Men hold retreat for
singles
The Florida Conference United Methodist Men is
sponsoring its second annual All
Singles Spiritual Retreat for men and women Oct. 26-28 at the Life
Enrichment Center in Leesburg.
Featured speakers include the Rev. Shirley Lynn,
superintendent of the Memphis-Asbury District in Tennessee and a
specialist in evangelism and single adults, the Rev. Dick Dunn,
minister of singles and stepfamilies at Roswell United Methodist
Church in Roswell, Ga., and Chuck Jones, director of singles
ministries at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church in Orlando.
The cost is $99 per person and includes meals
and two nights lodging. For more information, contact Jerry Bennett
at
813-685-2745 or Dargan Watts at 407-352-6592.
Crosstrainers is spiritual retreat for
students
Crosstrainers ’01 is a weekend spiritual life
retreat helping youth and adults be godly in every aspect of their
lives through worship, music, prayer and fellowship. This year’s
event is Nov. 9-11 at the Warren W. Willis Camp in Leesburg.
The Rev. Stacey Foster, pastor of Renaissance
Christian Assembly in Detroit, is the high school worship leader. He
regularly speaks to a broad cross-section of people, from youth in
public schools to church or men’s gatherings, including several
Promise Keepers events. Foster is president of S.O.A.R. (Sold Out And
Real) Ministries, a ministry designed to equip, train, inspire and
empower the younger generation. The band Paige will provide music for
high school worship.
John Sherrill is the middle school worship
leader. Sherrill is a youth pastor from Houston and part of Breakaway
Ministries, a college Bible study that meets at Texas A&M
University weekly, and leads worship for about 3,500 students. The
band Spinaround will provide music for middle school worship.
The cost is $95 per person. The registration
deadline is Nov. 5. For more information, contact Kym Langston,
Florida Conference Council on Ministries’ Youth Ministry office, at KLangston@flumc.org
or 863-688-5563, extension 139.
United Methodists needed in El Salvador
More volunteer work teams are needed for a
Methodist earthquake relief project in El Salvador. There are 25 teams
from Methodist churches in El Salvador and Puerto Rico and the United
Methodist Church in the United States scheduled through next April,
but at least 20 more teams are needed to meet a commitment to build
300 homes there.
United Methodists are also working with Action
by Churches Together (ACT) supporting the rebuilding of another 200
homes by residents.
Each team should have a maximum of 12 people and
is required to contribute $3,000 for the cost of materials for one
home.
For more information on volunteering, call the
General Board of Global Ministries’ Volunteer Hotline at
1-800-918-3100 or visit http://gbgm-umc.org/vim/elsalvador.htm.
Donations can be made to the relief effort
through the United Methodist Committee on Relief Advance Special
Number 511447-8, “El Salvador Earthquake.”
Gambling initiative seeks responses
Many delegates to the Dare to Share Jesus 2000
Florida Annual Conference Event were asked to deliver packages of
information provided by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
relating to high school gambling to local high school athletic
directors. Those delegates are now asked to follow up with their local
high schools to find out how the material was used.
Any information received from high schools
regarding the NCAA’s anti-gambling campaign should be forwarded to
Verna Echols, 621 Osceola Ave., Lake Wales, FL 33853-3346. For more
information, contact Echols at 863-676-0394. |
