June 2010

Served Greggton UMC as asso. Pastor since 1988

Services are Saturday, May 1, 2010 at 3 PM at Greggton UMC; 1101 Pine Tree Rd., Longview

Visitation will be held Friday, April 30 from 5 – 7 PM at Rader Funeral Home in Longview.

Rev. Barrow passed away Tuesday night from pancreatic cancer and was 90 yrs. old.

It will be held Sat., April 24 @ 10-11:30AM @ Hardy UMC

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Time: 10-11:30AM

Location: Hardy UMC, Texarkana, Tx

Leader: The Rev. Melvin Amerson of the Texas Methodist Foundation in    Austin, Texas.  Rev. Amerson is the author of several books on generosity, served on the Boards of Ordained ministry, Wesley Foundation, Evangelism and chaired the Extravagant Generosity Ministry of the Texas Annual Conference.

Rev. Emerson will speak on “Developing a Culture of Generosity” and “Celebrating the Offering”. Though yearly stewardship campaigns are effective, he speaks     towards establishing a daily/weekly life of personal giving for your church congregations. He conducts a fun and interesting workshop; pastors and laity will greatly benefit. Make plans to attend this great opportunity. He will also be available for personal consultations after the workshop (call A. Rohde in Longview).

Registration for the Day of Wellness is limited to 36-40 participants.

A registration fee in the amount of $175 must be paid after registering online in order to guarantee a space for the participant. If you cancel 3 weeks before the event date your fee will be refunded.

Registration fees for TAC employee/dependent spouse participants in the Group Health Benefits program will be refunded upon their completion of the Day of Wellness.

All other registration fees are nonrefundable.

Please call Kim Winters, Administrative Assistant for Methodist Wellness Services, at 713-441-5980 to pay by phone.

Please contact Cescley Godley at clgodley@tmhs.org or 713-441-3384 if you have questions regarding the Day of Wellness.

TAC Group Health Benefits

A Day of Wellness with Methodist Hospital

(9 a.m. to 3 p.m.)

2010 Houston Dates

Monday, 2-8-10 Methodist Hospital – Dunn Conference Center

Tuesday 3-9-10 St. Paul’s UMC – Gymnasium

Thursday 5-20-10 St. Paul’s UMC – Gymnasium

Thursday 6-17-10 St. Paul’s UMC – Gymnasium

Thursday 7-29-10 St. Paul’s UMC – Gymnasium

Tuesday 8-17-10 Methodist Hospital – Dunn Conference Center

Thursday 9-16-10 St. Paul’s UMC – Gymnasium

Tuesday 10-12-10 St. Paul’s UMC – Gymnasium

Tuesday 11-9-10 St. Paul’s UMC – Gymnasium

2010 East Texas Dates

Wednesday 4-28-10 Texarkana, Williams Memorial UMC – Youth Center

Thursday 4-29-10 Longview, FUMC – Family Life Center

Friday 4-30-10 Tyler, Marvin UMC – Pirtle Hall

Tuesday 8-24-10 Tyler, Marvin UMC – Pirtle Hall

Wednesday 8-25-10 Longview, FUMC – Family Life Center

Thursday 8-26-10 College Station, A&M UMC – CLC Great Hall

To find the hospital closest to you in East Texas, go to your PPO Web site (the PPO listed on your identification card) and search for the ETMC hospital participating in your PPO. Please note that the ETMC hospital in Tyler is not in either PPO.

Below are the PPO Web sites―check your identification card to determine which PPO you participate in:

HealthSmart – www.healthsmart.net 800-687-0500

Multi-Plan (Previously PHCS) – www.multiplan.com 888-719-7427

Please note that hospital bills and doctor bills are separate. While the Hospital has agreed not to collect deductibles and coinsurance, doctors will still collect deductibles and co-insurance.  This arrangement is similar to the arrangement that the Texas Annual Conference has enjoyed with The Methodist Hospital for years. The big difference is ETMC facilities are located throughout East Texas.

If you choose to use an ETMC hospital, there is nothing you need to do except identify yourself as a Texas Annual Conference Group Health Plan participant. When the hospital receives payment from Boon Chapman, the hospital will simply not collect the deductible and out of pocket amounts from you. (The benefits office has already provided the ETMC participating hospitals with a copy of the Boon Chapman EOB).

The Group Health Benefits Committee hopes you find this arrangement helps you minimize your cost on the PPO program.

1 Retirees are not eligible due to Medicare rules and regulations.

First is our Joys and Concerns page. Any prayer request or praise that we receive is posted here.

Second is our Church Classifieds page. It is our place to connect those churches who have extra resources with those churches looking for resources.

Third is our Job Opportunity page. This page is a place for you to list job opportunities in your church.

If you have prayers, resources or job opportunities to add to these pages, please email them to  aroh@sbcglobal.net

Do you like to “get out of town” once a month or so, even for just a couple of hours? Have a chance to eat lunch in places that are not Dairy Queen?

Would you like to do these things with a person of wit, skill and experience working with clergy because he is one himself?

And do you have a pressing need to get started on those continuing education hours for 2010?

Then we have a deal for you!

Dr. Jerry DeSobe, Director of the Krist Samaritan Center in Clear Lake, will be convening a Clergy Study Group on Wednesday, February 24 from 10:00 to 12:00 a.m. at Marvin UMC in Tyler.

The group will meet monthly for conversation and study, at a time to be determined.

This is a group organized specifically by and for the North and Northwest Districts. It can be claimed as continuing education credits.

For more information, or to register, or to express interest even though you can’t make the first session, contact Dr. Jerry DeSobe at one of the following:

Office phone 281-480-7554, ext. 24

Email gdesobe@samaritanhouston.org

You’ll be glad you did!