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| Tom Wilkinson, left, vice president of development for the Florida United Methodist Foundation, speaks with Garland Gould following a workshop on planned giving at the Sept. 15 Stewardship Summit in Orlando. Photo by Erik Alsgaard. Photo #07-0681. Accompanies e-Review Florida UMNS #0746, 9/30/07. | |
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The Rev. Melvin Amerson (right), staff member from the Texas Methodist Foundation in Austin, responds during a question and answer period at the Sept. 15 Stewardship Summit in Orlando. Amerson also led a workshop titled “Creating a Culture of Stewardship in the Local Church." The Rev. Dan Dick, staff member from the General Board of Discipleship and keynote speaker, looks on. Photo by Erik Alsgaard. Photo #07-0680. Accompanies e-Review Florida UMNS #0746, 9/30/07.
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| Florida Conference Bishop Timothy W. Whitaker opens the first-ever Stewardship Summit Sept. 15 at St. Luke's United Methodist Church in Orlando. Photo by Erik Alsgaard. Photo #07-0679. Accompanies e-Review Florida UMNS #0746, 9/30/07. | |
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| One Saturday a month, Simpson Memorial United Methodist Church invites neighbors and leaders to a free prayer breakfast. The goal is to pray for and support each other in efforts to make an impact on the rates of crime occurring in the church’s Riviera Beach community. Photo by Steven Skelley. Photo #07-0678. Accompanies e-Review Florida UMNS #0745, 9/27/07. | |
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The Rev. Verona Matthews (center) prays during the community prayer breakfast Sept. 1 for those who live in the neighborhood surrounding her church, Simpson Memorial United Methodist Church, who are victims of crimes and those who commit the crimes. Photo by Steven Skelley. Photo #07-0677. Accompanies e-Review Florida UMNS #0745, 9/27/07.
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| The Rev. Gloria Brown (left), a member of Greater Bell United Methodist Church, talks with Kay Dahlstrom, a member of Skycrest United Methodist Church, during a break-out session on the practices of “The Methodist Way” at the Life Enrichment Center in Fruitland Park. Photo by J.A. Buchholz. Photo #07-0676. Accompanies e-Review Florida UMNS #0744, 9/24/07. Web photo only. | |
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Willie Bailey (right) talks with the Rev. Dr. Jeff Stiggins during a break on the practices of “The Methodist Way” at the Life Enrichment Center in Fruitland Park. Photo by J.A. Buchholz. Photo #07-0675. Accompanies e-Review Florida UMNS #0744, 9/24/07. Web photo only.
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Before recovery from past storms was complete, volunteers were called in to respond to a new recovery effort. Many volunteers, like these from Coronado United Methodist Church in New Smyrna Beach, have helped residents in The Villages and Lady Lake areas repair their homes and property after tornadoes hit the Central Florida area last February. Photo courtesy of Florida Conference Disaster Recovery Ministry. Photo #07-0674. Accompanies e-Review Florida UMNS #0742, 9/21/07. Web photo only.
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| Volunteers from Ocoee Oaks United Methodist Church Disaster Aid Response Team help secure a Lady Lake homeowner’s roof after the home was damaged by tornadoes that hit Central Florida last February. Photo courtesy of Florida Conference Disaster Recovery Ministry. Photo #07-0673. Accompanies e-Review Florida UMNS #0742, 9/21/07. Web photo only. | |
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| (Left to right) Asbury United Methodist Church members Bob Goodin, Paul Schumacher and Jim Porterfield plan plumbing repairs at Lavinia Buchberger’s home. The crew undertook the project as part of the church’s Widows Might ministry. Photo by Thomas Routzong. Photo #07-0672. Accompanies e-Review Florida UMNS #0740, 9/14/07. | |
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Fifty-eight of the nearly 500 United Methodist churches serving fair trade coffee from Equal Exchange are Florida Conference churches. In 2002, United Methodists bought 11,000 pounds of the coffee. Buying fair trade coffee helps ensure farmers get a fair price, even when markets prices are low. Photo by Caryl Kelley. Photo #07-0671. Accompanies e-Review Florida UMNS #0739, 9/14/07.
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| Florida Conference Lay Leader Bill Walker addresses members attending the laity session at the 2007 Florida Annual Conference Event last June. Walker was the first lay person elected at the annual gathering as a delegate to next year's General Conference, and he is serving as chairman of the conference’s delegation to the 2008 General and Southeastern Jurisdictional conferences. Photo by Greg Moore. Photo #07-0670. Accompanies e-Review Florida UMNS #0738, 9/13/07. | |
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Participants attending the Afroroots Sacred Music concert Feb. 29, 2004, enjoy sacred music from countries and cultures with African roots. Photo courtesy of Arts at St. John’s. Photo #07-0669.Accompanies e-Review Florida UMNS #0736, 9/9/07. Web photo only.
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Dr. Carol Hoffman-Guzman (left), director of Arts at St. John’s, and Charm Walters, who developed the Rhythmic Rapture outreach dance program, believe the arts can transform both individuals and a community — spiritually, socially and personally — and that the church should be part of that, a main tenet behind the arts program. Photo by Thomas Routzong. Photo #07-0668. Accompanies e-Review Florida UMNS #0736, 9/9/07.
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| More than 14,000 people have attended events provided through Arts at St. John’s since the program began eight years ago at St. John’s United Methodist Church in Miami Beach. Photo by Steven Skelley. Photo #07-0667. Accompanies e-Review Florida UMNS #0736, 9/9/07. | |
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| Paulette Monroe, president of the Florida Conference United Methodist Women, speaks during the 2007 School of Christian Mission at Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach. Photo by Erik Alsgaard. Photo #07-0666. Accompanies e-Review Florida UMNS #0735, 9/7/07. | |
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The Rev. Rodney Hunter, from Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church in Richmond, Va., teaches a class during the Music and Mission segment of the 2007 School of Christian Mission. Photo by Erik Alsgaard. Photo #07-0665. Accompanies e-Review Florida UMNS #0735, 9/7/07.
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The Rev. Marie Maude Hyppolite, with the Rev. Montreuil Milord, chair of the Haiti/Florida Convenenat task force, attended the 2007 Florida Annual Conference Event in June to shed light on issues affecting people in Haiti and meet with members of the Haiti/Florida Covenant task force. Photo by the Rev. Armando Rodriguez. Photo #07-0664. Accompanies e-Review Florida UMNS #0734, 9/6/07.
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| As part of the 2007 Children’s Week festivities, children across the state were asked to make paper cut-outs of their hands and send them to the state capitol in Tallahassee to be hung in the rotunda during the week. Photo by Erik Alsgaard. Photo #07-0663. Accompanies e-Review Florida UMNS #0733, 9/6/07. | |
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| Paulette Monroe, president of the Florida Conference United Methodist Women, speaks to members attending a business session of the 2007 Florida Annual Conference Event. Photo by Caryl Kelley. Photo #07-0662. Accompanies e-Review Florida UMNS #0733, 9/6/07. | |
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Peregrinos and guias perform a skit in Spanish during the weeklong Pueblo Hispano. Photo courtesy of Bonnie Brown. Photo #07-0661. Accompanies e-Review Florida UMNS #0732, 8/31/07.
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Bonnie Brown (left) buddies with Guide Elvira Ramirez, a member of Humboldt Park United Methodist Church in Chicago, after impersonating Elvira in a Spanish skit. Photo courtesy of Bonnie Brown. Photo #07-0660. Accompanies e-Review Florida UMNS #0732, 8/31/07.
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| Local agencies and church ministries provided materials and information to people attending the health and ministry fair Aug. 4 at St. Paul United Methodist Church. Some agencies, like Morton Plant Mease Wellness Centers, took a hands-on approach. The center’s Penne Learomatis gives church member Maxine Bertran a relaxing chair massage. Photo by Steven Skelley. Photo #07-0659. Accompanies e-Review Florida UMNS #0731, 8/31/07. | |
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| Michelle Robinson’s boys were happy to get the school supplies they received at St. Paul United Methodist Church’s back-to-school health and ministry fair Aug. 4. Photo by Steven Skelley. Photo #07-0658. Accompanies e-Review Florida UMNS #0731, 8/31/07. | |
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Florida Conference United Methodists were introduced to The Methodist Way at the 2007 Florida Annual Conference Event last June. About 600 people arrived at the Lakeland Center a day before the event officially began for a series of classes on The Methodist Way’s principles. Kalon Stiggins, worship director at Community of Faith United Methodist Church in Clermont, helps lead a class on passionate worship. Photo by Greg Moore. Photo #07-0657. Accompanies e-Review Florida UMNS #0730, 8/30/07.
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