Announcements

Several times a year,BeADisciple.com hosts online courses which have been approved by the General Board of Discipleship as an advanced course in Lay Speaking Ministries. These are designated by the GBOD logo “Learning and Leading."  The main Lay Speaking Ministries page is here. BeADisciple.com is a program of the Institute for Discipleship at Southwestern College, a United Methodist institution in Winfield, Kansas. Courses Multimedia Technology in Worship for the Church...

From Melanie Gordon, Director, Ministry with Children Leadership Ministries Division GBOD - The United Methodist Church The following webinars will be available at the GBOD Children's Ministry website for training and information purposes on December 5, 2011.  There will be instructions on how to register for the webinars and access them. The webinars will be available through the fall of 2012. Basics of Safe Sanctuaries Leigh Meekins, Doctoral Candidate in Education Leigh...

Hunger doesn’t discriminate. It affects people in rural areas, urban areas, even the suburbs. Feeding America Kentucky’s Heartland (www.feedingamericaky.org) defines food insecurity as “the lack of access at times to enough food for an active, healthy life; limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate foods.” According to the USDA Economic Research Service (www.ers.usda.gov/briefing/foodsecurity), 15.6% of Kentucky households faced food insecurity in...

A recent issue of Church Mutual's Risk Reporter newsletter highlighted changes to crib safety regulations and how they impact churches providing day care and nursery services. All child care facilities and places of public accommodation, such as hotels and motels, must have compliant cribs in their facilities by December 28, 2012. Click on the following links to learn more about these important safety standards. New crib regulations set standard for safety Dispose of noncompliant cribs...

The following letter from Tim Crawford talks about some urgent personnel needs Red Bird Mission has for 2012. Dear Friends of Red Bird Mission, We have been searching for a dentist to carry on the important health ministry of Red Bird Dental Clinic. Dr. Lamar Keiser graciously agreed to serve in a part-time role after his retirement at the end of June, but he cannot continue past the end of this year. Many of you also know that we cut our faculty in half in 2010 in order to continue the...

Does your church have a ministry devoted to improving the health and well-being of people in your community and around the world? You may offer annual free or low-cost health screenings or even have a clinic. Maybe you’ve raised hundreds of dollars for Imagine No Malaria or Nothing But Nets. A parish nurse may tend to the needs of your congregants. You might have a team that advocates for adequate health care for people who are uninsured. Or you may offer health education for seniors or...

Application Deadline Extended! Are you a young adult (age 20-30) interested in justice-based learning and working for social justice? Consider applying for the General Board of Global Ministries’ Mission Intern or US-2 program. These programs develop church leaders as young people work in communities facing issues like poverty, racism, and substance abuse. US-2 missionaries serve two years working with a United Methodist partner organization in the United States. Mission interns serve...

Please … “Have a Heart for Seniors”! Sunday, February 26, 2012 February 26 is the Sunday designated by the Kentucky Annual Conference as 2012 “Have a Heart for Seniors” Annual Love Offering Day in Kentucky’s United Methodist churches.   100% of our church’s gifts to Have a Heart for Seniors will help fund the charitable care work of Wesley Manor in Louisville, Wesley Village in Wilmore, and Lewis Memorial Home in Franklin, giving financial...