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Written: 5/8/2008 Peace with Justice Sunday is scheduled for May 18, 2008 (or another Sunday of your choosing can be substituted). Across The United Methodist Church, compassionate people respond to God's call to be peacemakers. They advocate for human rights, buy fair-trade products, care for the environment, ...
Written: 5/6/2008 United Methodist Men Worship at the Tabernacle. See Photo Gallery Themes of renewal, focus and action were prevalent at the United Methodist Men's Retreat that began on Friday, April 18th at Lakeview. The more than sixty men who gathered were of varying ages, but all were young at heart. They...
Written: 5/6/2008 Partners in Mission is offering team leader training for anyone who is planning to organize a mission team through their church or district. The next scheduled training is at Christ UMC in College Station on May 31. This training can benefit those seeking to organize any mission project whether it i...
Global Music Teaches Church About Faith and Cultures
2008 Annual Luncheon of the TCCSA
Along with Poverty-Fighting Partnerships Written: 5/2/2008 By Eleanor L. ColvinDirector of CommunicationsTexas Annual Conference See VideoThe General Conference enthusiastically affirmed the denomination's Global Health Initiative aimed at eliminating the diseases of poverty – HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, measles and malaria. With a vote of 825 to 29, ...
Happy Harbor Methodist Home in La Porte Announces Closure
Written: 5/1/2008 Central South District DS Jim Welch and Jason Burnham pose in their Spotted Owl hats. By Eleanor L. ColvinDirector of CommunicationsTexas Annual Conference The Texas Annual Conference "Spotted Owls" and their supporters throughout the conference and connection have led the United Methodist ...
Written: 5/1/2008 By Eleanor L. Colvin Texas Annual Conference Director of Communications The first democratically-elected female president of Liberia and first female president in all of Africa addressed the General Conference of the United Methodist Church on Tuesday, April 29. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf...
Written: 4/30/2008 Two "Spotted Owls" (young clergy) pose with their hats and buttons. (Photo by Jill Krone) Dear spotted owls and friends, Spotted Owl celebration time! Virtually all of the petitions streamlining the candidacy process were adopted this morning by General Conference! • Proposals that simpl...
Daffin Elected to Serve as Judicial Council Alternate
Written: 4/28/2008 Bishop Palmer of Iowa receives the ceremonial gavel from Bishop Janice Riggle Huie. (UMNS photo by Mike DuBose) See Video of the Gavel Being Passed *By Linda Green (UMNS)"The church owes me nothing. I owe the church and the Lord of the church everything," said Iowa Bishop Gregory V. Palmer, as he...
to Share Christ with the World Written: 4/26/2008 By Eleanor L. ColvinTexas Annual ConferenceDirector of Communications See Video Pointing to Pentecost as the model, the United Methodist Church General Conference Laity Address, by Lyn Powell, called laity to reclaim their responsibility to share Christ in their communities. With the General Co...
Written: 4/24/2008 By Eleanor L. ColvinTexas Annual ConferenceDirector of Communications We are one in the spirit; we are one in the Lord. Those words from the familiar praise song They'll Know We Are Christians By Our Love, aptly described those who lifted their voices to sing it during the opening worship...
and Exceed Nothing But Sweat Goal Written: 4/24/2008 By Eleanor L. ColvinTexas Annual ConferenceDirector of Communications See Gallery and Links "Nothing But Nets has got to be one of the most wonderful programs that the United Methodist Church has right now." Rev. Bill Webb of Summit UMC in Marshall shared those sentiments after he...
United Methodists Meet in Fort Worth for Worldwide Conference
General Conference Offers Video Streaming
Delegate List
Learn How to be an Apprentice of Christ
Written: 4/18/2008 Jeanette Pinkston, DirectorGBOD Media Relations Office "My outlook on who I am and what God has called me to do changed because of a storm. When Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, I was scared. I sat in the corner of my living room crying, wondering if my family was alive and trying ...
Support the Work of Delegates to General Conference
Written: 4/17/2008 By Ivan Krowl and Eleanor ColvinCenter for Connectional ResourcesThe Texas Annual Conference The Texas Annual Conference introduced its clergy to the DOVE system in 2007, and since that time has been working to improve the ministerial tracking program. During the past 12 months, numerous enhan...
Written: 4/17/2008 Rev. Rick Goodrich, Assistant to the Bishop; Dr. Clifford Dacso, Chair of General Internal Medicine at The Methodist Hospital; Cote d'Ivoire Minister of Health, Dr. Allah Kouadio Remi and Rev. Cynthia Harvery, Director of the Center for Missional Excellence, recently met to discuss global health ini...
Written: 4/16/2008 By Eleanor L. ColvinDirector of Communications Texas Annual Conference To date, Texas Annual Conference churches have committed to saving lives in Cote d'Ivoire, by donating more than $700,000 to the Nothing But Nets campaign to stop the spread of Malaria. While the invitation to donate money a...
Written: 4/14/2008 By Wayne Rhodes, Editor, Faith in Action (Originally Published at http://www.umc-gbcs.org) A proposed new Social Creed will be presented to The United Methodist Church General Conference, the denomination's top law-making body, during its meeting April 23-May 2 in Fort Worth, Texas. The n...
2008 Laity Luncheon Tickets
Malaria with "Nothing But Sweat" Written: 4/11/2008 From Sunday, April 20 through Wednesday, April 23, thirty-five United Methodists including clergy and laity will make a 4-day, 230-mile bicycle trek to raise money for Nothing But Nets. They're calling this ride, "Nothing But Sweat for Nothing But Nets," and their goal is to raise $100,000. The ...
Online Game Offers New Opportunity to Send Nets, Save Lives
Writer and Storyteller Conference
Written: 4/7/2008 By Jill E. Krone, TAC Delegation Communications General Conference will present a new look for the mission and ministry of the Methodist denomination. Much of the talk focuses on the future, centering on four areas where church leaders want to see movement from the United Methodist Church.&...
Written: 4/7/2008 By Thelma Jones Editor - Cross Connection Dr. Timothy Powell is a talented, gifted and busy man. Not only is an accomplished violist, conductor and composer, he the director of music at St. Matthew's UMC in Houston, Texas; the director of choral and vocal studies at Lee College in Baytown, T...
ERT Re-Certification Available
Methodist Campers Put Core Beliefs Into Action Through Mission Work
Pre-Register If You Need Child Care During Annual Conference
Cote d'Ivoire's Top Health Authority
United Methodists Begin Midwest Flood Response
Writer and Storyteller Conference
Ambassadors' Endowment Grants Available
Written: 4/3/2008 Convocation of Archivists 2008 - July 11 - 12"I'm Church Historian. Now what do I do?" Lon Morris CollegeMoody Building800 College ÅvenueJacksonville, TX 75766 Sponsored by: Commission on Archives & History of the Texas Annual Conference Registration Information As Church Historian, why shou...
United Methodists Begin Midwest Flood Response
Written: 4/1/2008 Have you ever wondered what it is like inside a prison? Here is your chance to get in (and out) of prison free. Join a group of curious men and women in the Southwest District for a video and interactive session with the residents of the Vance Unit prison in Richmond, TX. Vance...
Delegate Meetings Jump-start Work of Annual Conference
Written: 3/27/2008 Early Responder Teams are trained and equipped to enter a disaster sitesoon after one strikes. They are self-sustaining in that they have their owntransportation, fuel, food, equipment, and lodging already covered. ER Teamsprovide a Christian presence in bringing immediate assistance to hurting peop...
First UMC Crockett, Methodist Children's Home Form Partnership to Reach "At-Risk Youth"
Written: 3/26/2008 Dan Ramsey from the Texas Annual Conference was recently elected as President of the South Central Jurisdiction United Methodist Men for the 2008-2011 term. Ramsey has a long history with United Methodist Men. He became involved while in High school when his father took him to meetings at his loca...
Peace With Justice Grant Application
Written: 3/25/2008 Critical Reflection on the United Methodist General Conference of 2008 See Informational Flyer This is a 1.5-credit course allowing students to participate in and reflect critically on the United Methodist General Conference that will meet in Fort Worth, Texas, 23April – 2 May 2008. The course r...
Written: 3/24/2008 This event has been cancelled. The foundation is in the process of issuing refunds to those who have paid. For additional information please contact: Krystol Brockermeyer 713-533-3780 800-521-9617...
for Church Leadership Written: 3/24/2008 By Brant MillsTAC Communications The South District of the Texas Annual Conference is engaging new media to offer training to both clergy and lay leaders in their churches in a more efficient and convenient way. They have been working on this training project for over a year and are now offering ...
Grassroots Support Sought to Streamline Candidacy
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