The Florida Conference Hispanic Ministry received a joint grant from the General Board of Discipleship and the National Plan for Hispanic Ministry to train Hispanic leaders.

The $3,067 grant funded the workshop "An Adventure in Healing and Wholeness" in Miami May 15-17.

Dr. Carmen Gaud, a member of the Puerto Rico Conference and editor of El Aposento, the Spanish edition of the Upper Room, led the workshop.

Twenty-five participants attended. There are 59 Hispanic churches in the Florida Conference.

United Methodists are being encouraged to participate in an online conversation at 8 p.m. July 8 about what it means to be a global church.

The conversation will focus on the church’s relationships with its regional units outside the United States.

The webcast follows an initial "Forum on the Future" dialogue that took place Feb. 26 in Nashville, Tenn. Both share the same theme, "What in the World Are We Talking About? Strengthening Our Global Connection and Ecumenical Relationships." The first dialogue focused on the question from a U.S. perspective; the upcoming webcast will look at it from the international perspective.

Panelists include United Methodists from the central conferences—Emma Cantor, the Philippines; Solomon Chiripasi, Zimbabwe; Øyvind Helliesen, Norway; and Roland Siegrist, Austria—all of whom serve on the General Council of Ministries. They will join Bishop Alfred Johnson, leader of the New Jersey Area and chairperson of the Advance for Christ and His Church, and two panelists from the first webcast, the Rev. Bruce Robbins, top staff executive of the United Methodist Commission on Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns, and Jay Williams, a member of the General Council on Ministries.

The United Methodist General Council on Ministries and Inter-Agency Research Task Force are the event’s sponsors.

For more information visit http://www.gcom-umc.org/future.