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February
15, 2002
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Centers rehabilitate homes, lives
The quality of a person's home, especially for a child, is an important part of that child's development, according to the Rev. Louis Jones, executive director of Tampa United Methodist Centers.
That's why the Centers' Housing Management Services ministry helps low- and moderate-income families in Tampa's inner city purchase their first home. The ministry has helped an average of about 500 people per year in its 14 years of service.
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Librarian says media is ministry
During nearly 30 years as a church librarian, Lois Cone has seen marriages saved, children educated and college theses completed through the Christian resources she has provided.
Cone is a member of First United Methodist Church, Okeechobee, and caretaker of the church's 5,000-book library, which also contains more than 500 videos and 400 audio tapes. The collection comprises material for all age groups, including Christian fiction, reference books, self-help material and sermon tapes.
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Conference plans harvest for children
In the winter, Floridians harvest citrus. In the
summer, it's sugar cane. At the 2002 Florida Annual Conference Event, churches will harvest items for the state's children.
The "Children's Harvest" is a mission project of the Florida Conference that will culminate in a collection of health and school kits, infant formula, paper and money that will benefit the Florida Conference's outreach ministries and the Methodist Church of Haiti.
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Churches have unclaimed property
The State of Florida is holding nearly $806 million in unclaimed property. Some of that belongs to Florida Conference United Methodist churches that don't know it's there, according to Joye Koerber, a finance specialist with the Office of Unclaimed Property.
Unclaimed property is "cash or equivalent assets left by an owner with a company…like a bank, insurance company or an employer," Koerber said, adding it can include stock, bonds or mutual funds, or it can be a utility deposit left when someone moves or cancels service and does not leave a forwarding address.
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Florida Southern honors bishop with scholarship
When retired Bishop J. Lloyd Knox graduated from Florida Southern College (FSC) in 1951, he had worked his way through school as a hospital orderly, earning up to $120 per month.
Soon, United Methodist students attending the college will benefit from the new Bishop James Lloyd and Edith Knox scholarship endowment. It's being established by FSC, the United Methodist Higher Education Foundation and Florida United Methodist Foundation,
The Knoxes will be honored during a $100-per-plate scholarship endowment dinner on the school's Lakeland campus March 8, 6-9 p.m.
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