UMNS Daily Digest - July 20, 2011 (Annual Conference 2010, Board of Church and Society, Brevard Coll
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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 Wednesday, July 20, 2011 [5]New vitality reflected at annual conferences [6]14 Social-justice summer interns at work [7]David Joyce to be Brevard president [8] Annual Conference Coverage» [9] UMTV: Creative and Color Blind Church» [10] Vital Congregations» [11] UMTV: Rasmus’ Church Growth Tips» [12] Read Additional UMNS Stories» [13]Find us on Facebook [14]Twitter Contact Us [15]E-mail (615) 742-5470 “To show increase in attendance one year is good news. To show it for two years in a row is a trend. To show it three years in a row is a pattern. And after that, it will mark culture change in the conference.” — The Rev. Jim Ozier, director for new church development and congregational transformation in the North Texas Conference. New vitality reflected at annual conferences NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) — Membership and attendance numbers provided during the recent annual conferences in the United States did not reverse the declines of past years, but those numbers and other reports indicated something different afoot. For the most part, the trend of decline continues in the three measured categories — membership, worship and Sunday school attendance. However, activity within and aside from those categories shows that conferences are trying new initiatives to connect with unreached communities. [16]Read full story and post a comment» 14 Social-justice summer interns at work WASHINGTON (UMNS) — Fourteen individuals, ages 18 to 23, are serving in this year’s Ethnic Young Adult Summer Internship program of the United Methodist Board of Church and Society. The young adults are working in nonprofit and nongovernmental social justice organizations in the nation’s capital for two months. Eleven of the 14 interns are from United Methodist annual (regional) conferences and three are from the Congo Central Conference. [17]Read full story» David Joyce to be Brevard president BREVARD, N.C. (UMNS) — The board of trustees of Brevard College has voted to appoint the Rev. David C. Joyce as the 13th president of the United Methodist-related school. Joyce, who has more than 30 years experience in private higher education, has served as the president of Ripon (Wis.) College since 2003. He will assume the presidency of Brevard on Jan. 1. Joyce is an ordained minister in The United Methodist Church. He has served on the governing boards of the National Association of Schools and Colleges of The United Methodist Church, the Council of Independent Colleges, Wisconsin Campus Compact, the Appalachia Service Project and the Appalachian College Association. [18]Read more» Did someone you know pass along this copy to you? Get your own copy [19]here. 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