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Florida Southern College names new
director of church relations Mike
Crawford has been named new director of church relations at United
Methodist-affiliated Florida Southern College (FSC) in Lakeland.
Crawford will act as liaison between the college and the United
Methodist Church, as well as visit prospective students and speak at
area churches to improve the college’s long-standing relationship with
the church.
Crawford spent 18 years working in the United Methodist Church in
youth and young adult ministries. He has served in large and small
churches throughout the conference and led numerous workshops and
seminars about youth/young adult issues.
“With his wealth of experience and connections in the Florida
Conference, Mike will be a wonderful asset to Florida Southern,” said
the Rev. Timothy S. Wright, FSC chaplain, in a recent release from FSC.
“I am excited not only about what he will bring to the college, but
also about the role he will play in the life of the church.”
College names scholarship after Florida Conference bishop, others
Millsaps College in Jackson, Miss., has established a scholarship
for entering freshman students that honors the school’s eight alumni
bishops, including Florida Conference Bishop Timothy W. Whitaker.
The seven other bishops honored are the Revs. Roy Clark of
Nashville, Tenn.; Ellis Finger of Asheville, N.C.; Larry Goodpaster of
Montgomery, Ala.; Clay F. Lee Jr. of Jackson, Miss.; and Mary Ann
McDonald Swenson of Pasadena, Calif.; and the late Revs. Joel D.
McDavid and Nolan B. Harmon.
Organizers have set a $500,000 goal for the fund. The first
scholarship will be awarded in fall 2005.
For more information contact Kay Barksdale at
barkskb@millsaps.edu or
601-974-1483.
Director of music ministries wins scholarship
Betty Jo Couch, director of music ministries at First United
Methodist Church, Melbourne, was awarded a $1,000 scholarship toward
her bachelor of music degree in organ from Stetson University in
DeLand.
Couch was among five music education students who received a
scholarship from the Fellowship of United Methodists in Music and
Worship Arts for the 2003-04 academic year.
The fellowship is a professional organization affiliated with the
General Board of Discipleship in Nashville, Tenn.
To qualify for the scholarships a student must be a full-time music
degree candidate at an accredited university, college or school of
theology or doing special education in worship or worship-related
arts. Students must demonstrate exceptional musical or other artistic
talent, leadership ability and potential future usefulness to the
church in music or worship.
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