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5/September/2008 |
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Greetings!
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| SPECIAL DAYS |
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Connect to Community - 9/14
Strength for Today - 9/21
Poverty Sunday - 9/28
Festival of Sharing - 10/4
World Communion - 10/5
UM Student Day - 11/30 |
| LECTIONARY |
September 7, 2008
Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost (Green)
Exodus 12:1-14
Psalm 149:1 or Psalm 148 (UMH 861)
Romans 13:8-14
Matthew 18:15-20
Worship Planning Helps | |
 LOVE FIRST OFFERING NEARS MILESTONE The 2008 Love First Offering is less than $8,000 away from a total of $500,000 pledged and received! There's still time to add your church's gift to either Nothing But Nets or Southeast Asia and put us over the � million dollar mark. Visit our online tally to see the breakdown in pledges and gifts. Tally. |
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Communications has added some new blogs on the West Ohio website - please check them out and add your insights!
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OTTERBEIN TRAIL BLAZER
(First Annual Fall Benefit for Camp Otterbein)
Saturday, September 13, 2008 at Camp Otterbein, 15483 State Route 328, Logan, OH 43138. Contact Kirstin Shrom-Rhoads for more information at (740) 385-5712. To register, call West Ohio Camps (Amy Woods) at (614) 781-2630 or click here. | |
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INVEST IN YOUR CHURCH'S FUTURE
Regardless of the economic news du jour, now may be a good time to do some careful planning about what property to give to your church and when to give it. Some people are finding this an excellent time to use securities that have increased in value but yield little income to fund Charitable Gift Annuities. Read more in this month's issue of "Did You Know." Since 1978, nearly 4,000 gifts totaling over $11 million have been received through the West Ohio Council on Development for local churches like yours from people like you. Invest in your church's future. |
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EVENTS
- 2008 Columbus Crew Faith N' Family Night - September 6, 2008. Read more.
- Decyfer Down Headlines Fall Kickoff at Stonybrook UMC - September 14th from 3:00-7:30. Check out their official website at www.decyferdown.com. Call the church office at 614-471-0252 for more information.
- The Plain City UMC Christian Crafters will be having their FINAL sale on September 20th. All items to be sold are 1/2 off at 202 N. Chillicothe St., Plain City, OH.
- Liberation! - Equipping Christian Leaders to Abolish Modern Slavery, September 27, 2008, Methodist Theological School in Ohio. For information/registration visit: Liberation.
- SAVE THE DATE! Wesley Glen presents Bishop Spong on November 11, 2008, for the Harold B. Williams Memorial Symposium. Details will be coming soon.
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WORKSHOPS/CONFERENCES
- 18th Annual Ohio Professional Association of United Methodist Church Secretaries (PAUMCS) Conference, September 26 & 27, 2008, Coburn UMC, 3618 North Maple Avenue, Zanesville, OH 43701-1072. Brochure.
- Gammon Theological Seminary in Atlanta, GA, Quasquicentennial Founder's Day Celebrations and 69th Thirkield-Jones Lecture Series - "Remembering Who We Are: Seeking New Pathways" - OCTOBER 6-8, 2008. More.
- Mission and Evangelism Institute at MTSO addresses offering Christ in a multi-religious world - A builder of thriving congregations in the United States will join an award-winning Sri Lankan theologian and author as featured speakers at the seventh annual Mission and Evangelism Institute at Methodist Theological School in Ohio Oct. 12-14, 2008. Brochure.
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VOLUNTEERS IN MISSION
Mission Discovery provides the opportunity for youths to participate in different cultural settings where work study opportunities arise for them to see the connectional arm of their denomination and to work together with youths from the host country. They now have a group on Facebook. Visit Mission Discovery for more information.
Health Volunteers: Janet Auman has a hoyer lift to donate, if there is an UMVIM health volunteer or team out there that can use one. For more information, contact Janet at rjauman@sbcglobal.net. Please check in with the health blog at www.umvim4health.blogspot.com for other health team information. | |
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| West Ohio NewsNET is a weekly publication of the Connectional Ministries Office of the West Ohio Conference of The United Methodist Church, published on Mondays. Deadline for articles is Thursdays at 5pm. |
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