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Meet the Messengers
Written: 4/21/2008
Meet the Bloggers
Experience General Conference from 3 different perspectives
Bringing coverage of the 2008 General Conference April 23-May 2 in Fort Worth is an ongoing blog from three distinctively different perspectives – all with an eye on localized involvement and impact of legislative ac...
44 Bishops to Preach April 20
Written: 4/16/2008
44 bishops to preach in area churches April 20
In an unprecedented exhibition of episcopal commitment, 44 United Methodist bishops will be preaching in the immediate Fort Worth area while attending Council of Bishops meeting...
Central Texans Sow Seeds for GC08
Written: 11/16/2007
Central Texans sow seeds for GC08
Adapted from a UMNS story by Steve Smith*
To Marcia McFee, nothing exemplifies the Holy Spirit blossoming better than seeds. In fact, United Methodists throughout Central Texas are planting McFee's seeds — literally — to prepare for the denomin...
Be The Story: Your Church Alive in Mission
Written: 10/29/2007
A Workshop for Local Church Mission Teams
November 17, 2007
8:30 am—2:30 pm
Campus Drive UMC
The Bridges of the Spirit Training Institute for Hispanic-Latino/a ministries is offering this workshop for local church mission leadership teams, committees, and small groups in an effor...
Living Faith, Seeking Justice
Written: 9/27/2007
The General Board of Church & Society invites you to join with United Methodists from all over the world for four days of transformational learning, preaching, collaboration and community building, November 1-4, 2007 in downtown Fort Worth, TX at the historical Hilton, at the...
Conference Position – Administrative Assistant to Student Ministries and Youth in Mission
Written: 9/24/2007 4:36:45 PM
The Central Texas Conference office seeks a full-time administrative assistant to work with the associate director of Student Ministries and the director of Youth in Mission. Great communication and organizational skills are required for this position which helps coordinate all youth-related confere...
A Workshop For Local Church Leaders
Written: 8/23/2007
A Workshop For Local Church Leaders
September 29, 2007, 9am-2pm
Glen Lake Camp and Retreat Center
According to 2005 records, there are 163 churches in our conference that have Hispanic members. This represents over half of our churches! That means that each church in Central Texas has an un...
Job Opening
Written: 8/21/2007
Executive Assistant needed for the Director of Stewardship Finance and Administration
Along with the standard administrative assistant skills, experience must include exceptional technology skills in Microsoft Office software with working knowledge of database concepts and Microsoft Access capabili...
2007 Election Results
Written: 6/5/2007
Delegates to General Conference 2008
ClergyTim BrusterBrenda WierMike McKeeJerry ChismClifton HowardKaren Greenwaldt
LayBliss DoddTom HarkriderEd KomandoskySam RodriguezMyrtis ParkerPaula Whitbeck
Jurisdictional Delegates
ClergyDavid MosserJeannie Trevino TeddlieKen DiehmShelly BrooksJoh...
Health and Welfare Luncheon
Written: 5/23/2007
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Fall Leadership Summit 2007
Written: 5/17/2007 2:48:56 PM
http://ct.brickriver.com/files/oFiles_Library_XZXLCZ/Fall_Summit_2NVFVMRY.PDF...
The Call 2007
Written: 4/4/2007
The Call - May 14-19,2007
The Call is an event where the college-aged persons of the Central Texas Conference can work together serving others. These college-aged teams will provide construction, all in the name of Christian faith and love. Any college-aged person that is also a gr...
VBS Samplers
Written: 3/22/2007 3:25:53 PM
This year’s VBS Samplers will be held at First UMC Euless, Lorena UMC, and Early UMC. They will all be from 3 to 5 p.m. April 15. Participants will experience “samples” of the music, games, snacks, crafts, and Bible stories that will be a part of Lift Off: Soaring to New Heights wi...
2007 Annual Conference Offering
Written: 3/5/2007
2007 Annual Conference Offering
The Nothing But Nets initiative to eradicate malaria in Africa was designated by the Conference Mission Leadership at its Annual Meeting March 3 in Fort Worth for the 2007 Annual Conference of...
CTC Lake Charles Station Partnership
Written: 1/5/2007
A Place for you to Help
CTC - Lake Charles Station partnership gives hope to devastated homeowners
By Jennifer Coggins, Conference Director of Humanitatian Services
Over the past 16 months, churches in the Central Texas Conference have cont...
Employment Opportunity
Written: 1/3/2007
ASSOCIATE MISSION MINISTRIES’ DIRECTOR with primary responsibilities in
STUDENT LEADERSHIP TEAM
This is a full-time position in the conference office under the direct supervision of the Executive Director of Mission Ministries. This youth professional is responsible for empowering t...
Celebrating the Gifts of Fall
Written: 11/1/2006
Celebrating the Gifts of FallPumpkin Patch fund-raiser benefits church projects
By Candace Cooksey Fulton, Writer, Brownwood Bulletin
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following article is reprinted with permission from the Brownwood Bulletin where it first appeared.
The old proverb that the e...
Nothing But Nets
Written: 11/1/2006
“Nearly 3,000 kids die every day in Africa from malaria. And according to the World Health Organization, transmission of the disease would be reduced by 60% with the use of mosquito nets and prompt treatment for the infected. Three thousand kids! That’s a 9/11 every day!”
— Rick Reilly, Sports Illu...
Nothing But Nets 2
Written: 10/24/2006
NOTHING BUT NETS
The UN Foundation and Millennium Promise have been working with the UN to fight malaria for years. But it was a column that Rick Reilly wrote about malaria in Sports Illustrated--and thousands of letters and donations--that led to the creation the Nothing But Nets campaign....
2007 HealthFlex/Cafe Plan Open Enrollment
Written: 9/29/2006
2007 Open Enrollment for HealthFlex and the Aflac Cafeteria Plan is fast aproaching!
Open enrollment for the 2007 plan year will be November 1st thru November 30th, 2006. Please follow the link to the latest Benefits Bulletin for open en...
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