General
board explores partnership with Florida Conference |
The recent strength of United States investment markets has resulted in millions of
dollars in capital gains for the denomination’s General Board of Global Ministries
(GBGM), according to Michael Rivas, GBGM’s deputy general secretary. Some of that
money may soon be reinvested in inner city ministries throughout the Florida Conference.
“Capital gains on investments are being made
available for designation by the board of directors [of GBGM] to address very special
needs the church has had for some time that the church has not been able to address due to
lack of funds,” Rivas said. Full Story |
| Millennial
celebration offers hope |
Community
comes together at church |
“People really think it’s the end days, and
there’s a mood of doom and gloom about the arrival of the new millennium,” said
the Rev. Patricia Brown, the Florida Conference’s director of Spiritual Development.
Brown believes, however, that the new millennium
will be a time of hope and light for the people of Christ, Full Story |
John-John, a boy living in the neighborhood
surrounding Lealman United Methodist Church, bears the physical and emotional scars from
an accident in his home, said the Rev. Paul Kelly, pastor of the church. But thanks 
to a program provided cooperatively by the church and the St. Petersburg YMCA,
John-John is rediscovering joy in his life Full Story |
Haitian
ministry plans
for the future
With 13 mission churches throughout the Florida Conference and a
fourth elder to be ordained at the Dare to Share Jesus 1999 Annual Conference Event June
1-5, the conference’s Haitian ministry is growing, said the Rev. Montreuil Milord,
pastor of the Haitian Mission in Hallendale. Because of its current success, Milord said
the ministry is planning for its future, and a $10,000 grant from the denomination’s
General Board of Discipleship (GBOD) is helping make those plans a reality.
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