10 Florida United Methodist Review Online

Men invite singles to retreat

The Florida Conference United Methodist Men invite single men and women of all ages to the 2nd Annual Singles’ Spiritual Retreat Oct. 26-28 at the Life Enrichment Center in Leesburg.

Featured speakers are the Rev. Dick Dunn, minister of singles and stepfamilies at Roswell United Methodist Church in Roswell, Ga., and the Rev. Shirley Lynn, superintendent of the Memphis-Asbury District in Tennessee, certified evangelist and minister to single adults.

The cost is $99, which includes lodging and meals. For more information, contact John Dowell, president of the United Methodist Men, at 813-251-6458 or jdowellumm@aol.com.

Short Bites

The 2001 Southeastern Jurisdiction Older Adults Conference, Aug. 13-16 in Lake Junaluska, N.C., offers 11 workshops for older adults and those who work with them. For more information on the two-day conference, call 1-800-222-4930.

United Methodist Men will meet July 13-15 at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., for the Eighth International UMMen Congress. For more information, contact Martha Davis at 615-340-7137 or mdavis@gcumm.org or visit http://www.gcumm.org.

The Fellowship of United Methodists in Music and Worship Arts will hold its biennial convocation July 12-17 in Washington, D.C. Scholarships and CEUs are available. For more information, call 1-800-952-8977 or e-mail FellowshipConvo@aol.com.

Three members of the Florida Conference will present classes at Focus 2001 Conference for Workers with Children July 29-Aug. 1 in Nashville, Tenn. For more information, call 1-877-899-2780, extension 7176, e-mail focuse@gbod.org, or visit http://www.focus2001.org.