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Written: 11/19/2009
Sierra Service Project (SSP) is excited to announce the dates for the 2010 Honduras Service Project. Sierra Service Project, the United Methodist-affiliated youth ministry organization, is organizing four teams of high school juniors and seniors, and young adults, for a service-immersion experience ...
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Written: 11/19/2009
Nov. 13, 2009 | LAS VEGAS, NV - An exciting conference for young adults (ages 18-30) throughout The Western Jurisdiction, February 12-13 in Las Vegas, will explore the concept of the power of 10. This theme will be woven throughout the event, challenging participants to imagine the power of 10 new d...
January 10 Deadline to Apply for Human Relations Day Grants
Written: 11/19/2009
Program designed to support ministries that respond to non-violent young offenders
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 10 is the deadline to apply for a Human Relations Day Grant from the United Methodist General Board of Church and Society (GBCS). The grants are to support ministries that respond to non-v...
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Written: 11/6/2009
By Kathy L. Gilbert* Nov. 5, 2009 | LAKE JUNALUSKA, N.C. (UMNS) United Methodist leaders are seeking to lower the average age of church members by a decade in a decade. At its fall meeting, the Council of Bishops approved a plan that emphasizes mission work and leadership development among young ...
Conference Next Week to Focus on Reaching Younger People
Written: 11/6/2009
"As a denomination we have said we want more persons, more diverse persons, and younger persons. My training organization, Leadership Nexus, has really taken that seriously," says Bob Pierson, Executive Director. "We held a very effective conference on reaching young adults, at St. Lu...
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Written: 11/4/2009
Youth 2011 is coming to Sacramento, California! July 27-31, 2011 in Sacramento (and July 13-17 on the campus of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana), the conference is more than an event - "it's a commission to change your life and your world." More than a concert, "it's a c...
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Written: 11/3/2009
By Susan Hogan* Oct. 30, 2009 | CHICAGO (UMNS) - Kerry Bart's faith blossomed in his mid-20s. Two years into a career as a college chemistry teacher in Iowa, he grew curious about being a pastor. A friend invited him to tour a Pennsylvania seminary. The visit affirmed his sense of calling....
Making Sure We Nurture Younger Generation's Call
Written: 11/3/2009
"Nothing tests a person's faith quite like working in a church," writes Eric Van Meter, director of the Wesley Foundation at Arkansas State University, in his article "Making Sure We Nurture Younger Generation's Call" published in the October 23, 2009 issue of the United Methodis...
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Written: 10/23/2009
By Katy Wheat, GCORR Intern Band-Aids got my attention. "Neat, flesh colored, and almost invisible," claimed the 1940s era television advertisement - well, almost invisible, but only if you happened to have white or near white skin. Until two years ago, I had never noticed 'little' things...
December 15 Deadline to Apply for Ethnic Young Adult Summer Internships
Written: 10/23/2009
May 30 to July 31 in U.S. capital for ages 18 to 22 from United Methodist racial/ethnic minority caucuses.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Deadline to apply for a 2010 Ethnic Young Adult (EYA) Summer Internship in Washington, D.C., is Dec. 15. The EYA program is for young adults, ages 18-22, who have an inter...
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Written: 10/16/2009
By Vicki Brown* The old model of campus ministries - fully funded by Annual Conferences - can no longer completely address the needs of ministry on campus, directors of the Division of Higher Education (General Board of Higher Education and Ministry) concluded at GBHEM's fall meeting in Nashville l...
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Written: 10/16/2009
By Mary Jacobs Staff Writer, UM Reporter You might think of the University of California at Berkeley - known for its radical political environment - as the last place for a rebirth of United Methodist campus ministry. But you just might be wrong. A few years ago, campus pastor the ...
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Written: 10/16/2009
Bethany Amey, a native of Turnersville, New Jersey, was commissioned on Tuesday (October 13) as a short-term, young adult missionary (US-2 program) of The United Methodist Church and assigned to the Asian Women's Resource Center (Gum Moon) in San Francisco, in the California-Nevada Annual Confe...
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Written: 10/9/2009
United Methodist-related campus ministers and chaplains are preparing to gather at The Woodlands UMC in The Woodlands, Texas, December 14-17, to be inspired, trained, and refreshed. Registration has been opened for REFRESH 2009, an annual event funded by a grant from The Foundation for Evangelism ...
Make November 5 'Thank a Youth Worker Day'
Written: 10/9/2009
Who will you thank on November 5? It's been designated "Thank a Youth Worker Day" (TAYWD), when communities and organizations are to join in an international day of celebrating and honoring youth workers.
According to the National Collaboration for Youth, "A youth worker is someone ...
Native American Student Renewable Energy Challenge Has October 31 Deadline
Written: 10/9/2009
Students in all tribal colleges, tribally operated high schools, and Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) high schools are invited to compete in the upcoming Renewable Energy Challenge for Native American students. The focus of the contest is to promote renewable energy development for American Ind...
MDiv Student Receives UMCom Scholarship for 2009-10
Written: 10/9/2009
Nashville, Tenn. - United Methodist Communications (UMCom) has named the 2009-10 recipient of its Stoody-West Fellowship.
Tiffany Stanley, a Master of Divinity student at Harvard University, will receive the $6,000 tuition grant. UMCom awards the fellowship annually to a United Methodist ...
Wesley House and Campus Center Project Underway
Written: 10/2/2009
With a resounding thud of the sledge hammers, the Wesley House and Campus Center building project got underway.
On July 1, the Wesley Foundation, a campus ministry of the United Methodist Church, hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for a new student housing development project at the University of Ca...
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Written: 9/24/2009
Nashville, Tenn. - From San Diego State University to Northwestern University, college and university ministries across America are getting involved this fall with Rethink Church, the next evolution of The United Methodist Church's "Open hearts" advertising and welcoming campaign. Dub...
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Written: 9/24/2009
(GBHEM) - The combination of the recession and an online application process dramatically increased the demand for United Methodist loans and scholarships this year - making contributions to the Student Day, World Communion Sunday, and Native American Ministries Sunday offerings even more important....