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E-News Schedule Announcement
The e-news continues to grow!  Over 100 new subscribers have been added since the Communications Team went to the new format.  As a result, we are getting more story submissions.  The system for submission to the e-news follows below as a way to manage content requests:

Beginning next week, the e-news will be published every Tuesday morning.  The deadline for submitting materials for consideration/inclusion will be the Thursday before publication.  Please submit your material for the September 15 issue of the e-news by noon this Thursday, September 10.

Please contact Laura Allen or Adam Cunningham with your submissions.
Laura's phone: 800-788-3746; ext. 22
Adam's phone: 800-788-3746; ext. 28
Christian Education Sunday Resources
This Sunday, September 13, is Christian Education Sunday. You are invited to celebrate Christian Education Week any time this Fall. 

Many churches take a Christian Education Sunday offering on Children's Sabbath (October 11, 2009).  Please order envelopes for the Christian Education Sunday Offering by emailing Andrea Holley, or by calling her at 800-788-3746 ext. 24.  Denominational resources, including logos and interpretive materials, are available through the General Board of Discipleship.

The WV Conference bulletin insert is also available for download here.
Fall Events

Note the following deadlines/events in the coming weeks:

UMM Annual Gathering: 9/11 - 13 [Registration Form] The United Methodist Men Fall Gathering is this weekend, but they will welcome anyone who shows up to register.

Minister's Mates Fellowship: 9-18-20, John XXIII - Charleston, WV [Registration Form]

Pastor's School at Cedar Lakes: 9/29 - 10/1 [Registration Form]

UMW Fall Meeting 10/9 - 10, Wayside UMC, Vienna [Information & Registration Form]

The Fall Edition of the Conference Newspaper, the West Virginia United Methodist, will be in mailboxes in the next week or so.  The electronic version will be online next week. 

You can view the complete conference calendar here, if you have a date to be added, please e-mail Chris Ridgway at the Conference Center.
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Please consider using this bulletin insert in your church to promote the upcoming UMW event.


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