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e-Review archive
June 2005
Special Gathering: ministry fills spiritual need for disabled
| Special Gathering: ministry fills spiritual need for disabled |
June 1, 2005 News media contact: Tita Parham*
800-282-8011 tparham@flumc.org Orlando {0303}
NOTE: This article was developed by UMC.org, the official online ministry of The United Methodist Church, and distributed May 27 by United Methodist News Service in Nashville, Tenn., to its subscribers.
An e-Review Feature
By Renee Elder**
Like many Christians, Kevin Flower struggled to know how to serve God.
He longed to be a church leader, but wasn't sure how because of his disability he is mentally challenged.
"For a long time, I just lost all hope of my dreams coming true of serving the Lord," Flower says.
Today, at 30, Flower is a church deacon. He proudly takes up the offering during services and occasionally delivers the sermon for the Special Gathering, a worship ministry designed for Christians with mental disabilities.
full story
| 'Disciple' Bible study gets makeover, adds two 8-week classes
| 'Disciple' Bible study gets makeover, adds two 8-week classes |
June 1, 2005 News media contact: Tita Parham*
800-282-8011 tparham@flumc.org Orlando {0304}
NOTE: This article was developed by United Methodist News Service in Nashville, Tenn., and distributed May 16 to its subscribers.
An e-Review Feature
By Kathy L. Gilbert**
NASHVILLE, Tenn. In the past 20 years, more than a million people have graduated from a "Disciple" Bible study class.
A million is not enough for the editors at the United Methodist Publishing House. They know from listening to their customers that more would have access to the Bible study if a few changes were made.
full story
| Delegates reach out to Lakeland community during mission events
| Delegates reach out to Lakeland community during mission events |
June 2, 2005 News media contact: Tita Parham*
800-282-8011 tparham@flumc.org Orlando {0305}
An e-Review Feature
By J.A. Buchholz**
LAKELAND Gray skies didnt darken the spirits of volunteers who turned out for mission events that kicked off the One Body One Spirit 2005 Florida Annual Conference Event.
On a rainy June 1 a day before the conference officially convened volunteers participated in two mission projects that enabled delegates to be the church in Lakeland. They hit the streets visiting residents in the downtown Lakeland area with the evangelism ministry Celebrate Jesus and worked on a house being built by Habitat for Humanity. full story
| Topic of clusters resonates throughout bishops opening address
| Topic of clusters resonates throughout bishops opening address |
June 3, 2005 News media contact: Tita Parham*
800-282-8011 tparham@flumc.org Orlando {0306}
An e-Review Feature
By J.A. Buchholz**
LAKELAND More than 2,000 Florida United Methodists once again gathered at the Lakeland Center June 2 for the annual session of the Florida Conference.
They met under the theme One Body One Spirit, and in his opening address Florida Conference Bishop Timothy W. Whitaker focused on what that has meant and will continue to mean for the ministry of the Florida Conference. full story
| Conference lay leader calls laity to action
| Conference lay leader calls laity to action |
June 4, 2005 News media contact: Tita Parham*
800-282-8011 tparham@flumc.org Orlando {0307}
An e-Review Feature
By J.A. Buchholz**
LAKELAND Florida Conference Lay Leader Bill Walker said there are assaults on the United Methodist Church in the Florida Conference and the laity must do something about it. full story
| Florida Conference United Methodists gather as 'one body, one spirit'
| Florida Conference United Methodists gather as 'one body, one spirit' |
June 8, 2005 News media contact: Tita Parham*
800-282-8011 tparham@flumc.org Orlando {0308}
An e-Review Feature
By J.A. Buchholz** and Tita Parham
LAKELAND It was a familiar location for the 2005 Florida Annual Conference Event, but the mood was decidedly different as more than 2,000 Florida Conference clergy and laity gathered June 2-5 at the Lakeland Center.
Gathering under the theme "One Body, One Spirit," delegates experienced a new way of being in ministry together. full story
| Youth pastor's AngelFire game catches fire with kids
| Youth pastor's AngelFire game catches fire with kids |
June 10, 2005 News media contact: Tita Parham*
800-282-8011 tparham@flumc.org Orlando {0309}
NOTE: This article was produced by United Methodist News Service in Nashville, Tenn., and distributed May 26 to its subscribers.
An e-Review Feature
By Nancy E. Johnson**
LAKELAND They face off, jaws squared, eyes trained on their opponents.
It's a battle between good and evil, and who wins depends on the power of the cards and the skill of the players. full story
| Children's Summer Nutrition bill passes
| Children's Summer Nutrition bill passes |
June 10, 2005 News media contact: Tita Parham*
800-282-8011 tparham@flumc.org Orlando {0310}
An e-Review Feature
By Tita Parham*
ORLANDO The 2005 Florida State Legislature passed the Children's Summer Nutrition bill at its recent legislative session, voting in favor of helping meet the needs of the state's children. full story
| Conference celebrates connection at work through storm recovery
| Conference celebrates connection at work through storm recovery |
June 12, 2005 News media contact: Tita Parham*
800-282-8011 tparham@flumc.org Orlando {0311}
An e-Review Feature
By Tita Parham**
LAKELAND The most talked about subject across the Florida Conference last summer was the unlikely event of four hurricanes hitting the state and the experience of living through them.
Along with transformation, changes in structure and clusters, the storms were still a key topic of discussion and celebration at the "One Body One Spirit" 2005 Florida Annual Conference Event June 2-5 at the Lakeland Center here. full story
| Kammerer brings world view of United Methodist church to annual conference
Leaders strive to clarify issues related to clusters at annual gathering
| Leaders strive to clarify issues related to clusters at annual gathering |
June 16, 2005 News media contact: Tita Parham*
800-282-8011 tparham@flumc.org Orlando {0315}
An e-Review Feature
By Tita Parham
LAKELAND For more than a year conference and church leaders have been abuzz with discussion about the formation of church clusters: which churches will be in which clusters, who will lead them, what will they do?
Members of a task team formed to help shape how clusters will be developed and function were given an opportunity at the "One Body One Spirit" 2005 Florida Annual Conference Event to further explain how this new level of ministry in the conference will actually work. full story
| Bishop urges ordinands to view life, ministry as journey
| Bishop urges ordinands to view life, ministry as journey |
June 16, 2005 News media contact: Tita Parham*
800-282-8011 tparham@flumc.org Orlando {0314}
An e-Review Feature
By J.A. Buchholz**
LAKELAND Florida Conference Bishop Timothy W. Whitaker encouraged the four clergy being ordained elders in full connection June 5 at the 2005 Florida Annual Conference Event here to see life and their ministry as a journey.
Whitaker made the comparison between life as a trip and life as a journey. full story
| Delegates express both hope, uncertainty about clusters
| Delegates express both hope, uncertainty about clusters |
June 18, 2005 News media contact: Tita Parham*
800-282-8011 tparham@flumc.org Orlando {0316}
NOTE: This story is a sidebar to e-Review Florida UMNS #0315 - Leaders strive to clarify issues related to clusters at annual gathering.
An e-Review Feature
By Tita Parham
LAKELAND People are generally positive about clusters and seem to have a good level of understanding about their structure and purpose, but there is still some resistance to them.
That was the general feeling among delegates at the recent Florida Annual Conference Event as they left question and answer sessions relating to the church clusters that will be formed in each district by the end of September. full story
| Game show challenge makes debut at annual event
| Game show challenge makes debut at annual event |
June 19, 2005 News media contact: Tita Parham*
800-282-8011 tparham@flumc.org Orlando {0317}
An e-Review Feature
By Tita Parham
LAKELAND It was a side of Bishop Timothy W. Whitaker most clergy and laity in the Florida Conference had not seen before: Whitaker raising his arms above his head and cheering when his team answered its question correctly, then resting his head in his hand when they lost in the final challenge. full story
| Prayer Garden helps spirits soar during annual gathering
Opportunities June 24, 2005 {0318}
| Opportunities June 24, 2005 {0318} |
June 24, 2005 News media contact: Tita Parham*
800-282-8011 tparham@flumc.org Orlando {0318}
An e-Review News Item
n UMCOR establishes Zimbawe Emergency Advance
n Tampa church hosts Companions in Christ leader training event
n New Church Development offers session on starting extension campuses
n Healthy Church Academy announces fall courses
n Spiritual Formation team holds next monthly gathering
n United Methodist Women's Division combines fast food and human rights
n Workshop seeks to energize congregations
n Summit provides Christian coaching training
n Intentional Growth Center offers church leadership workshops
n NSYR releases major report on Protestant teens
n SEJ kicks off Summer Worship series
n 2005 Appointment Book, Journal order forms available online
n Scarritt-Bennett Center helps United Methodists find their way full story
| Churches continue hurricane recovery work in Florida
| Churches continue hurricane recovery work in Florida |
June 24, 2005 News media contact: Tita Parham*
800-282-8011 tparham@flumc.org Orlando {0319}
NOTE: This article was produced by United Methodist News Service in Nashville, Tenn., and distributed June 8 to its subscribers.
An e-Review Feature
By John Gordon**
BOKEELIA Nine months after Hurricane Charley ripped across Pine Island, residents are finding more than their homes need repairs.
"We're beginning to see, I think, some post-traumatic stress," said the Rev. Scott Harris, who is ending five years of service as pastor of Pine Island United Methodist Church here to begin a new appointment. He is also one of the founders of a recovery agency called Beacon of HOPE. full story
| Delegates consider Iraqi civilian deaths, post-abortion stress, meaning of marriage
| Delegates consider Iraqi civilian deaths, post-abortion stress, meaning of marriage |
June 26, 2005 News media contact: Tita Parham*
800-282-8011 tparham@flumc.org Orlando {0321}
An e-Review Feature
By J.A. Buchholz** and Tita Parham
LAKELAND The resolutions considered at the 2005 Florida Annual Conference Event June 2-5 ranged from asking the General Board of Church and Society to research the number of non-combatant Iraqi deaths to urging church officials and laity to help individuals cope with post-abortion stress to defining the difference between a marriage and civil union. full story
| In Brief June 28, 2005 {0323}
| In Brief June 28, 2005 {0323} |
June 28, 2005 News media contact: Tita Parham*
800-282-8011 tparham@flumc.org Orlando {0323}
Children's Home receives EAGLE Accreditation
An e-Review News Item
By Ronelle Hill**
VANDALIA, Ohio The United Methodist Association of Health and Welfare Ministries (UMA), a national network of health and welfare-related organizations, announced that Florida United Methodist Children's Home in Enterprise has successfully attained EAGLE re-accreditation. full story
| Opportunities June 30, 2005 {0325}
New district structure officially begins
| New district structure officially begins |
June 30, 2005 News media contact: Tita Parham*
800-282-8011 tparham@flumc.org Orlando {0324}
An e-Review News Feature
By Janice Buchholz** and Tita Parham
ORLANDO After a year of preparation the switch from 14 districts to nine will officially take effect July 1.
At the 2004 Florida Annual Conference Event delegates approved the "Connecting for Transformation" proposal, which recommended that the conference's districts be reduced from 14 to nine, redefined the role of district superintendents in light of the change in districts, and required all churches to be part of a cluster of churches within their district. full story
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