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Conference
gives hope
to children
  Bishop calls
for special offering
Feb. 13.
Florida Conference Bishop Cornelius L. Henderson has asked the
conference's churches to renew their focus on the denomination's Council of Bishops'
Initiative on Children and Poverty (BICAP) and its partner ministry, "Hope for the
Children of Africa," and to collect a special offering on Feb. 13 to help the
conference meet its goal of $474,933. Full Story
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Clergy call for new focus
from General Conference Florida
Conference clergy were recently invited to express their opinions about the issues they
would like the United Methodist General Conference to address in May. Several said they
expected the topics of homosexuality, denominational structure and finances to capture
delegates' attention, but hoped for a different focus from the denomination's top
legislative body. Full Story
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Labyrinth, lights usher in
new era
 As fireworks exploded over Times Square in
New York and Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom in Orlando, more than 225 United Methodists
from the Florida Conference stood quietly on the path of the conference's new prayer
labyrinth, candles in hand, and prayed for a new beginning in the year 2000.
Full Story
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Lay Speakers find outlet at
service
Since last July, lay speakers in the Sarasota
District have been meeting once a quarter for worship and a chance to use their skills and
training, according to Rocky Walker, director of the district's Lay Speaking Ministry.
"All of the lay speakers involved in it are really excited about
it," he said. "It has revitalized the Lay Speaking Ministry in the
district." Full Story
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Church offers peace to
parents
 Since beginning a ministry for families with
special-needs children, Laura Majistro Wells, a member of Orlando's Peace United Methodist
Church, has met three families that were asked to leave other churches because of their
children.
"Several parents have come to us with stories of churches where
they felt excluded before," Majistro Wells said. "Now, they're not. And they
know God has not turned his back on them." Full Story
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