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Conference chaplains reflect on war experiences

     They knew the telephone calls were coming, but that didn’t make them any easier to receive.
     Several Florida Conference pastors, who are also chaplains in the armed forces, were activated during the war with Iraq.
     Whether serving in Kuwait and Iraq or
at a base in the United States chaplains are helping members of the U.S. armed forces cope with their deployment and separation from family and friends.
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Black Methodists for Church Renewal sets new vision

     The Florida Conference’s local Black Methodists for Church Renewal (BMCR) ministry is in the beginning stages of redefining its focus and mission.
     Representatives from the group met July 2 at Ebenezer United Methodist Church in Orlando with Florida Conference staff members to discuss the status of the group and its direction for the future.
     The group is reviving itself much like the conference’s Ethnic Local Church Concerns (ELCC) ministry has done in recent months. Its members are optimistic BMCR can be a vital ministry in the conference, bringing forth minority church issues and promoting diversity, among its tasks. or even several months, but within six to eight weeks.   Full Story

Liberian pastor worries, weeps for her homeland

     The Rev. Margaret Kartwe-Bradley remembers frolicking throughout the wooded areas surrounding Ganta United Methodist Mission in Liberia with her three sisters and one brother when she was a girl growing up in Liberia.
     The pastor at Ebenezer United Methodist Church, Orlando, holds tight to those memories as a decades old civil war ravages her homeland.
     A native of Pleebo, a town in the Liberian city of Maryland, Kartwe-Bradley stands firm in her faith, despite the sinking feeling she experiences when she watches the bloodshed of innocent people by warring rebels on the daily news. Although all of her siblings are in the United States, Kartwe-Bradley remains in touch with extended family members who live in Liberia.. Full Story

Residents ‘Celebrate Jesus’ with food, fun at block party

     Rebecca Williams missed the team members who came to her door bearing a light bulb signifying Jesus Christ as the light of the world, but she wasn’t about to miss a block party announced on a flier she found sticking out of her door when she returned home.
     Williams was among hundreds of people who flocked to Asbury United Methodist Church in Vero Beach July 25 to attend a block party that was the culmination of the Melbourne District’s Celebrate Jesus Mission July 19-26.
     “I think it’s great they are not trying to take us from our home church,” said Williams, who attended the block party with her two grandchildren. “I think it’s great to come here, sit down and just talk to people. It’s nice to know we’re welcome here. The people have welcomed me with a smile. This is good for the community.” Full Story

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