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Capitol Area South District
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Weekly Updates September 18, 2015
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You will find the District Calender, Classified Ads, and How to Contact Us
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Pastors in Fayette, Franklin, Licking, Madison, and Pickaway counties, will be responsible for caring for your individual conference by doing the following:
- Consult with your local church leaders and set a date for the meeting
- Invite an ordained elder (active or retired) to preside at your Charge/Church Conference
- Submit the details concerning *date, time, type of conference (church or charge) & presiding elder to the district office. The deadline was September 12, please do this ASAP. Upon receipt of this information an Authorization to Convene listing the presiding elder will be sent to you per Discipline.
The DS must have the
all
*BOLD items, in writing to authorize a conference.
For your convenience the Request Form can be found
here
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Plan to schedule your Charge/Church conference within a two month window of October 1 to November 30.
Forms are to be completed online this year either by the pastor or person(s) designated as Church Data Administrators.
Webinars will be held to to give instructions and answer any questions you may have. Click HERE
for webinar dates and instructions.
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September 27, 7:00 pm at Grove City UMC
ALL clergy and laity of the West Ohio Conference are invited to participate in a respectful, grace-filled conversation called Circles of Grace around the issues of human sexuality.
Please prayerfully consider being a part of these intentional opportunities for dialogue. Any learnings from this Circles of Grace process will become a resource to the Annual Conference's life, including the 2016 General and Jurisdictional Conference Delegates as well as the Extended Cabinet and the Board of Ordained Ministry.
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Faith-Based Community Workshop on Addiction
October 8th at 10:00 am
Fairfield Medical Center, 401 N. Ewing, Lancaster, OH
Registration is required and lunch is provided at no cost.
It should be noted that there will be three presenters at the workshop:
Debra Smith, MSN - Presenting on the Neurological effects of addiction
Danielle Swisher, MBA - Presenting on FMC's Medical Stabilization Unit (detox)
Rev. Tom Underwood - Presenting on Cornerstone Recovery ministry
More information available here.
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"When Kids Come Out"
A Four-Session Class for
Parents of LGBT Children
When a child comes out to his/her/their family, it often raises many questions for both the child and for the family. For example:
- What does it mean for the family when a child comes out to his/her/their parents?
- What does it mean for the parents' relationship to their church?
- What does it mean for the parents' own faith?
- How do parents navigate their own "coming out" after their children have come out to them?
These questions are among those that will be addressed in the four-session class that will be held on Wednesday evenings from October 21 through November 11 at the Livingston United Methodist Church. The meetings will begin at 7:00 pm and conclude by 8:30 pm. The church is located at 200 E Livingston Avenue, Columbus. Parking is available at the church.
Look for signs directing you to "Kids Coming Out" class at the church.
The Rev. Jim Waugh, retired pastor in the West Ohio Conference, will lead the group. Jim and his wife, Carol, have an adult daughter, Lisa, who came out to them several years ago.
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Capitol Area North and South - Day Apart Retreat for Clergy Spouses
Taste the Living Water:
John 4: 3-28
When:
October 31, 2015
Where:
Riverside U M C
2701 Zollinger Rd
Columbus, OH 43221
Time:
9:30 A.M. Gathering Time/Fellowship
Finish at 3:00 P.M.
What:
Singing, Scripture Study, prayer and a meal
Donation of $5.00
RSVP by October 24, 2015
Contact: Mary Kay Freshour Cell: 614-557-3406 or
Childcare available by request by Tuesday October 27th
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Friday, October 30, 2015
9:30 am - 3:30 pm (registration at 9 am)
Ohio Wesleyan University,
61 S. Sandusky Street, Delaware, OH 4301
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Legal Issues Our Churches Are Likely to Confront--
Topics:
- Affordable Care Act - Your Local Church Responsibilities
- Sexual Misconduct - How We Take Charge Together
- Twenty Years of Chancellor Inquiries - Top Ten
- Insurance Advice for West Ohio Conference Churches
Cost: $35.00
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Advanced Lay Servant Course "Living the UM Connection"
There were 19 Lay Servants who attended the course last weekend. C
lick
here
to see more pictures.
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Prayer Concerns
Rev. Rick Stuhmer (New Zion)
Rev. Eugene Brundige (New Horizons)
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Please share these updates with those in your congregation!
Articles welcome before noon on Thursday.
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