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Clergy Pictorial Directory
Written: 5/23/2013
Calling all clergy (active and retired)! Pre-register online now to have your photo taken for the pictorial directory at Annual Conference Session. In addition, we encourage clergy spouses, Conference and district lay leaders, Conference committee and commission chairs, and Conference staff to have ...

Cambodian Leadership Development Training in the Cal Nevada Annual Conference
Written: 5/22/2013
Elk Grove, Calif.--On May 11, seventy United Methodist Cambodian laity and pastors gathered at Point Pleasant United Methodist Church in Elk Grove for a Leadership Development Training. The training was sponsored and organized by Lake Park United Methodist Church. The funding was provided by...

Pick-up Choir at Annual Conference
Written: 5/22/2013
There will be a pick-up choir at the 2013 Annual Conference Session. The choir will sing during the ordination service on Saturday. They are recruiting singers with the ability to read music or learn music quickly. There will be a few practices during the session. All persons are invited. For q...

Oklahoma Conference Asks Collaborative Response
Written: 5/22/2013
OKLAHOMA CITY (UMNS) —"I know you are seeing and hearing news reports about the devastation and want to assist. … Do not self-deploy. Best practices in times of crises call for a collaborative response, so people who can help are directed to where that help and those skills are m...

UMCOR Relief Supplies Needed
Written: 5/22/2013
NEW YORK (UMNS) — The United Methodist Committee on Relief, the denomination's disaster response agency, has urgent need for relief supplies. UMCOR Sager Brown in Baldwin, La., and UMCOR West in Salt Lake City, Utah, are running very low in their inventory of layette, sewing and bedding ki...

UMC Reports 3,175 New Places for New People Worldwide
Written: 5/22/2013
NASHVILLE, Tenn.— The United Methodist Church established 3,175 new places for new people to worship God around the world during the past quadrennium, according to a new report detailing for first time the work of church planting throughout the entire United Methodist connection. Th...

Saying Farewell to United Methodist Reporter
Written: 5/22/2013
DALLAS (UMNS) — United Methodists across the United States are sharing a sense of loss following the news that UMR Communications, publisher of the United Methodist Reporter, will shut its doors May 31. After years of financial struggles, the board of UMR Communications unanimously voted May 1...

Iliff Names New President
Written: 5/22/2013
DENVER (UMNS) — The Rev. Thomas V. Wolfe, senior vice president and dean of the Division of Student Affairs at United Methodist-related Syracuse University, has been named the 14th president of the United Methodist Iliff School of Theology. He is an ordained elder in the Upper New York Annua...

Garrett-Evangelical Selects New President
Written: 5/22/2013
EVANSTON, Ill. (UMNS) – The Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary Board of Trustees selected Lallene J. Rector to be the next president of Garrett-Evangelical. Now the seminary's vice president for academic affairs and academic dean, Rector will succeed Philip A. Amerson, who will r...

Myrlie Evers Calls for Day of 'Unity and Faith'
Written: 5/22/2013
JACKSON, Miss. (UMNS) — Myrlie Evers — widow of assassinated civil rights leader Medgar Evers — has written a letter inviting faith leaders in Mississippi and around the world to join in the launch of the Inaugural Medgar Evers Sunday, June 9. On this day, they are encourag...

Seventeen United Methodist-Related Colleges Make "Green" List
Written: 5/22/2013
Princeton Review salutes environmentally friendly colleges Nashville, Tenn.: When it comes to improving the quality of life by caring for the environment, United Methodist colleges are receiving high ratings and the growing respect of the "green" community. The Princeton Revie...

California-Nevada Clergyperson Jeffrey Kuan Named President of Claremont School of Theology
Written: 5/22/2013
The Board of Trustees announced today that the Rev. Dr. Kah-Jin Jeffrey Kuan accepted their invitation to be the seventh president of Claremont School of Theology, effective July 1. Dr. Kuan will succeed Jerry D. Campbell, who held the position for seven years. "Jeffrey is...

Bishop Hayes Invites Grief and Prayer
Written: 5/22/2013
OKLAHOMA CITY (UMNS) — "What I would like to say to the United Methodist community and beyond is that we grieve with those who have lost life and property not only in Moore and Newcastle but also on Sunday in Shawnee," Oklahoma Area Bishop Robert E. Hayes Jr. told United Methodist ...

Pre-Annual Conference Orientation El Camino Real District
Written: 5/22/2013
The Pre-Annual Conference Orientation for the El Camino Real District will take place on Saturday, June 1, at Genesis United Methodist Church, 220 South Main Street, Milpitas (not far off Highway 880) from 9:15 to 11:50 a.m. From 9:15 to 10:50 a.m., pre-conference orientation will be led by the Re...

Chrysalis Retreats
Written: 5/22/2013
The next set of Chrysalis retreats will take place at Carson Valley United Methodist Church in Gardnerville, Nevada, June 27 to 30 (for girls ages 15 to 19), and July 11 to 14 (for boys ages 15 to 19). The retreat weekends are designed to bring a person closer to God through prayer, discussion, wo...

Hosanna Arch
Written: 5/22/2013
On Mother's Day, the First United Methodist Church in Reno, Nevada celebrated the 70th anniversary of the Hosanna Arch, an architectural icon gracing the sanctuary located at 209 West First Street in Reno. Dedicated on Mother's Day in 1943, the Hosanna Arch features the sculpted likenesses...

Disaster Response: How You Can Help
Written: 5/22/2013
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) — As communities in Oklahoma, Texas and other U.S. states reel from the devastation of tornadoes, remember that The United Methodist Church has a system in place for responding. Here are a few of the places to check for information and find out how you can be part of ...

Responding to Children's Fear
Written: 5/22/2013
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) — Consoling children after a traumatic event can be overwhelming to the adults caring for them. If you are looking for resources to support children following a crisis or disaster, or even during a crisis, this article has links to several helpful sites. Read ful...

How to Give in Response to Disasters
Written: 5/22/2013
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) — The United Methodist Church is well situated to respond to disasters because of its churches in almost every county and community across the United States and the worldwide Methodist connection with annual conferences, central conferences and autonomous partner ch...

Cokesbury
Written: 5/22/2013
Here is a video that explains the future of Cokesbury and how to obtain resources. Cokesbury Next from Cokesbury Next on Vimeo....