitedcommunitycenters.org Click HERE
for more information and HERE for map.
2008 Cooperative School of Christian Mission Click on Registration form and Study
Leaders information for the 2008 Cooperative School of Christian Mission.
Review the resource information on the CTC Website and/or order them prior
to the school at www.missionresourcecenter.org Information will be
in the Mission Ties coming out soon! Detail schedules for each school will
be mailed with your confirmations! Information is also available on the
CTC Website under Ministry Areas, United Methodist Women and the School
of Christian Mission. http://www.ctcumc.org/
Heritage Sunday is fast approaching! This special observance to commemorate our United Methodist Heritage will be celebrated on May 18. This year, Methodists will celebrate the 100th year of our Social Creed. To be in line with this great event, I have rewritten certain portions of my circuit rider monologue, "God's Cavalryman," to reflect our ministry to the oppressed and needy. Congregations will hear about our historical opposition to slavery and alcohol, as well as repeat the Rule of John Wesley. God's Cavalryman Your congregation will never forget Obadiah Ryder, "God's Cavalryman." A fourth-generation circuit rider, Obadiah will tramp into your church in authentic Western longcoat, hat, jingling spurs and saddlebags. This 30-minute monologue is packed with good humor, audience interaction, singing and real-life tales from the old frontier. Plus, your congregation will hear a 4-minute prerecorded narrative on the history of the Methodist circuit rider. Education and entertainment--all in one package! "I was really looking forward to God's Cavalryman, but I had no idea that it would so far exceed my expectations. Your gifts of drama and humor really amazed me as you delivered such an awe-inspiring and laughter-evoking message. I am still hearing comments around town about how great it was. And it just fit right in with our church's anniversary as well as Coleman's Sesquicentennial. I didn't want it to end!" Janette Miller, Youth Director, First UMC Coleman, Texas
Mount Sequoyah Conference Center "Ministry in Hard Places" Save the Date: June 18-21 Watch for Registration and Brochure to Follow Rev. Cecil Williams - Founder and Minister of Liberation of Glide Memorial United Methodist Church in San Francisco, CA. In his 40 years as pastor, Rev. Williams has created a church that practices diversity, spirituality, and compassion. As a minister, community leader, author, lecturer, and spokesperson for the poor and marginalized, he is respected and recognized as a national leader on the forefront of social change. Rev. Rudy Rasmus - Senior Pastor of St. Johns United Methodist Church in Houston, Tx. This ministry is founded and built on meeting needs with purity in purpose and presentation. They serve meals 7 days a week to the homelss community of downtown Houston as well as facilitate rehabilitation for substance abuse, offer temporary shelter, and social services.
(Workshops: "Lessons Learned" in Prison; Homeless; Community Development;
Immigration; and Rural Ministries)
Lay Leaders Workshop
Mount Sequoyah Conference and Retreat Center
A message from CTC IT director Tracy Dean: The conference will launch the new Dove database system soon. Sometime in the next few weeks you should be getting an e-mail from York Technologies welcoming you to the Dove System. Do not delete this e-mail! Please read it thoroughly and follow the instructions. There will be a training video and a request to log in and change your password. Once logged in, I encourage you to update your information on past appointments, birth date, etc. Once this system is fully operational, it will be the conference’s primary resource for contacting and information sharing. Hence, it is important that everyone use this system. Thank you for your support in bringing this great new system online. Reminder to Clergy & UMC Members: All clergy and lay persons are encouraged to fill in the talent bank form located on the conference website at www.ctcumc.org/talentbank. Janet Wood
We have set up a special "Prayers for Military Personnel" page on our web site to list military service personnel that you would like be included on prayer lists of churches in the Brownwood District and on personal prayer lists. Lists of any military service personnel from the family of your church are to be sent to the District Office so that they may be included in this page. Please include name of person, town they are from, and who the person they are most related to. The Prayers for Military page is found at: Each time you shop at Kroger, present the Kroger Care Card from Aldersgate
to your checker to "scan"the card. Once this is done, your purchase
amount is being recorded and a percentage of your purchase is refunded
back to Aldersgate. Cards are available at Aldersgate.
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