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Church to help Louisiana pastors, congregants to get in touch

Oct. 21, 2005

NOTE: This report may be used as a sidebar to UMNS story #595.

NEW YORK (UMNS) - Louisiana United Methodists who have lost touch with
their pastors and other church members because of the recent hurricanes
now have a way to connect.

The link is being made possible through the efforts of the United
Methodist Board of Global Ministries, United Methodist Communications
and the denomination's Louisiana Annual (regional) Conference.

Beginning Oct. 17, church members can contact InfoServ, a part of United
Methodist Communications, and receive information on how to reach their
pastors. InfoServ can be reached by calling (800) 251-8140, sending an
e-mail to inforserv@umcom.org or logging onto www.umcom.org online.

The two agencies also are working together to help congregations get in
touch through Internet groups. Once a pastor requests this service,
church members can go to the "Find-A-Church feature at www.umc.org and
sign on.

Extending such a service to the Mississippi and Texas conferences is
being explored.

News media contact: Linda Bloom, New York, (646) 369-3759 or
newsdesk@umcom.org.

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