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January 4, 2002

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Opportunities

Academy offers five days of spiritual growth

Florida’s Five-Day Academy for Spiritual Formation is March 3-8 at the Life Enrichment Center in Leesburg. It is sponsored by the Upper Room and the Florida Conference’s Discipleship Ministries office and is open to laity and clergy of all denominations.

The Academy is designed as a time to participate in disciplined and intentional spiritual growth.

Hazelyn McComas, a laywoman from Wisconsin and former faculty member of Milwaukee Theological Institute, will teach “A Spirituality of the Psalms.” Dr. M. Robert Mulholland Jr., chief academic officer at Asbury Theological Seminary in Kentucky, will teach “The Role of Scripture in Spiritual Formation.”

The cost is $405. For more information, contact Carol Sue Hutchinson, director of Discipleship Ministries, at 1-800-282-8011, extension 140, or CHutchinson@flumc.org.

Board seeks ethnic young adults for internships

The General Board of Church and Society is seeking applicants between the ages of 18 and 22 for the Ethnic Youth Adult Summer 2002 Internship Program. The eight-week internship begins June 1 and ends July 27. Interns receive airfare to and accommodations in Washington, D.C., and a $1,500 stipend.

Ten United Methodist young adults representing ethnic caucuses of the church will be selected. Candidates must demonstrate leadership skills in faith-based social justice work and be involved in their local church.

The application deadline is Feb. 1. For more information, contact Ana Toledo at 202-488-5651 or atoledo@umc-gbcs.org. Applications are available on-line at http://www.umc-gbcs.org/seminar_interns.htm.

Short Bites

The Florida Conference Council on Ministries (CCOM) is asking clergy and laity to complete the “Florida Conference†Training, Equipping and Resourcing Survey” at http://www.flumc.org/000ter/TerSurvey.asp. Feedback received will help the CCOM better understand the conference’s training needs and coordinate opportunities to meet those needs.

Leaders and teachers looking for a resource dealing theologically with the problem of evil can purchase “Good Lord, Deliver Us: The Praise of God and the Problem of Evil” by Dr. Rowan Crews. It retails for $14.95 through Cokesbury.

Pastors and laity can learn how to Equip the Laity to Lead at Anona United Methodist Church in Largo Jan. 24-25. The seminar is part of the Conference Council on Ministries’ The Exchange Leadership Seminars. For more information, contact Mary Dier, Suntree United Methodist Church, at 321-242-2585.

Churches can learn how to develop partnerships and conduct effective short-term mission projects at the “Growing a Great Commission Church” seminar offered by Global Focus Ministries at its annual Global Focus Leadership Seminar Jan. 30-Feb. 1 at Pine Castle United Methodist Church, Orlando. For more information, contact Global Focus Ministries at 1-800-478-8963, extension 9046.

United Methodist Communications (UMCom) offers churches assistance in purchasing Microsoft, Dell and Apple products at significantly lower prices through its TechShop Stores. The UMCom TechShop is available on-line 24 hours a day at http://www.umcom.org/techshop. The TechShop staff is available from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Central Time, Monday through Friday, at 1-866-521-1179.

The Southeast Tissue Alliance (SETA) is offering churches resources to help make organ donation part of their ministry. SETA provides printed materials and a team of staff and volunteers to work with church staff or congregations. For more information, contact SETA at 1-877-733-3700, or visit SETA’s Web site at http://www.donorcare.org.