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Glory Sightings: celebrating ministries around the conference
Problems can be opportunities. That's the philosophy
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The praise band plays during worship at Suncrest United Methodist Church March 10.
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Suncrest United Methodist Church in Morgantown, W.Va. has taken more than once over the course of the last few months. The result? More people in church.
Cross Lanes United Methodist Church
hosted a mission awareness and celebration event March 2. The idea to host the event began when church pastor, the Rev. Gary Nelson, saw an
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opportunity to lift up the missions ministries of the United Methodist Church.
The event featured missionaries and speakers from the General Board of Global Ministries. >>>Read more here.
Has God showed up in worship, through ministry, or in your daily life? Share your glory sighting by dropping us an email, and we will share it with the conference. You can also post them on our facebook page. If you tweet, we are using hashtags #GlorySighting and #wvumc.
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Bishop Steiner Ball on child poverty in West Virginia
In West Virginia, 1 in 4 children live below the poverty line. 56% of the state's children receive free or reduced lunch. How do people of faith respond? Through acts of charity and justice, writes Bishop Sandra Steiner Ball on pg. 4 of the West Virginia United Methodist. Bishop Steiner Ball spoke last month during Child Poverty Day at the West Virginia Legislature.
She also spoke during a West Virginia Legislature prayer breakfast at Christ Church United Methodist Feb. 26.
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Continuing Education opportunity for small church pastors
On April 6, Rev. Sharon L. Schwab will present how small churches can develop effective leadership, share the gospel with their community and develop a balanced faith community that nurtures its membership while still witnessing and reaching out to the un-churched. This continuing education opportunity will take place at United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio. Pastors are encouraged to bring lay leadership to this event and continuing education credits are available. Contact JF Lacaria if you are interested in utilizing conference continuing education funds.
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Coming Next week.... Imagine No Malaria resources and information, and tips for building digital community through social media. And look for information on Annual Conference in next week's issue. It will be here before we know it!
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