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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 Responder Training for disaster recovery. Check back often for updates as new training sessions are scheduled.
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Did You Know? SCJ archives
The Jurisdictional archives collection is housed in Bridwell Library on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, and includes materials dating from the beginning of the jurisdiction in 1939.
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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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REFLECTIONS: Though diverse, all citizens celebrate as 'full Americans'
We are a beautifully diverse nation, says Bishop Woodie White, but the thing that unites us is that we are all Americans. Our strength is in that unity of diversity.
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GEN-X RISING: An evening at Mad Pizza Co.
Annual conference sessions are a much-needed but often dull process, says Andrew Thompson. Some of the best conferencing happens off the clock—like when youth leaders gather over pizza in the evenings.
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COMMENTARY:
'Fruit Loop' Christians hoard the produce
Fruit is the outward manifestation of faith, says Dan Dick, but too often he encounters “Fruit Loop Christians,” who are more about judgmentalism and closed doors than they are about sharing Christ’s love.
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Q&A: Dragging God into ‘couples counseling’
After struggling with her relationship with God, comedian and author Susan Isaacs took God to “couples counseling” and wrote a book about her change of heart. She spoke with Robin Russell.
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Laypersons sought to help start new churches
A network of lay leaders is being launched to help start new Wesleyan faith communities in five fast-growing regions of the U.S. Jeanette Pinkston reports.
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Blind youth a cheerful giver
Though an optic nerve tumor makes him legally blind, 15-year-old Jeff Hanson hosts art showings to sell his paintings, with proceeds going to children’s hospitals. From UMNS.
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