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Capitol Area South District
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Weekly Updates December 18, 2015
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You will find the District Calender, Classified Ads, and How to Contact Us
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8:30 am-12:30 pm Worthington UMC
600 High Street
Worthington 43085
Workshops being offered are:
Board of Trustees: Property, Building Projects, & Loans, Breakthrough Prayer Initiative, Discipleship Pathways: Building a Spiritual Growth Plan in Your Church, Emergency Response Teams: Serving Communities during Times of Disaster, Social Media in Ministry, Staff/Pastor Parish Relations Committee, United Methodist Community Ministries: Starting New Ministries in Your Community, Christian Education & Godly Play, Church Secretary 101, Finance Committee: Auditors are Our Friends ... So are Financial Internal Controls, Multimedia in Worship, Preparing for the Unexpected: Responding to Crisis Situations in the Church, All In Community: Prison Re-entry Ministry, and Youth Ministry Partnerships: Working Together to Reach a New Generation.
Learn more about Workshop Leaders, times and a map to Worthington.
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7th Annual Ohio Human Trafficking
Awareness Day
Thursday, January 14, 2016 a
t the Ohio State House, 1 Capitol Square, Columbus, 8:30 am - 3:30 pm. Featuring the Honorable Connie Zemmelman, Lucas County Juvenille Court. Resource Fair, Professionals Panel, and a Survivors' Panel Freedom a la carte lunch $10/each. Please register
by January 8th.
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Shop here for 2016 Special Sunday Resources
Offering Envelopes and Posters Available
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Important tax information for Church Treasurers and Clergy
Go to
West Ohio UMC for important information about changes to city income taxes in 2016, and for information on possible tax refunds due to clergy who were employed in municipalities and had city income taxes withheld for 2012 - 2015.
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The last day to submit 2015 apportionments will be Monday, January 11, 2016.
Year end reports have been mailed to churches. Data will again be entered online and should be completed by
January 29, 2016.
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VIM Trip:
Medical Mission, Democratic Republic of Congo
Date:
July 9th - July 19th (Monday 11th-Sunday 17th in Kamina, DRC)
Location:
Kamina, Democratic Republic of Congo
Purpose of trip:
Train and serve with Congolese UMC doctors and nurses at the Shungu Medical Clinic.
Participants requested:
Doctors, nurses, public health care professionals. Specialist such as: surgeon, gynecologist, ENT, emergency room, dentist, dental hygienist, radiologist, ultrasound user, ophthalmologist.
Group size:
11 Maximum
Trip cost estimate:
$3,000
Trip leader:
Kevin Bowers, Christ United Methodist Church, Kettering, OH. If interested, contact cell phone #: (937) 750-5948
Trip opportunities:
- Train professional nurses and nursing students in specialty techniques and procedures.
- Perform medical procedures side-by-side Congolese medical personnel, training whenever possible.
- Plan future medical partnership with the Congolese doctors and nurses.
- Remote teaching & learning coordination
- Visit other parts of the community to help understand the culture, economy, living conditions, worship, education system and history. Tours will include: medical clinic, elementary school, nursing college, teaching college, Kamina University, churches, orphanage, children feeding center, and the countryside
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CAS Staff will be away from the office December 21-January 3 to spend time with their families.
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Please share these updates with those in your congregation!
Updates will not be sent December 25 or January 1.
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