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Church and Society offers outreach grants
Grants ranging from $500 to $2,500 for advocacy, education and hands-on ministries to people in the community in need are available from the Florida Conference’s Church and Society Ministry Team, according to team chairman William M. Fackler.“The focus of the Church and Society Ministry Team’s work is to support initiatives…at the local level where there is the opportunity for congregational commitment and involvement,” Fackler said.
Among the ministries the team would consider for a grant are those dealing with homelessness, hunger, the environment, AIDS, domestic violence, child abuse, prisons, gambling, welfare to work, mentoring, racial justice, elder abuse, workers’ rights and substance abuse.
The team is also offering non-financial resources. Information and networking opportunities with other congregations and ministries that are confronting similar situations are among the benefits that will be available, Fackler said.
The deadline for submitting grant applications is Aug. 15, and funds will be disbursed by Oct. 31. For more information on the grants or to request an application, contact Carol Sue Hutchinson, director of the Florida Conference Council on Ministries’ Discipleship and Church and Society ministries, at 1-800-282-8011, extension 141, or CHutchinson@flumc.org.
Expo offers “Inspiration” for multimedia worship
Anyone interested in learning the most effective ways to utilize modern technology in ministry is invited to attend the “Inspiration” conference and exposition at the International Communications Industries Association’s (ICIA) INFOCOMM International® June 9-12 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando. More than 50 workshops will cover various aspects of audio, video and lighting.
The expo will include a “Worship Presentation Center” which will showcase state-of-the-art equipment and real-world solutions that can intensify the impact of worship sessions. Presenters at the expo include top industry professionals in acoustics, multimedia, sound and graphics, as well as ministers currently working in high-tech ministry settings. Jason Moore and Len Wilson, award-winning worship designers from Ginghamsburg United Methodist Church in Tipp City, Ohio, will be among the seminar leaders.
Admission prices vary depending on the number of days and number of people registering together. ICIA is offering a reduced registration rate until June 1. For more information on the “Inspiration” conference, contact ICIA 905-830-4300, or visit its web site at http://www.tfwm.com.
Historical Society discusses Methodist
impact on Florida
The pocket diary of the Rev. John S. Swaim, founding pastor of Ebenezer and Snyder Memorial United Methodist Churches in Jacksonville, is the basis for the program at the Ninth Annual Florida Historical Society Dinner June 2 at 5:15 p.m. in the Melvin Gallery at Florida Southern College in Lakeland. The title of the program is “Influence of Good During Reconstruction in Florida by Methodists and Others.”
The speakers at this year’s event are Drs. John T. and Sarah Whitmer Foster, professors of anthropology and sociology at Florida A & M University, who recently published the book “Beechers, Stowes, and Yankee Strangers,” inspired by the discovery of Swaim’s 1866 diary.
The dinner is open to the public; the cost is $10. For reservations, contact Jenny Albritton in the conference’s Risk Management office at 1-800-282-8011, extension 144, or JAlbritton@flumc.org.
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