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Regional gathering focuses on children and families
The third in a series of regional gatherings held across the
conference to focus on issues children and families in poverty face will be held Jan. 30
at First United Methodist Church, St. Petersburg.
Coordinated through the Florida Conference task force for the Council of Bishops’ Initiative on Children and Poverty
(BICAP), the gathering is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for the Lakeland, Sarasota, Tampa and St.
Petersburg districts.
The events are designed to help Florida Conference United Methodists become more aware of
needs that exist in their communities. They also give attendees a chance to work together
to find solutions and develop a plan of action they can use to meet the material, physical
and spiritual needs of children and families in poverty.
The keynote speaker is Jack Levine, executive director for the Florida Center for Children
and Youth. A series of speakers will focus on issues related to adoption, welfare reform,
employment, child care, crime prevention, hunger, housing and health care. The event will
also include table top discussions during lunch and a worship service led by Florida Area
Bishop Cornelius L. Henderson.
The cost is $5 per person to cover the cost of lunch. For more information or to register,
contact Birk Mullinax in the Conference Council on Ministries’ Discipleship Ministry
office at 1-800-282-8011, extension 141, or by e-mail at bmullinax@flumc.org.
Pilgrimage includes chance for religious dialogue
Conversations with Christians, Muslims and Jews in Israel,
Palestine and Jordan on the role of the church in biblically-based peace building,
conflict resolution and justice will be part of a seminar in the Middle East Feb. 2-15.
Now known as United Methodist Seminars on National and International Affairs, the seminars
program is a four-decades-old part of the denomination’s Board of Church and Society
and the Women’s Division of the Board of Global Ministries.
The Holy Land trip is the program’s first event in the Middle East. A three-day work
experience in a United Methodist-related school, hospital or mission site is an option for
participants.
“This program is for people who want to learn how biblical faith can make a
transforming difference in the world,” said Neal Christie, program director for the
seminars.
The cost of the pilgrimage is $1,985 from New York. A reduction in price is available to
those who recruit other participants. For more information and applications, contact
Christie at 202-488-5611 or by e-mail at Nchristie@umc-gbcs.org.
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