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Floridians make connection in Africa
Three members of the Florida Conference traveled to Muxungue, Mozambique, Africa, last month to visit the future site of the Bishop Cornelius L. and Dorothye Henderson Secondary School and explore a relationship between the Florida and Mozambique conferences.
The school is one way the Florida Conference can help the Mozambicans deal with an overwhelming number of children left orphaned by 30 years of war and rampant malaria and AIDS, according to the Rev. Larry Rankin, director of the Florida Conference Council on Ministries' Missions office. Full Story

Diversity, fellowship highlight youth event
In an atmosphere suggestive of Woodstock music festivals, more than 3,500 young people, including nearly 800 Florida Conference youth, gathered at the Osceola County Fairgrounds for two days of music, fellowship, worship and art.
The event was called UProar: A Modern Music Gathering, and for many of the people there it was a time to have fun and hear positive music. For others it was a chance to experience something different. Full Story

First woman lay leader dies

Dr. Ethel Gray, a longtime member of Christ United Methodist Church in Hastings and leader among Florida United Methodists, died March 9. Gray was the first woman lay leader of the Florida Conference and the first woman president of the Florida Council of Churches. She also served as president of the Florida Conference Women's Society of Christian Service. Full Story

Mission team rescues accident victims

A team of 21 people from Coronado Community United Methodist Church in New Smyrna Beach serving on a United Methodist Volunteers in Mission (UMVIM) trip to Sapecho, Bolivia, returned bruised, but uplifted by an incredible adventure that included rescuing victims of a deadly traffic accident on a narrow mountain road.
    Several team members descended the cliff to help carry survivors up to the road, while others triaged survivors or tore sheets apart to use as bandages and to secure survivors to stretchers.
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Condemned sanctuary blesses church

    For more than 29 months, the congregation at Fulford United Methodist Church here has been worshipping in its fellowship hall and chapel because the sanctuary was declared unsafe. But the Rev. Steve Hoffman, the church's pastor, says the blessings have outweighed the inconvenience of not having the church's central building.
    While total worship has decreased, the number of new people the church is attracting has increased. The church has also developed a new worship style to adapt to worshipping in the fellowship hall. Full Story

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