UMNS Daily Digest - Feb. 10, 2011 (Keywords: rural church, clergywomen, online training)

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       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»



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 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. [19]Register online here.
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