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South Central Jurisdiction's Upcoming Training Dates
Please review the following important dates of upcoming SCJ training. Training sessions include VIM leadership training sessions and Early Response Training for disaster recovery. Check back often for updates as new training sessions are scheduled.
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Church Security & Intruder Awareness/ Response Seminar
In April, Mount Sequoyah is hosting a seminar that provides training on church security.
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Mount Sequoyah to host 'Caring For Creation'
April 16-18, 2010 are the dates for the third annual Caring for Creation Conference at Mount Sequoyah Conference and Retreat Center.
"To the LORD your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, the earth and everything in it." -- Deuteronomy 10:14
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Small Church Leadership Institute
A conference designed to equip laity and pastors with the knowledge and skills for leading their small-attendance churches into the future is scheduled for March 8-12, 2010, at Mount Sequoyah Conference and Retreat Center.
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Bishop's Conference 2010
June 24-26, 2010
Mount Sequoyah
Bishop’s Week events for June 2010 will have a different format than in past years.
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Clergywomen’s Gathering set for April 2010
The Rev. Yolanda Villa of the Missouri Conference will be the keynote speaker for “Living in Balance: Recapturing Our Creativity,” a clergywomen's gathering April 7-9, 2010, at Mount Sequoyah Conference and Retreat Center.
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SCJ WORKING FOR KATRINA CHURCH RECOVERY
Work continues in the Katrina storm path. There is still a great need for partners with local and conference projects in these areas.
REMEMBER...we are asking each local church in the connection to take a special offering for the Katrina Church Relief needs In August, or whenever you wish to schedule it.
This is needed because UMCOE funds, by their Charter, cannot be given for church property.
David Severe
SCJ Director
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Abandoned: Haiti hospital is home to orphaned children
The doctors and staff at Grace Children’s Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, are caring for 10 to 15 children left “abandoned”—often parentless—by the Jan. 12 earthquake. Kathy L. Gilbert has the story.
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Q&A: Women leave streets behind, find new hope
In 1997 the Rev. Becca Stevens founded Magdalene, a residential program for women to escape a cycle of substance abuse and prostitution. She spoke with Bill Fentum about the rewards of that work.
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Q&A: Asbury a model for modern Methodists
Francis Asbury, whom many historians consider the “Father of American Methodism,” often does not get as much attention as John Wesley. Mary Jacobs spoke with historian John Wigger about Asbury’s tremendous impact on the church.
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Getting the job done: Mission volunteers eager to return to Haiti
Though Haiti’s fragile infrastructure has hampered aid efforts, UMCOR and Methodist churches with deep roots in the country are helping fill in the gaps. Bill Fentum has the story.
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COMMENTARY: Connectional Table affirms plans for holistic 21st-century church
For years we’ve heard grim diagnoses on the future of the United Methodist Church, but in the coming year, says Mary Brooke Casad, the Connectional Table is drawing up blueprints for a brighter future.
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GEN-X RISING: Trading new patterns for old
In the second of a multi-part series on the means of grace, Andrew Thompson explains how spiritual disciplines help our lifelong journey of salvation—and how our culture works against it.
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