The Leadership Training Day is set for Saturday, February 2, from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm at the Grove City UMC 2650 Columbus St., Grove City 43123.  

Schedule:

8:30 am Gathering     10:45 am Break

9:00 am Opening        11:00 Session Two

9:15 am Session One   12:30 Close

Workshop Sessions

The following workshops will be offered to equip clergy and lay leaders.  Each participant should select one workshop from Session 1 and one from Session 2.

Session 1 (9:15 am to 10:45 am)

Biblical Story Telling -- Rev. John Keeny & Linda Middelberg

Board of Trustees: Properties Matters and More -- Mr. Phil Waid

Bringers and Includers -- Ms. RaNae Street

Intro and Updates to MissionInsite: Getting to Know Your Community -- Rev. Jim Waugh

Launching and Developing Small Groups in Your Church -- Rev. Bill Lyle $ Rev. Seth Oiler

Lay Servant Ministries -- Mr. Mike Fogle & Mrs. Joe Ann Mitchell

Making Use of Social Media -- Rev. Dan Metzger

Staff/Pastor-Parish Relations Committee -- Rev. Marcus Atha & Rev. Barb Sholis

Session 2 (11:00 am to 12:30 pm)

Agreeing and Disagreeing in Love -- Rev. John Wallace

Assest Based Community Development -- Ms. Donita Harris

Certified Lay Ministry -- Ms. Kim LaRue

Cultivating Positive and Productive Staff -- Dr. Randy Stearns

Hospice: Methodist Eldercare -- Rev. Elaine Sturtz

Signs of Vitality in the Small Membership Church -- Rev. Roger Grace

The Work of the Finance Committee/Treasurer -- Ms. Ginny Shimrock

UM101 for Church Secretaries/Admin Assistants -- Mrs. Jill Phillip & Mrs. Carol Wilson

Click HERE to register for the Leadership Training Day. (Registration Deadline is January 26!)

Click HERE to download a bulletin insert/brochure for the Leadership Training Day.

In this article, Jim takes a look at some of the changes in the new Discipline that are included in the local church administration and local church trustees sections of the rulebook.  In addition, he reviews the various electronic versions of The Book of Discipline that are available through Cokesbury and Amazon.

Click HERE to read Jim's article.

"Preaching the Great Fifty Days" is a public, day-long workshop to run from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. February 15 that will focus on the Gospel lessons for the Season of Easter, beginning with the Easter Vigil and concluding with Pentecost Sunday.  These lessons are from the gospels of Luke and John.  United's Professor of Homiletics and Worship, Dr. Richard Eslinger, is the instructor.

"Preaching the Great Fifty Days," which is sponsored by the Center for Worship, Preaching and the Arts, will be held in the Pohly Meeting Room at United's campus at 4501 Denlinger Road, Trotwood. The event costs $50 plus $10 for CEU.  To register, please visit United's website at  www.united.edu.  For more information, contact Georgia Alexander or Dr. Richard Eslinger by emailing CWPA@united.edu or by calling 937.529.2201

UNDERSTANDING OURSELVES & OTHERS and

CHURCH CONFLICT MANAGEMENT & DISPUTE RESOLUTION

Learn, in a one day setting, our preferences of interacting with each other plus tools for living into a healthy church model.  In the morning, an assessment will be administered discovering our styles in which we view and operate in the world.  You will learn the strengths and weakness of your style and how to communicate more effectively with those of differing styles, understanding their tendencies.  During the afternoon session, Gene Brundige will introduce the various types of church conflict; applying those to situations the participants have experienced, then move toward strategies to deal with the various conflicted situations.  This will be interactive.

Date: Saturday, March 16, 2013 - 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Host Location:

Waterford UMC

20595 Waterford Rd.

Fredericktown, OH 43019 - completely handicapped assessable

740-694-9862  

Registration/Brochure: Available by clicking HERE

For more information contact: Debbie Ketcham at revdsk@frontier.com  or 614-580-2382.  Registration deadline and payment is due to Debbie Ketcham by March 8. 

Cost: $25.00 for one; $20.00 each for two; $15.00 each for three or more from the same church/charge.  This includes the assessment tool, meals, snacks, and hand-outs. 

CEU's: .05

Recommended for: Clergy and Lay PPRC & Church Council members

Sponsored by: Town and Rural Resource Program (TARRP) of West & East Ohio Conferences.  This session is right over the border of East & West Ohio Conferences so all churches may have easy access.

Young adults may now apply for the 2013 class of Mission Interns and US-2s. Feb. 15 is the deadline to submit application materials for these long-term mission assignments through the United Methodist General Board of Global Ministries.

Mission Interns will now commit to 25 months of service that include 20 months of international service, followed by two and a half months of integration and interpretation in their home country.  US-2s will continue to commit to two years of service in the United States.

Young adults are encouraged prayerfully to consider applying for these programs if they:

• are between the ages of 20 and 30,
• have a bachelor's degree or equivalent life experience,
• feel called to address the root causes of injustice,
• are open to new settings and new perspectives,
• want hands-on experience living in Christian community, and
• feel called to serve with, not to or for others.

Organizations interested in being a placement site are encouraged to apply before March 24.

The full press release includes program details and is available on the Global Ministries website www.umcmission.org.

Our prayers are with the family of the Rev. Ed Cherryholmes.  Ed died on Thursday, January 17.  A local memorial service will be held on Saturday, January 26 at 1pm at Amlin United Methodist Church 5441 Cosgray Road, Dublin, OH. 

Our prayers are also with the Rev. Roger Grace (Assistant to the Superintendent in the Capitol Area North District) in the death of his father the Rev. Joseph Grace.