You are receiving this e-mail invitation because you are important to me. An old African Proverb states, “It takes a village to raise a child.” Lucey’s Home of Love and Hope (LHLH) is a grass-roots initiative with a mission of providing a permanent home to abandoned children (ages 8-18) currently in our state’s Protective Care System.

Your prayers or financial support of the upcoming (LHLH) gala will immediately place you among our list of village supporters that are committed to making this dream a reality. Please visit our website www.luceyhomeofloveandhope.org for more information on our vision of sharing love and hope to children in need.

Virginia Wall

http://www.dnacoaching.com/

The conference will be June 27-29, 2010 at Mount Sequoyah Retreat and Conference Center. It will focus on the following:

SOME WORKSHOP TITLES:

· The Family’s Journey Through Chemical Dependency

· Healing the Wounds

· Lost Childhood, Children of Addicts

· Courage to Break the Cycle

· Treatment, Transitional Living, Recovery… what to expect

SPECIAL WORKSHOP PRESENTERS:

· Jeannine Bezotte

· Jack Fryer

· Honorable Mary Ann Gunn

· Rev. Tommy Toombs

· Ron Tweskbery

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

STEVE HORNBERGER, MSW, has over 25 years experience in human services and community building as a social worker, grassroots activist, educator, consultant and administrator. Currently, he is responsible for the National Association for Children of Alcoholics (NACoA) Clergy Education and Training Project (CETP) trainings and Program Director of Celebrating Families!

MATT KARAYAN, MA, author, counselor, therapist. Matt is a licensed alcohol and drug counselor (LADC) through the state of Minnesota. He has published numerous articles in the area of chemical dependency and spirituality, and has published two books; Healing The Wound, The Family’s Journey Through Chemical Dependency, and the second book on spirituality called The Way Home, Stories from the Master. His frankness and sense of humor brings new light to addiction issues.

REV. CINDY SLOAN serves as program associate for the United Methodist Special Program on SPSARV, where she coordinates the delivery of training and resources for clergy and congregational ministry development. Cindy is a dynamic preacher and mentor.

CEU credit and limited scholarships are available through SPSARV for the event. Contact SPSARV, Cindy Sloan 704.882.0282 for details.

For more information on registration and lodging, contact Mount Sequoyah 800.760.8126 or 479.443.4531 and www.mountsequoyah.org.

Doing Church Business Moneywi$e

The how-to’s and what-for’s of Stewardship and Finances

This will include concurrent workshops on stewardship campaigns and church finances.

Tuesday, May 18

Meal begins at 5:30 p.m. (please RSVP to the church)

Program begins at 6:15

hosted by

Greggton UMC

The cost is $15.00 per person, payable at the door. This cost covers lunch and materials. Registration is necessary. The registration form is available now attached to the Clergy e-newsletter and on the conference website at www.txcumc.org/setraining.

Clergy under appointment in the local congregation and in extension ministry are required to attend a sexual ethics training once every quadrinium.

Thank you.

Grace and peace,

Rev. Mary E. Tumulty

Table Grace

30 Rolling Stone Place

The Woodlands, TX 77381

713-302-9131

marytumulty@gmail.com

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).

We invite you all to join us for these special opportunities of worship, fellowship and (of course) food during our annual Lenten series. We are thrilled to have Dr. Pat Day as our guest speaker.

Dr. Day has served as senior pastor of First United Methodist Church in Shreveport since 1992. He was instrumental in leading a major turn-around of the 3,800 member congregation. The Sunday worship services are broadcast each week on the NBC affiliate KTAL and on the ABC affiliate KTBS.
Dr. Day earned his B.A. degree from Austin College in 1971, his Master of Theology degree from Southern Methodist University in 1975, and his Doctor of Ministry degree from SMU in 1976.

He is a member of the National Speakers Association and is in constant demand as an inspirational and motivational speaker for churches, schools, colleges, conferences, civic organizations, and community events. He has also written several articles for Net Results magazine for evangelism and church growth, and is the author of the inspirational book “Growing Into Greatness.”

We do hope you will make every effort to attend each service, and to invite others to join us for what promises to be a glorious time of worship, preparing our hearts for the celebration of our Lord’s resurrection at Easter!

A SPECIAL INVITATION FOR PASTORS – On Monday, March 15, at 2PM, Dr. Day will lead a workshop for pastors on Passionate Worship, sharing ideas and resources to help you better plan and prepare for worship.

SCHEDULE OF SERVICES
Sunday, March 14, 6PM “The Transformed Life” Romans 12:1-2
Monday, March 15, Noon “How To Be Like Jesus” Mark 1:16-20
Monday, March 15, 6PM “Forgiveness: The Ultimate Miracle” Ephesians 4:30-32
***A meal will be served in the Activity Center following each worship service.

Registration Form Link Informational Flyer Link

• Are you frustrated that your church is stuck at 25, 50 or 100 on Sundays?  Are you saddened that your worship attendance is slowly declining each year?  Does your heart break to see a bus load of school children drive past your building each weekday, but your children’s department is empty on Sunday?  Do the tears flow because your own sister stopped coming to worship?

• Are you excited that your church has recently experienced growth, new households are attending, the congregation is filled with new energy and new life?

• My friends, I dream of the day when every one of our United Methodist churches are alive, vibrant, and filled beyond capacity praising and worshipping the Lord Jesus Christ every Sunday.

• This event is just for you.  The Small Church Leadership Institute is designed to equip laity and pastors with the knowledge and skills to lead their small attendance church to a higher level of health and vitality.

• The generous financial support of five Annual Conferences (Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas East, Kansas West, and Arkansas) and the United Methodist Foundation of Arkansas – has enabled us to attract the best authorities on small church transformation in the country:  (Alice Mann, Dr. Tim Reaves, and Dr. Doug Anderson (The Race to Reach Out)

• Alice Mann, Senior Consultant with the Alban Institute and author of several books including Can Our Church Live? Redeveloping Congregations in Decline, and Holy Conversations: Strategic Planning as a Spiritual Practice for Congregations, will be our opening keynote speaker.

• I look forward to seeing you at Mount  Sequoyah!

For more information contact Marilyn Braswell-Mount Sequoyah Conference & Retreat Center-150 N. W. Skyline Drive Fayetteville, AR 72701  -479-443-4531or 800-760-8126
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