e-Review archive
April 2004
 

Conference holds meetings on restructure proposals (April 1, 2004)

GAINESVILLE - Florida Conference Bishop Timothy W. Whitaker said the meetings he and the Rev. Dr. Anne Burkholder, director of the Florida Conference's Connectional Ministries office, have attended throughout the conference to gain feedback from laity and clergy about restructuring the conference's districts and Council on Ministries (CCOM) have been positive overall. full story

Conference Table examines reorganizing camps and retreat center (April 2, 2004)

ORLANDO - A proposal presented at the March 13 Conference Table gathering seeks to drastically restructure the way the Florida Conference camps and retreat center operate and increase their usage by United Methodists and non-denominational groups. full story

United Methodist Association offers prescription drug program (April 5, 2004)

LAKELAND - A prescription drug plan aimed at assisting those with no prescription drug plan coverage is off to a fast start in its first month of service, with more than 10,000 people enrolled in the program. full story

Signing up for prescription drug plan is fast, simple, easy (April 6, 2004)

An e-Review Commentary: When my boss asked me to sign up for the United Methodist Association's discount prescription drug plan administered by DestinationRx to show [e-Review] readers how simple it is, I wondered how simple it would really be. full story

Opportunities (April 7, 2004)

Council of Bishops asks annual conferences to pray for General Conference The Council of Bishops is issuing a call to prayer and fasting for the 2004 General Conference April 27-May 7. full story

Personalia (April 8, 2004)

Bishop Robert E. Fannin announced as Florida Southern College bishop in residence LAKELAND - Bishop Robert E. Fannin, a 1958 Florida Southern College (FSC) graduate and former senior minister of First United Methodist Church, Lakeland, will become bishop in residence at FSC in September following his retirement. full story

In Brief (April 8, 2004)

United Methodists encouraged to send items to Haiti LAKELAND - Haiti may no longer be in the forefront of the national news, but the war-torn country is still very much on the hearts and minds of Florida Conference United Methodists. full story

Hispanic Assembly elects new officers (April 14, 2004)

LAKELAND - The Hispanic Assembly has been energized and equipped with new officers to begin the next quadrennium. full story

Old and new come together at 2004 event (April 16, 2004)

LAKELAND - The Rev. Kevin James Sr. said the 2004 Committee on Annual Conference Program worked hard to get the agenda for the 2004 Florida Annual Conference Event just right. full story

Children and Christian stewardship (April 19, 2004)

An e-Review Commentary: In a previous life I was a technology and human resources manager for a major European investment bank. full story

Hungry children the focus of Florida legislation (April 21, 2004)

LAKELAND - Florida Conference Bishop Timothy W. Whitaker said local congregations should mobilize in support of Florida legislation that would provide a hot meal to more than one million needy children during the summer months. full story

Biweekly Digest (April 23, 2004)

April 12-23, 2004 full story

Most clergy not in favor of ordaining homosexuals (April 28, 2004)

LAKELAND - While most of the Florida Conference clergy responding to a recent "e-Review Florida United Methodist News Service" survey agreed homosexual persons should not be ordained and those pastors who admit to being in homosexual relationships should lose their credentials once they are found in violation of The Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church, the issue was not a foregone conclusion for some. full story

Notices (April 30, 2004)

Ministers celebrate anniversaries Ministers who are celebrating significant anniversaries of ordination and consecration will be recognized at the 2004 Florida Annual Conference Event by the Commission on Archives and History. full story