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Capitol Area South District
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Weekly Updates September 11, 2015
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You will find the District Calender, Classified Ads, and How to Contact Us
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Welcome to the fall launch of the CAN/CAS Children's Ministry Network (Formerly Children Ministry Conversation Group)
As we are launching our fall ministries, it is also a great time to reconnect with our fellow children's ministry leaders, and welcome new leaders into the group.
The CAN/CAS Children's Ministry Network(CMN)functions as a resource partner for our children's ministry directors, leadership team, and pastors as an opportunity to share resources and have amazing conversations around processing ministry issues and celebrating successes. This group meets on the
third Wednesday of each month, rotating locations so that we can see one another's ministry space and learn from each other. Our meeting times are from
12:00-1:00 (bring your lunch)
and consists of a topic of conversation to be discussed, which is often decided upon at each gathering.
Our next gathering is scheduled for
Wednesday September 16, 12:00-1:00pm at Trinity UMC, 1581 Cambridge Blvd, Columbus, Ohio 43212.
Topic: The Stewardship of Children with special guest Dave Boling, Associate Director, Council On Development for the West Ohio Conference.
We will discuss what best practice our churches are utilizing to create generous stewards in our children and how the children can lead the way for the church. For more information, or to join the CAN/CAS CMN Email list, please contact Rev. Karen Brantley at
[email protected]
or 614-488-0695
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Stewardship 101: Growing Generous Givers in the Smaller Church
Saturday, September 19, 2015
10:00 am-1:30 pm (Check-in begins at 9:30 am)
Richland United Methodist Church
60 Pomeroy Road, Athens, Ohio 45701
$5.00 per person (includes lunch, refreshments and resources)
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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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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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"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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The time for Church Conferences will soon be upon us, and so the preparations are now beginning. The pattern used in the last three years for church/charge conferences will continue this year. District Superintendent Rev. Kathy Brown and Rev. David Cady, Assistant to the DS, will be presiding over individual Church Conferences of congregations in Fairfield County. See the schedule
HERE.
Those congregations in Fayette, Franklin, Licking, Madison, and Pickaway counties will be responsible for caring for their own individual conference. For instructions please click on the county in which your church resides.
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 more information.
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Prayer Concerns
Rev. Rick Stuhmer (New Zion)
Miss Grace Moyers, daughter of Rev. Jay Moyers
(First UMC, Mt. Sterling)
Rev. Charles Rader (Retired)
Rev. Carolyn Scott (Disability Leave)
Rev. Gene Brundige (New Horizons UMC)
Rev. Don Wallick, (Church of the Good Shepherd)
spouse of Rev. Linda
Wallick (Wagram UMC)
Ms. Barbara Stachowiak (former CAN Administrative Assistant)
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Please share these updates with those in your congregation!
Articles welcome before noon on Thursday.
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