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Written: 7/2/2009 10:50:35 AM
The United Methodist Church is taking its Rethink Church advertising and welcoming campaign to one of the world’s most trafficked locales – New York City’s iconic Times Square. Starting July 1, the church will air spots on the CBS “Super Screen,” a full motion, 2...
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Written: 6/29/2009 7:24:51 PM
Bishop Marcus Matthews has named the Rev. Deborah O’Connor-Slater to the newly-created position Director of Transitional Ministries (DTM) of the New York West Area, effective July 1. The two-year position was created to support both the New Conference Transition Team and Connectional Table dur...
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Written: 6/24/2009 5:57:35 PM
By Evie Doyon I am confident of this, that the one who began a good work among you will bring it to completion by the day of Jesus Christ. Philippians 1:6 NSRV I recently discovered a seed packet near some mail on the kitchen table. “Forget-Me-Not” printed on a colorful pictu...
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Written: 6/24/2009
Each September, United Methodist congregations are encouraged to celebrate United Methodist Open House Month. This special time reinforces the promise of Open Hearts, Open Minds and Open Doors made by the national advertising messages airing in September, and calls us to intentionally look at a...
Vermont congregation serves community with a variety of ministries
Written: 6/24/2009
By Cynthia Lovely
If you ask a member of Hedding United Methodist Church for information about their outreach efforts, be prepared to listen for awhile. They are unable to give you a brief description because they have a long list of impressive programs, they are genuinely excited about what God is...
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Written: 6/24/2009
By Sandra Brands As a child, Katie Taylor spent summers at Covenant Hills Camp near Cabot, Vt. As a teen, she was a Counselor-in-Training (CIT). Eventually, she became a counselor, then the volunteer director of the camp as well as a supervisor for the counselors. This summer, Taylor will be the S...
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Written: 6/24/2009
New England Annual Conference members welcomed Vermont members of Troy Conference at it's Friday session on June 20 and celebrated the future when Vermont will become part of the New England Conference next year. Among the Vermonters attending Friday's session were Embury District Superintendent Ja...
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Written: 6/3/2009
By Linda Green, UMNS The news that the United Methodist conferences in the U.S. would not receive their yearly allocation of “Cokesbury” checks has been a wakeup call this summer. A financial shortfall at the United Methodist Publishing House meant that 62 annua...
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Written: 5/20/2009 8:15:08 PM
By Linda Green| United Methodist News Service Mario Ramirez of El Salvador comes daily to a trailer on a parking lot in this Washington, D.C., suburb looking for work as a gardener or general day laborer. On May 5, some 15 United Methodist bishops visited the ministry site, called Casa de...
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Written: 5/15/2009 12:53:47 PM
Bishop Peter Weaver of the Boston Episcopal Area released the following statement on Friday, May 15: God is doing a marvelous new creation as the United Methodist people of Vermont and the New England Conference come together to serve Christ throughout this region. While we officially...
Council of Bishops issue stated on immigration reform
Written: 5/13/2009
The Council of Bishops of The United Methodist Church issued this statement in May 2009,
In Scripture we see evidence that God cares for sojourners. In the Old Testament we are reminded that we are to care for the sojourners among us as native born, loving them as we love ourselves, and never oppre...
Council of Bishops issue stated on immigration reform
Written: 5/13/2009
The Council of Bishops of The United Methodist Church issued this statement in May 2009,
In Scripture we see evidence that God cares for sojourners. In the Old Testament we are reminded that we are to care for the sojourners among us as native born, loving them as we love ourselves, and never oppre...
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Written: 5/6/2009
By Martin Fors This was the question the Missions Committee of Lyndonville United Methodist Church in Vermont asked them selves during a recent meeting. The Missions Committee had just become aware that about 2,000 Vermont Army National Guard [VARNG] soldiers, drilling in Vermont armories, ...
BMCR celebrates 'A New Church for a New Day'
Written: 4/15/2009 8:27:47 PM
By Millie Mason
Over 500 persons from all over the United States attended “A New Church for a New Day,” the 42nd Annual Meeting of Black Methodists for Church Renewal, Inc., (BMCR), March 25 through 27 in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Troy Conference Commission on Religion and Race (CCORR) attending...
31 ways church and academy can be in relationship
Written: 4/8/2009 2:30:28 PM
If you are a part of an academic institution:
Host receptions at UM churches in surrounding cities on Sundays after church.
Admissions staff should forward names of known United Methodists to the chaplain or campus minister.
Campus ministry groups can go to churches that do no...
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Written: 4/8/2009 2:10:20 PM
“The created world itself can hardly wait for what’s coming next…” Romans 8:19, The Message By Henry Frueh Each food item in a typical U.S. meal travels an average of 1,500 miles, exacting a huge toll in food quality, land degradation, energy consumption, ...
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Written: 4/8/2009
By Cynthia A. Lovely Fish. They were popular creatures throughout the gospels. Since fishing was a common occupation, people immediately understood and related to a…fish story. Jesus used several examples in scripture including the feeding of the 5,000, fishermen sorting th...
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Written: 4/8/2009
By Vicki Brown* United Methodist-related colleges and universities, local churches, and annual conferences are finding new and creative ways to strengthen their connections – from offering leadership development for clergy and laity to inviting students to Thanksgiving dinner. Five e...
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Written: 4/8/2009
“By your Spirit make us one with Christ, one with each other, and one with the world until Christ comes in final victory and we feast at that heavenly banquet table.” By Evie Doyon In “Opening Ourselves to Grace,” Steven Manskar wrote “faith is how we li...
Two TAC congregations receive GBCS grants
Written: 4/8/2009
Emmaus United Methodist Church in Albany, N.Y., and Hedding United Methodist Church in Barre, Vt., both received Ethnic Local Church Grants from the General Board of Church and Society.
The directors of GBCS awarded $185,231 in Ethnic Local Church Grants and $30,748 in a Human Relations Day Grant a...