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22-24 Order of Deacon's Retreat - Bishop Hodges Pastoral Center,
Huttonsville

23-24 Lay Ministry Team Meeting

28-3 United Methodist Appalachian Ministry Network Assembly (themeis "Linking Hands Across Appalachia") - Bethany, WV
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CDs are here!

Relive - or hear for the first time - just how good the AU Choir sounded while on tour in the WV Conference this summer.  Blessed by the song features 10 tracks recorded live onstage at the Clay Center in Charleston.  CDs are $20 each, and include a donation to the Conference's AU Scholarship Fund goal.  Contact Andrea Holley in the Conference Center Office for more information and to order a disc.

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Check out the Conference's Fan Page on Facebook.  It's full of features meant to heighten the connection between United Methodists of the WV Annual Conference.  Click the Photos, Events, and Discussion tabs, and you'll see what we mean.  Become a fan today!

The e-news is now has a weekly publication date of Tuesday morning.  Deadline for submission of materials to be included is the Thursday before publication.  Please get materials for the October 27 edition of the e-news to us by this Thursday, October 23 @ noon.

BOOM Announces Redding Scholar
Frank Naglic (Northern Pocohantas Charge, Greenbrier District) is a first year student at Wesley Seminary in Washington D.C. He's also been named the 2009-10 Redding Scholar, which comes with a study stipend of $3000.00.  The award is given annually, and is the largest scholarship given by the Board of Ordained Ministry in the WV Annual Conference.  Congratulations, Frank!

Look for more on this story in the next edition of the WV United Methodist, out the week before Thanksgiving.

Go 3G at this year's Fall Workshop Nov. 20 - 22
CCYM Fall 09
Youth in grades 6 - 12 are invited to switch to the 'God Network' during this year's CCYM Fall Workshop at Cedar Lakes near Ripley. Brochure and registration information are now online, along with some handy postcards designed to help your church publicize the event.

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Attendance to Fall Workshop can help qualify high school student
s in the Conference for some outstanding scholarship opportunities at West Virginia Wesleyan College. Learn more about scholarships available to United Methodist students here.

WVUMC Vision LogoWorkable Evangelism Event

6 1/2 hours + $20 = a Workable Evangelism Plan.  Join us Saturday, November 14 from 9:30 - 4:00 at Broad Street UMC in Weston for a workshop featuring, Dr. Robert Pierson, author, UM pastor, and founder of Leadership Nexus.  Dr. Pierson will lead us through the basics outlined in his book, Needs-Based Evangelism: Becoming a Good Samaritan Church. 

He will help us understand hospitality and community-building ministries. This is a great event for an Evangelism Team to consider attending from a local church. Lunch and a copy of Dr. Pierson's book are included in the registration fee. We are delighted to be co-sponsoring this event with the WV Presbytery and look forward to seeing you there.
For more details, please click here.

Small Church Leadership Institute Event

Laity and pastors can learn how to lead their small attendance church into the future at this workshop at the Mount Sequoyah Conference Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The event is November 15-19, 2009 and costs $199 per person. This includes the program cost and 12 meals. Click here for a full brochure of the event.

Please note, this event qualifies for WV Conference Continuing Education Funds through the MEF. Lodging is available through the Mount Sequoyah Conference Center.

Please click here to download a registration form.

To register online, please click here.

Questions? E-mail JF Lacaria here.

hand washingH1N1 Resource

 "H1N1 Flu: A Guide for Community and Faith-Based Organizations" has been produced by the Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships at the U.S. Dept of Health & Human Services  The document covers a wide variety of topics that will assist you in providing the best information to people in your churches and other church-related organizations.

How can you help? Click here for perspective on dealing with H1N1 from Living Stones, the WV Conference blog.
"We believe health care is a basic human right"

(UM Social Principles, 162.V)

The General Board of Church and Society of the United Methodist Church has many resources for exploring UM values on issues like Health Care and the Environment.  Click here to read the Social Principles through the GBCS website.

More Resources:
Click here to read Bishop Lyght's thoughts on United Methodists and health care from his blog, The Lyght House.


Also, click here to read a blog entry from Living Stones, our Conference blog, on a health care debate in a United Methodist Church.

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