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Missions board offers customizable Web
site
United Methodists interested in the mission work
of the general church can sign up for a personal and customizable
version of the General Board of Global Ministries’ (GBGM) Web site.
myGBGM is the web-based, personalized mission information service of
the GBGM, produced collaboratively between the GBGM web team, United
Methodist Communications and the Upper Room.
Members of myGBGM will receive access to
articles, events and resources from the GBGM site matched to their
interests; notification via e-mail when new content matching their
profile is posted to the site; access to a daily devotional; and the
ability to send and receive e-cards with a United Methodist tone in
their message.
For more information visit http://gbgm-umc.org/mygbgm/intro.cfm.
Seminar teaches effective, ethical
signing
Two seminars held at Orlando’s Conway United
Methodist Church Sept. 13-14 will teach signers how to be more
effective in their ministry and heighten the spiritual and ethical
understanding of the Christian interpreter.
Theresa A. King, author of “Effective
Religious Interpreters; Insights from a Deaf Perspective,” will lead
the two-day seminar, conducted in American Sign Language.
Activities and role playing on Friday will
introduce interpreters to Biblical principles for their ministry.
Saturday’s sessions will deal with the needs of interpreters, deaf
ministries and churches. A panel of deaf and hard-of-hearing people
will address issues they face in the church.
Continuing education units for professional
studies are available.
The cost is $65 for both sessions before Aug. 17
and $75 thereafter. For more information contact Conway United
Methodist Church at 407-277-5010 or King at 407-273-6565 (voice),
407-823-8284 (TTY) or KINGME2@Erols.COM.
Florida holds Disciple training
A three-day event designed to train participants
to lead a Disciple Bible study group will be held in Orlando Sept.
5-7. The session is open to laity who have completed a Disciple study
and pastors.
Disciple is a 34-week small-group Bible study
course. Through group discussions and video presentations participants
learn how to become better Christian disciples.
The cost is $750 for the first person from each
church and $300 for each additional person. Scholarships are available
from the Florida Conference Council on Ministries’ Discipleship
Ministry office. For more information contact the Discipleship
Ministry office at 1-800-282-8011, extension 140 or 141, CHutchinson@flumc.org
or BMullinax@flumc.org.
Short Bites
There is still limited space available at the 2002 Preaching with
Presence Workshop Aug. 5-7 at the Life Enrichment Center in Leesburg.
Participants must be actively preaching in a United Methodist pulpit.
The workshop’s goal is to help preachers maintain a mental and
spiritual presence when preaching. The cost is $100 per person.
Contact the Rev. Jim Fogle-Miller at 863-324-6347 or jimlead@aol.com.
The Florida Conference Disaster Response Ministry has an immediate
need for Flood Bucket contents. Its depot has a supply of empty
buckets, but needs the items that go inside. Flood Buckets are an
essential part of the response to a hurricane. Contact Lisa Rhan at
386-454-7775 or lisaxbird@aol.com
or visit http://gbgm-umc.org/umcor/kits.cfm#Health.
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