Florida United Methodist Review Online -March 2, 2001

Health and Wholeness holds first event
The Florida Conference Health and Wholeness Ministry Team held its first-ever conference-wide event Jan. 27 at St. Luke's United Methodist Church in Orlando. More than 85 people attended the "Tending His Sheep: Increasing Ministry Outreach Through Health and Spirituality" to share, learn and network for the purpose of promoting health- and wholeness-related ministries.
Participants learned about a variety of health-related ministries from pastors and professionals serving in those ministries. Fourteen workshops covered a variety of topics, including ministry to the deaf and homebound, elder care and mental health support, and spirituality and grieving. Full Story

Florida delegates decide not to send nominee
Members of the Florida Conference's delegation to the Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference voted by a majority that Florida would not send a nominee from the conference for bishop.
Delegates to the special session of the jurisdictional conference will elect a bishop to fill the vacancy created by the death of Bishop Cornelius L. Henderson, who died Dec. 7.
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Stained glass project builds excitement, commitment
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Last June, eight church members of Matacumbe United Methodist Church on Islamorada started making stained glass panels to go around the two doors on either side of the sanctuary. Today, more than 20 people are involved, including members of other local churches and the community.
The Rev. Jim Altman, pastor of the church, said the windows add "an object of meditation" to the sanctuary. The project has also helped increase people's interest in the church. "The benefit of people from the congregation doing this is it shares the ownership of the place, there's more of the self invested in the church," he said. "The more invested you are in the church, the more the church and its mission become important to you." Full Story

New hire helps churches plan giving
Tom Wilkinson says his goal is to help the 337,000 United Methodists in the Florida Conference have a lasting impact on their local church and the conference through giving. Wilkinson is the Florida United Methodist Foundation's new vice president of planned giving.
Wilkinson said his purpose with the Foundation is to help local churches. "I'm not here to add to the assets of the Foundation, but to help people have an impact on the local church they've been a member of and loved for so many years," he said. Full Story

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