UMNS Daily Digest - Feb. 10, 2011 (Keywords: rural church, clergywomen, online training)
From "United Methodist News Service" <newsdesk@umcom.org>Date Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:54:17 -0800
To ensure consistent delivery, please add [1]newsdesk@umcom.org to your contact and/or safe senders list. [2]View Online | [3]Add to Address Book | [4]Subscribe UMNS Daily Digest - Produced by United Methodist News Service Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011 [5]Love, mission will keep rural church together [6]Surviving, and perhaps thriving, in rural Ohio [7]Clergywomen set 4 regional consultations for 2011 [8]Agency plans online training for local church members [9]Harvest of Hope: Rural Church in America» [10]Rural Roots of United Methodism» [11]God and Country in rural Ohio» [12]Read Additional UMNS Stories» [13]Find us on Facebook [14]Twitter Contact Us [15]E-mail (615) 742-5470 âWe feel an obligation to give it a try.â-- Ben Smith, New Hope church, on joining the Greater Leipsic parish. Love, mission will keep rural church together LEIPSIC, Ohio (UMNS) â Members of New Hope Bethel United Methodist Church in rural northwest Ohio faced a choice: Continue to struggle on their own, or become part of a five-church parish ministry sharing a senior pastor and three other clergy. [16]Read full story and post a comment» Surviving, and perhaps thriving, in rural Ohio NEW YORK (UMNS) â In her Bloombytes blog, Linda Bloom writes about the weekend visit that she and UMNS Photographer Mike DuBose made last September in northwest Ohio to get a sense of how a new model for rural ministry is working. [17]Read blog and post a comment» Clergywomen set 4 regional consultations for 2011 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) -- The first of four regional conferences for United Methodist clergywomen in 2011 is scheduled for Feb. 27 - March 2 in Lancaster, Pa. âHaving regional consultations will provide opportunities for clergywomen from both the Philippines and Africa to have their first historical gatherings,â said the Rev. HiRho Park of the United Methodist Board of Higher Education and Ministry, which is providing seed money for each regional meeting. More [18]information can be found here. Agency plans online training for local church members NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) â A free online training session, âLeading the Church Council: Administration IS Ministry,â is set for 6:30 p.m. Central Time on Feb. 24, hosted by Betsey Heavner, director of congregational renewal for the United Methodist Board of Discipleship. Other upcoming webinars sponsored by the agency are âTrustees: Stewards of Church Propertyâ on March 24 and âEaster Living for Church Leaders: Prayer and Faithâ on April 28. 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