Dr. Howard Clinebell, well-known innovator in the field of pastoral therapy, will be the featured speaker at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church’s Health and Wholeness weekend Aug. 26-27 in Orlando.

Clinebell is an ordained United Methodist pastor; a licensed marriage, family and child counselor; a teacher; and the author or co-author of 17 books. He is the founder and first clinical director of the Pomona Valley Pastoral Counseling Center, now known as The Clinebell Institute in Claremont, Calif.

The theme for Saturday’s workshop is "Anchoring Your Well-Being, Christian Wholeness in a Fractured World." Participants will learn to incorporate well-being into the seven dimensions of their lives: spiritual, mental, physical, relational, work/play, crisis/loss and environmental.

Clinebell will expand his well-being message during the Sunday morning worship services and discuss "Saving a Healthy Earth for All God’s Children — Including Yours" at the evening service.

The cost for the Saturday event is $25 per person, $40 for two people. For more information, call 407-876-4991, extension 232 or 262.

Laity and clergy interested in ministering to the deaf community are invited to attend the Southeastern Jurisdiction’s annual Congress of the Deaf at the Comfort Inn Conference Center in Atlanta Sept. 8-10.

The focus will be on the importance of evangelism and mission opportunities among the 856,920 people in the Southeast who are completely deaf.

Registration is $60 and does not include lodging and meals. For more information, contact Toni Parrish at 941-355-0815 (voice or TTY) or THPDEAF@aol.com;  or Cox at 770-396-4550 (voice), 770-396-5109 (TTY), or kcox@winterschapel.org. 

United Methodist Volunteers in Mission (UMVIM) will meet for its annual convocation and rally Sept. 15-17 at the Life Enrichment Center in Leesburg.

The Rev. Nick Elliott, director of the Southeastern Jurisdiction Volunteers in Mission and a member of the South Carolina Conference, is the keynote speaker. Workshops on disaster response and cultural sensitivity will be offered, as well as training for team leaders.

The cost is $75 and includes meals and lodging. For more information, contact Louise Lee at 941-936-7965.