Friday, September 26, the Adult Workers with Young People group (which is part of the Conference Network of Ministries with Young People) is hosting a free lunch for youth workers in the EC, AC, and GC districts. This will give you a chance to connect with one another, share a meal, get to know other ministries and begin some conversation regarding what you struggle with or are blessed with in your local churches.
All lunches will be from 11AM-2PM.
Friday, September 26 in at Sanlando UMC: EC, AC, GC…rsvp to djans@st.lukes.org
Friday, October 10 in Cape Coral: South Districts
Friday, October 24 in Jacksonville: North Districts
Community Advocacy Restoration Evangelism
October 3-5 2008
To register online, click here
To register online, click here
Cost: $110/person (price includes hotel, program, and 2 breakfasts)
**Announcing our communter rate: $50/person for the weekend!!!!**
Location: Holiday Inn Resort, Orlando
Who is invited: Student Leaders grades 6-12, and their adult leaders
Why should we go? Because this is a great way to get your student leaders trained, resourced, and connected to other students who are also in leadership.
Weekend Schedule:
Friday, October 3
6PM-8PM Registration at Convention Center
8PM Worship Session One: Community
10PM Church Group time
11PM In rooms/lights out
Saturday, October 4
8:30AM Breakfast
9:30AM Worship Session Two: Advocacy
11AM- 12PM Workshop Session One
12:30PM-1:30PM Workshop Session Two
2PM-3PM Workshop Session Three
3-6 Church time/optional free time activities
6PM Dinner with your church
7PM Worship Session Three: Restoration
Church time after worship
11PM In rooms/lights out
Sunday, October 5
9:30AM Breakfast
10:30AM Worship Session Four: Evangelism
12:00 Dismissal
**Your group’s lunch time will fall during one of the three workshop sessions, which enables each person to attend 2 workshops (the workshop options are the same each session).**
Brian McLaren to visit St. Petersburg The Florida Conference’s Connectional Ministries office is sponsoring a stop on Brian McLaren’s Everything Must Change tour next month in St. Petersburg.
Included on the tour are events in 11 cities. The only stop in Florida is Feb. 29-March 1 at First Baptist Church in St. Petersburg.
McLaren says the church is experiencing a “deep shift” as leaders and members seek to discern how to be a Christian in today’s church and world. The tour and associated resources strive to answer such questions as:
- What does it mean to be a follower of God in the way of Jesus in todays world?
- What does it mean to be a faith community engaged in the holistic, integral mission of God in our world today?
- How do we, as individuals and faith communities, respond faithfully to the crises facing our world?
The on-site tour experience will include opportunities to hear and respond to new material from McLaren; time for Q&A and dialogue; a book-signing and -release party for McLaren’s newest book, “Everything Must Change: Jesus, Global Crises, and a Revolution of Hope”, available at a special introductory price; and new music, liturgical experiences and other resources attendees can use in their faith communities, created with Tracy Howe ( www.restorationvillage.com).
A portion of the gathering’s proceeds will go toward helping a local peace/justice mission or charitable project chosen with the help of the host and a global project chosen with the co-sponsors.
Participants also have the opportunity for off-site dialogue and are encouraged to prepare for the tour by going online to FirstShift experience at deepshift.org Event details, registration information and costs are available at deepshift.org.