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Second
church repeats Welcoming Congregation status
JACKSONVILLE — St. Paul United
Methodist Church here is the second Florida Conference church to
receive the national Welcoming Congregation designation two years in a
row. The church received notification of its award from the national
Igniting Ministry office last month. The Florida Conference has 12
Welcoming Congregations.
The national Welcoming Congregations
recognition is part of the Igniting Ministry Planning Kit and is one
of many ways churches can measure and improve their welcoming skills,
according to Deann Bogle, a project associate with UMCom’s Igniting
Ministry office who heads the Welcoming Congregations effort.
A 38-item worksheet spells out many of
the ways a congregation can be welcoming. Each item has a different
value between one and 50, and congregations must achieve 100 points to
qualify for the recognition. Qualifying churches receive a plaque and
are tagged as Welcoming Congregations in Igniting Ministry’s
Find-a-Church database.
Bishop Timothy W. Whitaker and the
Florida Conference Igniting Ministry design team have set a goal for
every congregation in the Florida Conference to become a Welcoming
Congregation. For more information on Welcoming Congregations
recognition and the Florida Conference goal, visit http://www.flumc.org/ignitingministry.
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