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e-Review archive
September 2008
Orlando church teaches church planters to fertilize soil
| Orlando church teaches church planters to fertilize soil |
Sept. 2, 2008 News media contact: Tita Parham*
800-282-8011 tparham@flumc.org Orlando {0903}
NOTE: This article was produced and distributed Aug. 19 by United Methodist News Service.
An e-Review Feature
By Linda Green**
ORLANDO — For almost two years, LifeSong Church has been helping people see church as their companion on a life journey. Leaders of the new congregation recently shared what they have learned on the church's own journey with other congregational developers from across the country. full story
| Florida United Methodists continue recovery efforts after Fay
In Memoriam — Sept. 5, 2008 {0905}
| In Memoriam — Sept. 5, 2008 {0905} |
Sept. 5, 2008 News media contact: Tita Parham*
800-282-8011 tparham@flumc.org Orlando {0905}
An e-Review News Item
By Caryl Kelley**
• William F. Kopelke Jr.
• James S. Jones
• Burnell S. Jordan
• Charles Louis Herron
• Ovidio Amaro
• Edwin Snowden Davis
• Ernest Wilbur Newman full story
| United Methodist Men celebrate centennial, decades of ministry
Florida man challenges conference to 'lead way' in starting Hispanic prayer line
| Florida man challenges conference to 'lead way' in starting Hispanic prayer line |
Sept. 6, 2008 News media contact: Tita Parham*
800-282-8011 tparham@flumc.org Orlando {0907}
An e-Review Feature
By Jenna De Marco**
As chairman of ministries and missions for the Florida Conference United Methodist Men, Leland McKeown says he can’t help but be on the lookout for ways to help people in need. Right now, his mission is making a toll-free prayer telephone line available for the Hispanic community, and he wants the Florida Conference to help. full story
| Pilot program is win-win for summer interns, conference ministries
| Pilot program is win-win for summer interns, conference ministries |
Sept. 10, 2008 News media contact: Tita Parham*
800-282-8011 tparham@flumc.org Orlando {0908}
An e-Review Feature
By J.A. Buchholz**
Florida Southern College sophomore KeTia Harris earned admiration this summer not for her theological knowledge as a religion major, but by making up and singing silly songs with children attending camps sponsored by the Florida Conference. Harris was one of four summer mission interns working as part of a pilot program with the conference’s camps and retreat ministries. full story
| Grandmas, grandpas welcome kids at G.G.’s House
| Grandmas, grandpas welcome kids at G.G.’s House |
Sept. 10, 2008 News media contact: Tita Parham*
800-282-8011 tparham@flumc.org Orlando {0909}
NOTE: This article was produced and distributed Aug. 27 by United Methodist News Service.
An e-Review Feature
By John Gordon**
OCKLAWAHA — For children who cannot enjoy the smell of freshly baked cookies at their own grandparents’ home, Pat Frost and a band of silver-haired volunteers offer the next best thing. full story
| Evangelism award recipient says churches just have to ‘step through the door’
| Evangelism award recipient says churches just have to ‘step through the door’ |
Sept. 16, 2008 News media contact: Tita Parham*
800-282-8011 tparham@flumc.org Orlando {0911}
An e-Review Feature
By J.A. Buchholz**
Michelle Factor doesn’t consider herself an “evangelistic” person, but that didn’t stop her from trying to connect with people in the community surrounding her church. That commitment to reaching children and families living near Killearn Lakes United Methodist Church in Tallahassee earned her the 2008 Harry Denman Evangelism Award. full story
| Numbers add up for La Piscine
Campers, leaders celebrate past with eye to future
| Campers, leaders celebrate past with eye to future |
Sept. 19, 2008 News media contact: Tita Parham*
800-282-8011 tparham@flumc.org Orlando {0913}
An e-Review Feature
By Erik J. Alsgaard**
FRUITLAND PARK — Sixty years ago when the Warren W. Willis United Methodist Camp held its first summer program, the camp had scant few buildings on grounds carved out of overgrown lakefront property. More than 250 people who have participated in the camping ministry since then celebrated those humble beginnings and renewed the commitment to providing a life-changing experience for future campers. full story
| Opportunities — Sept. 22, 2008 {0914}
| Opportunities — Sept. 22, 2008 {0914} |
Sept. 22, 2008 News media contact: Tita Parham*
800-282-8011 tparham@flumc.org Orlando {0914}
An e-Review News Item
This series includes:
Conference-related:
• Confirmation, youth retreats scheduled this fall
• Methodist Men’s retreats promise spirit-filled weekends
• Adult backpacking trail hike, day hikes planned
• Lay speaking training available in North Central District
• Conference offers music groups tools for success
• Real Ideas Conference offers ideas to equips leaders
• Event for potential young clergy helps discern God’s call
• Radical Hospitality event lowers registration costs
Global/national:
• Gammon Theological Seminary alumni ‘seek new pathways’
• Laity Sunday celebrates one in spirit, all in ministry
• Leadership retreat held for African-American clergy
• Candler School of Theology hosts 21st annual Reformation Day event
• Conference provides tools for traditional worship
• Young Peoples Ministries hosts leadership events
• United Methodist Student Day prepares students to unite faith with knowledge
• Families invited to spend New Year’s on the island
• Summer Collegium study opportunity announced
• Workshop focuses on creative possibilities for visual arts
• Alternative spring break event helps feed America’s hungry full story
| Florida United Methodists help Cubans recover after Gustav, Ike
U.S. regulations with Cuba hinder Florida Conference recovery efforts
Response shows connection at work, strength of small church
| Response shows connection at work, strength of small church |
Sept. 27, 2008 News media contact: Tita Parham*
800-282-8011 tparham@flumc.org Orlando {0918}
An e-Review Feature
By Mary Lee Downey**
Radical hospitality — it’s one of the five practices of The Methodist Way and the focus of five events being held throughout the Florida Conference this fall and in early 2009. It’s also a practice members of Fellowship United Methodist Church in Palm Bay have already embraced and put to work in their community. And the effects of what they’ve been able to do are still being felt. full story
| Texas United Methodists need help to rebuild after Ike
| Texas United Methodists need help to rebuild after Ike |
Sept. 27, 2008 News media contact: Tita Parham*
800-282-8011 tparham@flumc.org Orlando {0919}
NOTE: This article was produced and distributed Sept. 25 by United Methodist News Service.
An e-Review Feature
By Kathy L. Gilbert**
HIGH ISLAND, Texas — Jerry Harrington has lived on the Gulf Coast of Texas all his life, but Hurricane Ike finally convinced him to leave. He says it’s the worst he has ever seen, and some officials agree. Now, leaders of the Texas Annual Conference are trying to figure out how to help churches and communities recover from a monster storm that occurred mostly within the bounds of their conference. full story
| Retreat focuses on challenges, successes of small churches
| Retreat focuses on challenges, successes of small churches |
Sept. 30, 2008 News media contact: Tita Parham*
800-282-8011 tparham@flumc.org Orlando {0920}
An e-Review Feature
By Sarah Alsgaard**
FRUITLAND PARK — With one pastor comparing her church’s story of renewal to green shoots sprouting from a pruned stump, participants attending a retreat for small churches heard about the successes and challenges churches very much like theirs have faced. full story
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