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Purpose, passion keys to growing church
The Rev. Adam Hamilton, senior pastor of the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Kansas City, Mo., said the foundation of church growth is purpose and passion among the people.
Hamilton was at St. Luke's United Methodist Church, Orlando, Feb. 8 for a seminar on how large churches become regional churches. The Rev. Mont Duncan, the Florida Conference's director of New Church Development and Church Redevelopment, said a regional church is one that can reach out to the culture and population in large numbers.
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Churches offer welcoming tips
Greeters, meals and comfort in worship are three things United Methodist lay people and pastors identified as ways to make visitors feel welcome at church. These ideas were offered as tips for churches as they participate in the denomination's Igniting Ministry media campaign and welcome new people.
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Helping community helps Ridge Manor church grow
Many churches in the Lakeland District are preparing to participate in this summer's Celebrate Jesus missions, but Community United Methodist Church in Ridge Manor is already in mission to its community.
After the Withlacoochee River flooded last September, church members ventured into areas of their community they didn't know existed and found needs of which they weren't aware. They also found that helping people is helping the church.
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Church struggles with growth issues
Most people would say a church with more than 4,000 members, more than 2,000 in worship, a 40-person staff and ministries that are touching lives throughout its city is not a struggling church. Yet the Rev. Bill Barnes, pastor of that church, struggles with what it means for his church, St. Luke's United Methodist Church, Orlando, to be a regional church.
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LAKELAND - Jake Walker got a chance last month to hang out with a few kids, a couple of lambs, a calf, a pony and a pair of piglets. The animals were at First United Methodist Church, Lakeland, Feb. 10 to help kick off the church's "Fill the Ark" campaign to benefit Heifer Project International. The campaign is sponsored by the children's Sunday school classes. The children learned about the Heifer Project and each kid received a bank and calendar they can use to raise money for the ministry.
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Photo by Debbie Bretz, associate coordinator of children's ministries at
First United Methodist Church, Lakeland
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Church growth is pastor's dream
Within the last year, Carlson United Methodist Church in LaBelle has grown by 50 percent, added a second worship service and increased its Sunday school attendance. It is now operating at almost 100 percent capacity.
The growth is the result of efforts begun two years ago to develop a plan to make disciples for Jesus Christ.
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