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Tips and Tactics for Vital Congregations
REACH OUT!
Uniting your church's efforts with community and corporate partners presents opportunities that will allow your church to expand its reach and do more with its resources. Keep your big ideas alive!
For tips and event resources for any size church, visit umcom.org. |
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West District News
March 5, 2013
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Annual Conference 2013
The Fifth Indiana Annual Conference Session will take place June 6-8, 2013 at the Indianapolis Convention Center.
Housing is now available! To make your reservations, please click this link to be taken to the housing site.
Please watch this newsletter, as well as the West District Website and Facebook Page for more details on Annual Conference. We will post as information becomes available.
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 Pastors and Lay Delegates to Annual Conference: The West District has been asked to provide ushers for the Friday morning worship service at Annual Conference this year. This will be the only time during Annual Conference we will be asked to serve. If you are willing to serve in this capacity or if you have questions please reply to Don Ransford at don.ransford@inumc.org. _____________________________________________________ 
The 2013 Indiana Annual Conference Session Implementation Team would like to again involve children in each of our Districts across the state by having them create greeting cards to welcome each member to the Annual Conference, June 6-8. This card project is also a way to teach our children about this important annual event in our conference and to hear their thoughts on our theme for this year - Transform the World: Be A World Changer. We are asking your cluster to help children in your churches create cards to welcome and to thank those who attend the session for their service for the church of Jesus Christ in Indiana. Their cards would reflect through their drawings and words their understanding of what it means to transform and change the world so that it will be a better place for people to live in God's eyes. The cards will be placed in the registration packets of those attending the conference session. Any extra cards will be distributed at events during the annual conference session. People were really touched by the cards they received last year. To make the cards, please use these guidelines: - Use full or half sheets of 8.5" x 11" card stock paper (any color)
- Drawings and words on the outside and inside would reflect the theme Transform the World: Be A World Changer
- On the front: Welcome to The 2013 Indiana Annual Conference
- On the inside: Thank you for serving plus any other messages that may be appropriate for the theme
- Sign with first name only, name of church and city.
Please mail or deliver the cards by Friday, May 10 to: Indiana Conference Center UMC c/o Ruth Ellen Needler 301 Pennsylvania Parkway, Suite 300 Indianapolis, IN 46280 Thank you for your ministry with God's children and for helping to make the people who take the time to attend this Annual Conference feel extra special and loved by others in the church. If you have questions, please contact karen.powell@inumc.org. |
Local Church Events Calendar
In an effort to keep this newsletter as concise as possible, we are listing local church events only on the district web site. To view these events, simply CLICK HERE, and you will be directed to it. If your church has an event you would like featured on this calendar, please e-mail the details to Katie Swisher at west.district@inumc.org.
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MARCH 9, 2013
9:00-10:00 AM - Registration, Photos w/ Bishop Mike,
Fun At The Main Stage
10:00AM-5:00PM - Program
Noblesville First UMC
2051 Monument St, Noblesville, IN 46060
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Regional Finance and Administration Training 
The Indiana Conference will hold a Regional Finance and Administration Training Event Saturday, March 23, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET at the Centenary United Methodist Church, 301 N 7th Street in Terre Haute.
This regional event for local church trustees, financial officers and administrators will feature an hour-long session featuring a keynote presentation by Scott Himsel of the law firm Faegre, Baker, Daniels about "Protecting Your Church's Ministry" plus five 50-minute breakout sessions for trustees, treasurers and church administrators. A second 50-minute breakout session will repeat four presentations so participants can go to a second presentation. Registration check-in opens at 9 a.m. with the first session beginning at 9:30 a.m. The event will end at 12:30 p.m. The cost of the event is $45 for each local church regardless of the number of participants attending. One person from your church needs to register the entire group. Registration deadline is March 11, 2013. This event is paid for in part by your Indiana Conference tithe.
To register for the event, click here
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Lent Events Throughout the District
If your cluster has a Lenten Series you would like listed, please send the information to Katie at west.district@inumc.org. Please include dates, locations and times for each event.
 Sullivan County Cluster's Lenten Service Schedule (All services begin at 7:00 PM) - 2/17/13 Kingsley UMC
- 2/24/13 Hymera Bethel
- 3/3/13 New Lebanon
- 3/10/13 Ebenezer
- 3/17/13 Merom
- 3/24/13 Pleasantville
Friday, March 22, 2013 - Seder Dinner at Sullivan First UMC - 6:00 PM
South Clay County Cluster Lenten Breakfast Schedule (All breakfasts begin at 7:30 AM) - 2/16/13 Mt. Calvary
- 2/23/13 Ashboro
- 3/2/13 Union
- 3/9/13 Prairie City
- 3/16/13 Clay City
- 3/23/13 Center Point
Ash Wednesday Service - 2/13/13 at Center Point 7:00 PM Good Friday Service - 3/29/13 at Mt. Calvary 7:30 PM
Greene County Cluster Lenten Service Schedule (All services begin at 6:00 PM and will be followed by light snacks and fellowship) - 2/17/13 Linton First
- 2/24/13 Newberry
- 3/3/13 Prairie Chapel
- 3/10/13 Folsom
- 3/17/13 Nine Mile
- 3/24/13 Jasonville
Willing Hands Cluster's Lenten Service Schedule
Lenten topic: Seven Last Words
- Father, forgive them / Luke 23,24 - February 17 - First UMC in West Terre Haute
- Today, you will be with me in paradise / Luke 23:43 - February 24 - Bethesda UMC in West Terre Haute
- Woman, behold your son / John 19:26-27 - March 3 - Bethlehem UMC in Universal
- My God, My God, why have you forsaken Me? / Matthew 27:46 - March 10 - BAUMC UMC in Terre Haute
- I thirst & It is finished / John 19:28, 19:30 - March 17 - Smith Park UMC in West Terre Haute
- Father, unto Your hands I commend My Spirit / Luke 23:46 - March 24 - Emmanuel UMC in West Terre Haute
Putnam County Cluster
The Putnam Co. cluster will have a Good Friday service at Brick Chapel UMC. The service will begin at 7:00pm. This service is open to everyone
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United Methodist Men National Gathering
 July 12-14, 2013
Belmont University - Nashville, TN Speakers for the event, held once every four years, include: Don Davis, former NFL football player now serving as regional director of the NFL Players Association; David Delk, president of Orlando, Fla.-based Man in the Mirror Ministries; Bishop Swanson, elected to the episcopacy in 2004 and appointed to the Holston Area prior to his recent move to the Mississippi Area; and the Rev. Shane Bishop, pastor of Christ United Methodist Church in Fairview Heights, Ill., a church that increased the number of members from 200 in 2009 to 1,000 in 2012. There will be 18 workshops for the national gathering. Participants will also engage in bagging 40,000 pounds of produce for Nashville area food banks, building hand carts for people in African nations who have lost the use of their legs; and preparing ingredients for dehydrated food packages for emergency situations. The theme of the event will be "From the Inside Out," words from a song performed on a CD "Into the Light" by Phil Stacey, one of the five finalists on season six of the American Idol television show. The Nashville public will be invited to his concert on Saturday evening. Price for the registration and meals at the three-day event was set at $239 for people who register before March 1 and $299 after that date. Housing costs vary. More details on this event can be found by clicking here. |
 An exciting new ministry event, and you are invited! The Lion and Lamb Festival is a community of hope gathering to share gifts, inspire authentic conversation, and passionately follow God in the world. It will gather August 31-September 1, 2013, at Praise Park, a property of Saint Joseph UMC in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Through art, music, and word, the festival will encourage attendees to reflect on issues of spirituality, faith, and justice in their everyday lives. 2013 festival keynote speakers include Rachel Held Evans and Bruce Reyes-Chow, and currently booked musicians include Andrew Peterson, Heatherlyn, John Tibbs, Amy Cox, and Elle/the Remnant. A joint effort of the INUMC Young Adult Ministry Team, the Social Advocacy Team, and Saint Joseph UMC, the festival is open to everyone of all ages. More information at www.lionandlambfestival.org. |
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CHUCK KNOWS CHURCH
A fun and informative weekly series about stuff in the church
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