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Church teaches focus on
outreach
Community of Hope, a United Methodist congregation in the West Palm
Beach District, is teaching pastors, church staff and laity how to
develop an outreach-focused church at its “Called to Excellence”
seminar Feb. 9. The teaching will focus on kindness and service
evangelism.
The Revs. Steve Sjogren and E. Dale Locke will lead the event.
Sjogren is founding pastor of Vineyard Community Church in Cincinnati,
Oh., one of the nation’s 25 fastest growing churches, and author of
“Conspiracy of Kindness.” Locke is founding pastor of Community of
Hope, a four-year-old church with more than 500 in attendance.
For more information, contact the West Palm Beach District office
at 561-739-9270 or FLUMC-WP@flumc.org.
Seminar teaches AIDS ministry
The Intentional Growth Center at Lake Junaluska, N.C., is offering
“AIDS Ministry: It’s About Love” Feb. 5-7.
Dot Avers, a retired diaconal minister, will lead the seminar.
Avers is the Holston Conference’s director of Strength for the
Journey, a retreat ministry for people with HIV/AIDS.
Participants will learn how to conduct Strength for the Journey
retreats and reach out to people with HIV/AIDS. For more information,
contact the Intentional Growth Center at 1-800-482-1442.
Ashram offers spiritual growth
Clergy and laity of all Christian denominations are invited to the
Florida Christian Ashram Feb. 25-28 at the Life Enrichment Center in
Leesburg. Ashrams, from the Indian word meaning “to be away from
work,” are Christ-centered international and interdenominational
spiritual retreats. The Ashram movement began in India and was started
by Dr. E. Stanley Jones, a Methodist missionary there.
The Rev. Dr. Jerold Vogt, pastor of Leawood United Methodist Church
in Kansas, is the evangelist for the event. The Rev. Whitney Dough,
evangelist and producer and host of the Methodist Hour radio show, is
the Bible teacher.
The cost is $192, single occupancy, or $168, double occupancy.
Ministers and missionaries and their spouses receive a 20 percent
discount. Scholarships are available. Register by Feb. 8.
For more information, contact Karen Wenck, registrar, at
941-255-1158 or 941-625-2753, or the Rev. Dan Gill at 352-429-2513.
Short Bites
The Florida Conference Family
Camping Ministry will hold
its next event Feb. 15-18 at the Leesburg Family Campground. The event
provides creative learning opportunities, recreation and worship. For
more information, contact Ed and Sue Cepull at 407-859-0468 or Ed@Cepull.org.
Bishop Timothy Whitaker and the Florida Conference Commission on
Finance and Administration have approved a free-will
offering for the Methodist Church in Cuba.
Churches are asked to choose a day to take the offering and submit it
to the Florida Conference Treasurer. For more information, contact
Larry Rankin, director of the conference’s Missions office, at
1-800-282-8011, extension 131, or LRankin@flumc.org.
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