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Written: 10/1/2008 By Cheryl Denley Special to the Advocate It’s Sunday morning and residents of the General Hilton R. (Jack) Vance Mississippi State Veterans Home, are going to church. They are honorary members of Wells Memorial United Methodist Church, although, the majority of them have never stepped foot ...
Written: 10/1/2008 By Woody Woodrick Advocate Editor GREENWOOD – Answering God’s call carries with it great responsibility, Dr. Dora Washington told United Methodist Women at their annual meeting. “When God calls us by name, we are adopted into his family,” Washington said Sept. 27 at St. Jo...
Election Guide
Written: 10/1/2008 By Woody Woodrick Advocate Editor YAZOO CITY — About 15 years ago, Steve McAlilly told a group of Yazoo City residents news they didn’t want to hear — that United Methodist Senior Services would not be building a retirement community in their town. McAlilly, president and C...
Written: 10/1/2008 By Becky Hathcock Madison County Herald While the Prayers and Squares group at Jackson Christ United Methodist Church has made 439 prayer quilts over the past five years, the number of blessings and prayers involved are countless. "It's not about the quilt, it's all about the prayers," ...
New features added to conference Web site
Written: 10/1/2008 Issues ranging from giving to merging churches will be discussed at the annual Strengthening the Black Church workshop. The event is scheduled for 8 a.m. Oct. 4 at Rust College in Holly Springs. The theme for this year’s event is “Church Transformation: It’s Time for a Change.&rdq...
Deadline approaches to sign up for Discover God’s Call weekend
UM Hour alters viewing schedule
Written: 10/1/2008 Dr. Frank E. Moorer, a 1963 graduate of Rust College, is the presenter for the 11th Annual Earnest A. and Milverta G. Smith Alumni Artist Lecture Series October 9-10 At Rust College in Holly Springs. Moorer will lecture on author Richard Wright and will focus on the theme “Reading Richard Wri...
Written: 10/1/2008 More than 70 older-adult representatives from 21 churches throughout the state attended “Aging and Ministry in the 21st Century,” a conference featuring Rev. Dr. Richard Gentzler. The event was Sept. 6, at Madison St. Matthew’s UMC. The seminar provided information on how to star...
Written: 10/1/2008 A variety of activities will be available Oct. 18 at the second annual “A Day on Duling” festival sponsored by St. Luke United Methodist Church in Jackson. The event will take place on the church grounds in the street out front. Activities for children include face painting, a space jum...
Written: 10/1/2008 “Remembering Who We Are: Seeking New Pathways” is the theme for the 125th Founders’ Day Celebration for Gammon Theological Seminary, one of 13 seminaries affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Gammon is the United Methodist seminary member of the consortium, The Interdenomin...
Written: 10/1/2008 Four members of New Zion United Methodist Church in Crystal Springs were among about 700 people to attend the Strengthening the Black Church for the 21st Century event held Sept. 11-13 in Dallas. Those attending from New Zion included Steven Willis, Debra Stamps, Renada Robinson, Vernessa Buie and ...
Written: 10/1/2008 The Methodist Hospitals Auxiliary recently presented a check for $35,000 to Methodist Affiliated Services Hospice and Palliative Services. The check is the first installment of a $50,000 pledge for a room to be named for the Auxiliary in the new Methodist residential hospice. The $9 million f...
Written: 10/1/2008 The day after Hurricane Ike hit the Houston area, Larry Hilliard was on the way to help his parents-in-law cut a tree off their roof. Anticipating stops on the journey, he put an old Mississippi UMCOR response sign on his truck. He stopped at the Louisiana-Texas state line for gas and b...
Written: 10/1/2008 By Rev. Glenn Martin Columnist One of the consequences of declining churches is that we are failing to reach and instill spiritual integrity in local and national leadership. Corporate institutions choose well educated, experienced and “intellectual” persons for top leadership. Univers...
Letters: General agency head’s positions concern reader
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