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WEST DISTRICT CENTER
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NEW MAILING ADDRESS:
704 S. State Road 135
Suite D379
Greenwood, IN 46143
1-877-781-6716
Preferred Telephone Hours:
Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
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Rev. John Groves
Superintendent
765-51-UMC-DS
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West District News
May 14, 2013
The West District Center has been having difficulties with our telephone system for a few days. I apologize for any inconvenience this has caused. Cincinnati Bell is working on resolving the issue. Please try to use e-mail or mobile phone to connect with the West District Staff until we can get this problem resolved. Thanks! Katie
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District Furniture for Sale 
The West District Office is going virtual, so we have furniture to sell! Please click here to view the items for sale, and contact Katie Swisher if you have questions or would like to purchase one of the items. |
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.
Thank you to all who answered Don Ransford's call for usher volunteers!
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Churches invited to provide activities at Family Fun Night on Monument Circle June 7
INDIANAPOLIS - The Indiana Conference Session planning team is seeking the assistance of Indiana United Methodist churches to host kids games, crafts, entertainment and/or provide food for our Second Annual Family Fun Night on Monument Circle. Set up for the event will be Friday, June 7 beginning at 3:30 p.m. The Family Fun Night at Monument Circle will run from 5 to 7 p.m. For more information, answers to your questions or to explore an idea, contact Helene Foust, Associate Director of Student Ministries, at the Indiana Conference Center at 317-564-3253 or by e-mail at helene.foust@inumc.org.
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Conference Seeks Creative Social Media Communicator for Mission and Social Advocacy
INDIANAPOLIS - Wanted - A creative social media communicator with artistic skills who is passionate about Christians living a life engaged in mission and social advocacy causes. The Indiana Conference of The United Methodist Church has an opening for an Associate Director of Missions and Advocacy to work in a team environment promoting growth in these areas of service and giving. This position is part time (20 to 25 hours per week) and requires being in the Indianapolis office one day a week, with flexible scheduling on other days. Travel around the state is required for speaking engagements and leadership training. Salary is negotiable, and dependent on experience and technical ability. This position also is open to lay people. Preference will be given to United Methodists with experience and knowledge of denominational mission and advocacy work. Indiana Conference UMC is an equal opportunity employer. A complete job description is available online here. An online application is available here. Applicants, please email a cover letter, completed application and resume with references to human.resources@inumc.org on or before noon Monday, May 13.
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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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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 $199 for people who register before June 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. |
West District Operation Classroom News
The next Operation Classroom Packing Day is scheduled for Thursday, October 3rd at 8:30 AM at Breden Memorial UMC in Terre Haute. There will be no Operation Classroom Packing Day this spring.
Operation Classroom gets no financial support for the General Board of Global Ministries - we get no financial support from any other mission agency. Every nickel that we receive has to be raised from local churches and individuals.
In the past, the shipping operation has often operated "in the red" - that is, people who provided materials to be shipped to West Africa DID NOT provide the funds to ship it there. We simply aren't in a position to do that any longer. Please see the policies listed below related to shipping (copied from off of our web-site.) If our churches and individuals in Indiana (and elsewhere) aren't willing to provide the funding, then sooner rather than later the shipping program will cease to be a part of OCI. It costs us about $10,000.00 each time we ship a container to West Africa - and that doesn't include the warehousing and receiving costs here in Indiana.
Shipping Costs
Listed below is the schedule of MANDATORY contributions for shipping. We're sorry, but if material shows up at the warehouse or at in-gatherings without arrangements having been made to cover these costs, IT WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED for shipment.
· Box 12x12x12= $10
· Box up to 12x12x18 -$15
· Box over 12x12x18 up to 18x18x18 =$ 20
· Over 18x18x18 to a computer sized box = $ 30
· Computer sized box = $ 40
The donation for the shipping costs is the responsibility of the local church or individual who donates or secures the items, unless you or your district has made other arrangements. These charges cover:
· The leasing and of the container
· Clearing customs
· Freight forwarding (Truck and Ocean-going vessel)
· Customs clearing in-country
Make checks payable to OPERATION CLASSROOM. Shipping costs are tax deductible.
If shipping costs are sent through the conference to GBGM in New York, use the advance number: Africa Operation Classroom: 12922Y
If you have questions, contact John Barker (765.346.0979) or Bob Coolman at
219-464-8055 (O) 219-464-2702 (H) 219-405-5821 (C). |
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