Schedule (Eastern Time)
9:30 - 10:00 a.m. - Registration
10:00 - 10:45 a.m. - Session with Dr. Joseph Lowery
10:45 - 12:00 Noon - Workshops
Noon - Lunch ($6.00 each)
1:15 p.m. - Worship with Dr. Lowery - preaching

Call Linda Thomas, 1-800-530-7236 to make reservations for lunch and child care if needed.

WORKSHOPS

The following workshops are planned for presentation at the Kentucky Conference celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Saturday, January 13, 2007 at Middletown UMC in the Louisville district.

Hispanic Ministries – orientation and training for engaging in ministries with and to Hispanic persons

Nathaniel Mission – orientation regarding the work and training for responding to the needs of Nathaniel Mission; will also touch on Shalom Community Ministries.

Native American Ministries – orientation to the ministry and opportunities for participation

Restorative Justice Ministries –
3 opportunities: Bags of Love, Adopt-an-Inmate, and Local Jail Ministry

Volunteers in Mission – an overview of the work of the VIM program in the Kentucky Conference

Church and Society – overview of the Social Principles of The United Methodist Church and ideas for implementing them in the local church

Disaster Response – information, updates, and ideas for participating in ministries that meet disaster emergencies

Ethnic Local Church Concerns – information and ideas for working with this ministry for local congregations

Commission on the Status and Role of Women - COSROW will present information and a presentation for young people interested in ministry. Several young candidates for ministry will join together to speak of their call, the process and the church. We will also provide information about developing quality sexual abuse policies in congregatons.

Bulletin Inserts are available for download
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