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July 16, 2012 - Vol 5 Issue 94 |
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| North Central Jurisdictional Conference |  Starting this Wednesday, July 18, you can watch the North Central Jurisdictional Conference live streamed from the John S. Knight Convention Center in Akron. Click on the NCJ arrow logo to connect to the website, the live streaming and the schedule.
Here's the TwVite for the NCJ tweet-up that is scheduled for Wednesday night at the conclusion of session: NCJ TweetUP.
West Ohio Communications will post the news of our new West Ohio Bishop on Facebook as soon as the Episcopal assignments are announced Friday morning. An email announcement to West Ohio constituents will follow that evening.
For up to the minute updates during the next few days, "Like" our West Ohio Facebook page and Follow us on Twitter @westohioumc. |
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| Changes for United Methodist Women |  On May 1, the 2012 General Conference approved legislation to separate United Methodist Women and its administrative body, the Women's Division, from the General Board of Global Ministries (GBGM), to which it had been related for decades. The move to independence is a nod to denominational pioneers - women who ran their own foreign and home missionary societies, dating as far back as 1869, until those groups became part of larger mission boards, says Barbara Campbell, a retired Women's Division executive and de facto UMW historian. [more] |
| United Methodist c0ngregations called to serve those who served |
 The last American troops left Baghdad on December 18, 2011, marking the end of the nearly nine-year war in Iraq. Now those who served, their families and the religious professionals who cared for them are returning and in need of spiritual care from their religious homes as well. The United Methodist Endorsing Agency, the denomination's chaplain agency, offers ways for congregations to reach out to deployed and returning service members and their families. [more] |
| Two die in Ukraine roof collapse |
 A United Methodist volunteer from Texas and a Ukrainian student were killed July 10 and a missionary seriously injured when a building's roof collapsed in L'viv, Ukraine. A mission team representing members of both First UMC in Sugar Land, TX, and Lakewood UMC, Houston, were making the repairs to a church-related facility when the fatal accident happened. The mission work in the Ukraine, an outgrowth of student ministry, is part of the United Methodist Russia Initiative.
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| Your source for communication tips and tools | |
 United Methodist Communications has resources and a monthly newsletter to help local churches with various topics ranging from Outreach, Worship, Websites and Social Issues. Examples from the July newsletter issue include:
- Let's talk audio and video in PowerPoint
- Dos and don'ts for welcoming visitors without smothering
- Pastoral care tips: Avoid overlooking people in need
- 5 Tips for shooting compelling video
- Helping kids express faith through art
- How user friendly is your website?
Click here to read more and/or subscribe. |
| Pinterest-ing churches |  The number of U.S. adults using social networking sites has nearly doubled since 2008, according to the Pew Research Center. Of those surveyed in late 2010 through the center's Internet and American Life Project, 79 percent said they use the Internet and nearly half said they use at least one social networking site. Interpreter magazine reports that some United Methodist churches now are adding Pinterest to their lists. [more] |
| Nine languages, 150 interpreters, one message | |
 The United Methodist Church has members all over the world. When delegates meet every four years for the denomination's General Conference, business is conducted in English and translated into eight more languages. General Conference 2012
saw the largest-ever number of delegates from outside the United States. Putting them on a level playing field, language-wise, was a daunting challenge that required a team of 150 interpreters juggling nine languages. See how it was done and post a comment.
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| Churches offer relief from summer of 2012 |  This summer's weather is bringing out the better angels of United Methodists, who are pitching in to provide everything from meals to air-conditioned refuges for stranded campers and displaced evacuees. United Methodists are helping neighbors cope with fire, rain and floods, strong winds and a blistering heat wave as the summer of 2012 continues to cause misery. Here is some of what people have done to help others. |
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Looking Ahead:
July 24-25...Laos Consultation, Linworth UMC, Columbus, General Board of Global Ministries Laos Mission Consultation and Roundtable for partner churches. Information contact Rev. Dee Stickley-Miner or Rev. Rae Lynn Schleif.
July 30... "Festival of Wisdom and Grace", Lake Junaluska, NC; retired United Methodist Bishop William Wesley Morris will talk at this event for older adults about going from transition to transformation. |
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