e-Review archive
September 2004
 

Hispanic ministry blossoms out of Hurricane Charley recovery (Sept. 1, 2004)

ARCADIA — Gricel Hernandez refuses to allow Arcadia's Hispanic community to fall between the cracks during the recovery from Hurricane Charley. full story

Notices — Sept. 2, 2004 {0155}

Concert benefits victims of Hurricane Charley Bilingual translators needed in Arcadia, Nocatee Foundation, Credit Union offer special loans in wake of storm full story

Churches, conference prepare for Hurricane Frances (Sept. 2, 2004)

LAKELAND — Less than a month after Hurricane Charley roared through much of the state, the Florida Conference's churches and storm recovery team are gearing up for another hurricane that's expected to make its appearance this weekend. full story

Life Enrichment Center breaks ground for prayer chapel (Sept. 3, 2004)

LEESBURG — The Rev. Dr. Melton Ware and his wife, Adelaide, are an ordinary couple who did an extraordinary thing for the Florida Conference. They donated a prayer chapel on the grounds of the Life Enrichment Center (LEC) here with the hope it will impact people’s spiritual lives for generations to come. full story

Churches cope with Frances in wake of Charley (Sept. 9, 2004)

LAKELAND — Florida Conference disaster response efforts have intensified in the wake of Hurricane Frances, which impacted virtually every part of the state throughout the Labor Day weekend. full story

United Methodists begin running new ads Sept. 6 (Sept. 9, 2004)

NASHVILLE (UMNS) — The United Methodist Church will run six television commercials for a two-week period beginning Sept. 6, including one developed for Spanish-speaking viewers. full story

Pastors leave Florida Keys along with residents (Sept. 10, 2004)

ORLANDO — It's now or never for residents of the Florida Keys to leave the islands, and while most Florida Conference pastors serving the area are heeding Monroe County's mandatory evacuation orders, at least one plans to ride out Hurricane Ivan at home. full story

Frances soaks parsonage, threatens small church (Sept. 10, 2004)

WHITE CITY — From the outside, the parsonage of the White City United Methodist Church appears to have weathered Hurricane Frances well. The windows are still boarded up, and there are few shingles missing from the roof. But inside the ranch-style home, ceilings have collapsed, insulation is scattered over the floor and the walls are stained from the water that has soaked them. full story

Wills says, 'We will work as community' (Sept. 10, 2004)

JACKSON, Tenn. — The Memphis and Tennessee conferences will have a new bishop Sept. 1. He's the Rev. Dick wills, an episcopal nominee from the Florida Conference who was elected a bishop on the 11th ballot by delegates to the Southeastern Jurisdiction meeting at Lake Junaluska last July and assigned to the Nashville Area. full story

Help is in short supply for storm-weary communities (Sept. 10, 2004)

FORT PIERCE — Community United Methodist Church here is about 20 miles north of where Hurricane Frances made landfall last week, and its one of the areas most devastated by the category two storm. As volunteers begin the process of assessing and meeting local needs, they're finding help is in short supply. full story

Haitian congregation ministers despite own woes (Sept. 10, 2004)

FORT PIERCE — The sanctuary at Fort Pierce Haitian United Methodist Church is nearly a total loss after Hurricane Frances, but the church's members know there are more pressing needs in the surrounding community, and they're working to meet those needs the best they can. full story

Opportunities — Sept. 14, 2004 {0165}

Churches encouraged to open doors as part of Open House Month Christian Peacemaker gives recount of experiences United Methodist Men provides tools to reach men School of Ministry holds annual retreat United Methodists asked to observe Day of Peace Lake Junaluska will host heritage preservation workshop Say goodbye to summer with nature hike full story

Church pastor fills in as American Red Cross shelter manager (Sept. 16, 2004)

ORLANDO — When Hurricane Frances was approaching the Orlando area Labor Day weekend, the Rev. Donna M. Latham felt compelled to help, but she didn't know how. full story

Florida bishop says he has unfinished business for next term (Sept. 21, 2004)

LAKELAND — Florida Conference Bishop Timothy W. Whitaker said he is pleased to be reassigned to the Florida Conference by the Jurisdictional Committee on Episcopacy because he still has work to do here. full story

In Brief — Sept. 22, 2004 {0169}

Florida Southern College makes list of 'America's Best Colleges' Quipungo elected for life in Central Conference Children's Harvest distributes 5,100 school kits full story

United Methodists respond after Ivan (Sept. 23, 2004)

ANDALUSIA, Ala. — Just days after Hurricane Ivan ravaged the Alabama-West Florida (AWF) Annual (Regional) Conference, United Methodists are actively engaged in relief and recovery efforts across Alabama and Florida. full story

Relief agencies stretched thin, Palm Beach church helps fill gap (Sept. 24, 2004)

WEST PALM BEACH — There's more to West Palm Beach than glitzy yachts and million-dollar mansions. There's the flipside to the affluent community that doesn't get much attention-public housing communities, migrant farm workers, newly arrived immigrants and the working poor. Hurricane Frances, a Category 2 storm, hit these poor and marginalized communities hard when it ripped through the city Labor Day weekend. full story

Conference, UMCOR respond together to meet needs after storms (Sept. 29, 2004)

LAKELAND — When the Florida Conference responds after a major disaster, such as hurricanes Charley and Frances, it doesn't do it alone. The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) lends a generous hand. full story

Melba's Mission Journal: The Power of Women (Sept. 30, 2004)

An e-Review Commentary: Clergy Spouse Mission Trip to Guatemala in September 2003 We had come to Guatemala to learn about community-based health care programs and other community-based programs that benefit women and children. Guatemala is an extraordinarily beautiful country that is recuperating from years of government-sponsored violence against the poor in the 1980s. This is a story of one community, Chontala, and its survival. full story