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Churches sought to help family farm projects
Churches are needed this winter to host benefit sales for farmers in times of
crisis. The benefit sales consist of a winter farmer's market held in city or suburban church fellowship
or parish halls. Churches' Center for Land and People is recruiting Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin
farmers to take part in these sales and churches, temples and synagogues to host them. A portion of
each sale will be donated to a licensed, non-profit Harvest of Hope fund. The fund
helps farm families pay emergency medical or utility bills, or cover losses due to harsh weather
conditions.
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UM101, an online introductory course
about The United Methodist Church, provdes a basic overview and understanding of United
Methodism. The course is intended for busy people who want to learn about
The United Methodist Church— its roots, theology, structure, connectionalism,
and current challenges—on their own time schedule. The course will be available
24 hours a day as an online learning opportunity and multi-media experience. Cost
is $12/person. [ More information ]
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WELCOMING 101:
FROM YOUR HOME
ONLINE WELCOMING TRAINING
We've put a fresh spin on welcoming training. Thousands of church leaders have already
received tools and skills to help them live the welcoming promise -
"Open hearts, Open minds, Open doors." But millions of other United Methodists
throughout the United States have yet to experience the lifestyle-changing message of this
training - often because of time, budget and travel constraints.
"Igniting Ministry 101" is a new online learning opportunity that is designed to
help local churches sharpen their welcoming skills. This basic course will deliver the
key elements of Igniting Ministry training to your computer desk - whenever you have time
to log on. By the end of this four-session online course, you will:
- understand the motivation and research behind the unprecedented national advertising
of the denomination.
- explore the importance of developing a welcoming lifestyle - in your life and in
your church.
- create an action plan to help build welcoming into your congregation's culture
as you invite your community into your church.
This highly interactive course includes quizzes, discussion areas, audio clips, videos,
and links to more information. Cost of this online course is only $12 per person.
See the enrollment information at: www.training.umcom.org.
Questions? Call Igniting Ministry Training at 877-281-6535, Ext. 3.
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Clergy Helpline
Free 24-hour phone coaching and consultation with a Christian counselor for church
professionals. Available through Christos Ministries.
Marketplace
Marketplace— is the Wisconsin UMC place
to post ads for items you wish to donate or sell, and to post ads if you
are looking for something in particular.
Wisconsin Conference Long Distance Telephone Co-op:
Pay 6¢ a minute for interstate long distance; 5¢ a minute for intrastate (within the state) long distance. This
long distance plan from Norlight Telecommuni- cations, Inc., is available to Wisconsin UM churches, clergy, and related agences.
Click on the link for more information. (pdf document—needs program like the free
Adobe Acrobat Reader
to open it)
Church Profiles online!
The revised profiles are back online
HERE.
They are accurate through 2001. There are a number of churches that have not yet turned in their stat tables and year-end
reports for 2002; we will update these profiles through 2002 as soon as all the information has been received by the finance office.
The reports were due at the end of 2002. Churches that have not turned in their reports will show zero amounts in all categories for
2003 and all subsequent planning projections for that church will be useless. Please turn in your reports!
Search
for the advance numbers of our Advance Special Giving funds. You can search on a word (for example,
"africa") or on part of a word (for example, "afr").
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