e-Review archive
June 2004
 

2004 Florida Annual Conference Event begins at Bethune-Cookman College (June 3, 2004)

Conference begins with separate sessions for clergy and laity. DAYTONA BEACH — Blue skies and crowded parking lots greeted attendees at the 2004 Florida Annual Conference Event here in Daytona Beach. The annual gathering began today at Bethune-Cookman College (BCC) and will end Sunday. full story

Delegates pass proposals to reshape conference entities, mission (June 5, 2004)

DAYTONA BEACH — Delegates to the 2004 Florida Annual Conference Event here approved eliminating the Conference Council on Ministries in favor of the Conference Equipping Network or CEN. full story

Eastern Angolan bishop and wife share stories of ministry in Africa (June 5, 2004)

DAYTONA BEACH — Bishop José Quipungo traveled a long way to ask Florida Conference delegates if they are ready and willing to save the lives of others in Africa, especially Eastern Angola. full story

Delegates approve reducing number of districts (June 7, 2004)

DAYTONA BEACH — And then there were nine. Delegates to the 2004 Florida Annual Conference Event at Bethune-Cookman College here passed the “Connecting for Transformation” proposal at the morning session June 5, reducing the conference’s districts from 14 to nine. full story

Florida Conference celebrates annual gathering in new way and place (June 7, 2004)

DAYTONA BEACH —  More than 2,000 Florida Conference clergy and laity gathered June 3-6 at Bethune Cookman-College (BCC) here for the 2004 Florida Annual Conference Event. Under the theme “A Light to the Nations,” delegates experienced both a new setting and new ways of being in ministry together. full story

Prayer Garden offers opportunity to get away (June 8, 2004)

DAYTONA BEACH — Patricia West said she looks forward to annual conference every year, but she especially looks forward to a special area set aside as the Prayer Garden. full story

Breakout sessions offer answers, pose questions (June 10, 2004)

DAYTONA BEACH — A series of Thursday evening small group panels at the 2004 Florida Annual Conference Event June 3-6 at Bethune-Cookman College here facilitated healthy discussion of impending changes to the conference’s districts and churches and also left some with more questions than answers. full story

Bishop encourages ordinands to make most of ministry (June 15, 2004)

DAYTONA BEACH — Holding a small, worn minister's prayer book Florida Conference Bishop Timothy W. Whitaker urged the 2004 class of ordinands to fully experience their ministerial careers. full story

Ordination is start, not finish for Haitian pastor (June 16, 2004)

DAYTONA BEACH — The Rev. Luc Dessieux considers being ordained an elder June 6 at the 2004 Florida Annual Conference Event here the start of his ministry, but others may see his ordination as a significant milestone in a lifetime of ministry. full story

Delegates make impact on neighbors during mission event (June 17, 2004)

DAYTONA BEACH — Susan Hulcher met a woman she'll never forget while participating in a Celebrate Jesus mini-mission during the 2004 Florida Annual Conference Event June 3-6 at Bethune-Cookman College here. full story

Opportunities — June 21, 2004 {0096}

Florida Southern College invites church youth groups for weekend event Church youth groups are invited to Florida Southern College (FSC) in Lakeland July 16-18 for the first Summer Weekend. full story

Giving to Children's Harvest, conference offering tops $100,000 mark (June 23, 2004)

LAKELAND — The Florida Conference Finance and Administration office has received more than $100,000 from local churches for the 2004 Children's Harvest and Florida Annual Conference Event offering, with more money continuing to arrive, according to Dr. Randy Casey-Rutland, the conference's treasurer. full story

New life through new churches — part II (June 29, 2004)

An e-Review Commentary: The United Methodist Church is taking seriously the establishment of new congregations across the connection. The last few years have seen a dramatic increase in this outreach of our church. full story

Taco Bell boycott, worker issues hit home in Florida (June 30, 2004)

IMMOKALEE — Lucas Benitez starts his day as a tomato picker at 4 a.m., and it doesn’t end until sundown. full story