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e-Review archive
February 2007
Church café helps community reconnect
| Church café helps community reconnect |
Feb. 1, 2007 News media contact: Tita Parham*
800-282-8011 tparham@flumc.org Orlando {0615}
An e-Review Feature
By J.A. Buchholz**
The Rev. Sarai Maiselle says it really pays to have an early breakfast with a group of friends when you attend the annual gathering of Florida United Methodists each June. You’re sleepy enough to allow the Holy Spirit to do its work.
And that's what happened. Maiselle had an idea for a Christian café, but didn’t really know what to do with it until two years later when the people who could do the ministry and the church came together. full story
| Conference, churches begin all-too-familiar recovery after tornadoes
| Conference, churches begin all-too-familiar recovery after tornadoes |
Feb. 4, 2007 News media contact: Tita Parham*
800-282-8011 tparham@flumc.org Orlando {0616}
An e-Review Feature
By Tita Parham
Local churches and members of the Florida Conference storm recovery ministry have once again swung into high gear to help people recover from a major storm.
Severe thunderstorms moved across the central part of the state early in the morning Feb. 2, spawning high winds and at least one tornado that caused the deaths of 20 people and damaged thousands of homes. Lake, Volusia, Sumter and Seminole counties were declared disaster areas, and the state’s new governor, Charlie Crist, visited affected areas Feb. 3 assessing damages. full story
| Church helps family cope with son’s death after storm
| Church helps family cope with son’s death after storm |
Feb. 4, 2007 News media contact: Tita Parham*
800-282-8011 tparham@flumc.org Orlando {0617}
An e-Review Feature
By Tita Parham
Carl Gordon and his fiancé were going to be married in eight weeks. Now, his family is preparing for a funeral instead of a wedding.
Gordon, 20, was killed Feb. 2 when a tornado ripped through his Lady Lake neighborhood. The tornado was part of a severe weather system that began moving through the Central Florida area shortly after midnight that day. The storm killed 20 people and damaged thousands of homes. full story
| Churches can respond by preparing for next big storm
Foundation begins emergency grant ministry
| Foundation begins emergency grant ministry |
Feb. 6, 2007 News media contact: Tita Parham*
800-282-8011 tparham@flumc.org Orlando {0619}
An e-Review Feature
By Suzanne McGovern**
LAKELAND — Churches experiencing a crisis or emergency now have another source to turn to for help — the Florida United Methodist Foundation.
The foundation recently launched an emergency grant ministry that will provide one-time, emergency grants to Florida Conference churches and agencies dealing with a crisis or emergency that significantly impairs their ministries. full story
| Ministry helps children with special needs, their families feel at home
Pastor says even in darkest hour, God is with us
| Pastor says even in darkest hour, God is with us |
Feb. 9, 2007 News media contact: Tita Parham*
800-282-8011 tparham@flumc.org Orlando {0621}
NOTE: See related story, “Couple says tornado experience was hard, but harder for others,” e-Review FUMNS #0622 at: http://www.flumc.info/cgi-script/csArticles/articles/000032/003214.htm
An e-Review Feature
By J.A. Buchholz**
THE VILLAGES — The Rev. Dan Jackson joked with his congregation that he had prepared an outstanding sermon for that morning’s worship service, one of his all-time best, but God had other words for him to say after the previous Friday’s storm.
His message was simple. When wrestling with the questions of why some were spared and others weren’t or where was God “at a time like this” he said, “Don’t go there.” It’s enough to know God is always with us. full story
| Couple says tornado experience was hard, but harder for others
Opportunities — Feb. 12, 2007 {0623}
| Opportunities — Feb. 12, 2007 {0623} |
Feb. 12, 2007 News media contact: Tita Parham*
800-282-8011 tparham@flumc.org Orlando {0623}
An e-Review News Item
This series includes:
Conference-related:
n Nominations urgently needed for General, Jurisdictional Conference delegates;
n Foundation, conference sponsor pre-retirement seminar;
n Applications now being accepted for the Harry Denman Evangelism Award;
n Pine Castle church offers encounter with Holy Spirit;
n United Methodists invited to walk for children;
n Couples ‘seek ye first’ at United Methodist Men’s spiritual retreats;
n Churches invited to celebrate children;
n Applicants sought for Lockmiller church school awards;
n Nominations now being accepted for annual conference youth address;
n Scholarships available to Georgia-Florida Credit Union members;
n 2008 Conference Table gatherings feature young, older adult ministries.
Global/national:
n 2007 Peace With Justice grants now available;
n One Great Hour of Sharing offering resources available;
n United Methodists celebrate Charles Wesley on pilgrimage to England;
n Leaders of large churches gather for national conference;
n ‘Discernment events’ assist laity in finding God’s will for their lives;
n St. Louis hosts 2007 national Methodist musician’s convocation;
n Ministry commission puts recommendations, survey online;
n Agency makes student loans, scholarships available;
n Free e-mail listserv offered for musicians and worship leaders. full story
| Message of the day: welcoming is a lifestyle
| Message of the day: welcoming is a lifestyle |
Feb. 14, 2007 News media contact: Tita Parham*
800-282-8011 tparham@flumc.org Orlando {0624}
An e-Review Feature
By Erik J. Alsgaard**
FRUITLAND PARK — When visitors attend your church on a Sunday morning, do they feel welcomed? Are they greeted in the parking lot and shown exactly how to get into the church? Maybe they are escorted to a seat by an usher and introduced to other people sitting around them. Do you encourage church members to sit beside them so they aren’t alone?
Learning how to be a welcoming and hospitable congregation were the goals of the regional Igniting Ministry training event held Jan. 14 at the Life Enrichment Center (LEC) in Fruitland Park. More than 350 Florida Conference laity and clergy attended. full story
| Jacksonville churches receive Igniting Ministry grants to purchase signs
Conference celebrates opening of second immigration clinic
| Conference celebrates opening of second immigration clinic |
Feb. 26, 2007 News media contact: Tita Parham*
800-282-8011 tparham@flumc.org Orlando {0627}
NOTE: See related story, “Conference immigration attorney gives voice to voiceless,” e-Review FUMNS #0628 at: http://www.flumc.info/cgi-script/csArticles/articles/000032/003247.htm
An e-Review Feature
By J.A. Buchholz**
TAMPA — Panravee Vongjaroenrat can’t explain why United Methodists do what they do when it comes to starting Justice for Our Neighbors clinics throughout the United States, but she’s glad the Florida Conference is committed to the ministry.
An immigration attorney and director of legal services for Justice for Our Neighbors, a national program of the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), Vongjaroenrat was one of several guests who participated in the Jan. 27 grand opening celebration of the conference’s second immigration clinic. full story
| Conference immigration attorney gives voice to voiceless
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