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CTC young people share their EXPLORATION 2009 experiences
Written: 11/20/2009
My experience at EXPLORATION 2009
By Ethan Gregory, SLT President, Senior, FUMC Mineral Wells
I arrived at the Sheraton in Dallas at about 2:30 in the afternoon. I went into the room where we were registering and was greeted by several familiar people from the CTC. I hung out for a while as m...
Fall Leadership Summit draws record crowd, record praise!
Written: 11/19/2009
"The Five Practices are the keys to our future as a church, meeting the spiritual needs of the community,” claims one participant in the Fall Leadership Summit Nov. 14 at First United Methodist Church in Mansfield.
This sentiment was echoed repeatedly in the evaluation fo...
18 adults / 7 congregations meet mission needs at Sager Brown Depot
Written: 11/13/2009
Sue Jones of St. Paul United Methodist Church in Hurst can’t say enough good things about her first experience as a volunteer at the United Methodist Church’s Sager Brown UMCOR Depot in Baldwin, La.
She was one of 18 people from seven churches in the ...
CTCYM youth repair more than homes
Written: 11/13/2009
Claudie had been attending Frost United Methodist Church for several months. She had struggled with her faith after many difficulties in her life. Her mom died when Claudie was nine. In adulthood, her husband died at 27, leaving her alone to raise their young children.
Wit...
Big Registration Numbers Call for Fall Summit Schedule Adjustments
Written: 11/11/2009
The numbers continue to climb for the Fall Leadership Summit this Saturday, Nov. 14, at First UMC, Mansfield, with Bishop Robert Schnase taking his Five Practices for Fruitful Congregations to the next level of engagement. Our own Bishop Mike Lowry does not want the 1,100 or so who will be coming to...
Bishop Lowry Calls on CTC Churches to be in Special Prayer This Sunday
Written: 11/6/2009
The loss of lives and injuries at Fort Hood is a tragic situation that is touching the lives of many people. Our thoughts and prayers are with the loved ones who are struggling with this loss and to those who have been injured.
We have five United Methodist churches in the immediate Killeen area t...
Building our future, encouraging our students
Written: 10/30/2009
While it is the General Board of Higher Education & Ministry’s mission to lead the church in recruitment, preparation, nurture, education and support of new generations Christian leaders – lay and clergy – for the work of m...
Energizing & Equipping Local Churches - Witnessing for Christ
Written: 6/25/2009
Bishop Michael Lowry convened his first Central Texas Annual Conference as new Episcopal leader June 7-10 at White’s Chapel United Methodist Church, Southlake. It was serendipitous or divine guidance that the conference would meet for the ...
2009 Academy of Christian Education
Written: 6/12/2009
2009 Academy of Christian Education Brochure, click here.
2009 Academy of Christian Education Registration Form, click here....
Reflections of a Baby DS...
Written: 3/19/2009
By Rev. Virginia O. (Ginger) Bassford, Ph.D.
Incoming Weatherford District Superintendent
I am the youngest of four children, the “baby” of the family. My next-in-line sibling is ten years older than I, which according to birth order experts, also means that I function ...
Written: 1/9/2009 10:12:51 AM
July 21 - 24, 2009
Pre-Conference: July 20, 2009
Indianapolis, Indiana
www.gbod.org/focus2009
Innovative workshops • Unique Worship Experiences • Networking Opportunities • Inspiring Preachers • Dynamic Speakers • Extensive Resource Center • Cokesbury bookstore &bul...
Focus 2009
Written: 1/9/2009
July 21 - 24, 2009
Pre-Conference: July 20, 2009
Indianapolis, Indiana
www.gbod.org/focus2009
Innovative workshops • Unique Worship Experiences • Networking Opportunities • Inspiring Preachers • Dynamic Speakers • Extensive Resource Center • Cokesbury bookstore &bul...
Reaching for the Goal!
Written: 1/9/2009
FEBRUARY: CHURCH GROWTH SHARES MONTH
Reaching for the goal!
By Dr. J. Allen Goss
Director, Church Growth & Development
The year is 1980, the year Church Growth & Development was created and the total local church membership in the Central Texas Conference is 123,3...
Conference Takes Action to Cope with Economic Shortfall
Written: 1/9/2009
Conference takes action to cope
with potential economic shortfall
The Conference Council on Finance & Administration met in called session Dec. 11 to consider the possible impact the current financial situation might have on the Central Texas Conference connectional giving pro...
UMCOR brings food, medical Care and water to Zimbabwe
Written: 12/16/2008 3:53:44 PM
The General Board of Global Ministries reports a breakthrough in Zimbabwe amidst dire food shortages and increasing diseases of poverty. After months of careful planning, including the overcoming of political obstacles, The United Methodist Church, acting through the United Methodist Committee on Re...
Encounter with Christ in Latin America and the Caribbean needs our attention
Written: 12/16/2008 3:28:05 PM
More than 220 million people in Latin America and the Caribbean live in poverty, many on less than $2 a day.
Through a partnership between the General Board of Global Ministries (GBGM), the Council of Evangelical Churches in Latin America and the Caribbean and the Methodist Church of the Caribbean ...
Review of disaster responses in 2008
Written: 12/16/2008 3:23:14 PM
The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), the church’s humanitarian aid organization, has led the way to respond to disasters worldwide, and Central Texas Conference congregations lived out UMCOR’s goals at a local level.
During two conference-wide collections, our congregations...
Conference launches first Academy of Christian Education with rave reviews
Written: 12/16/2008 2:59:46 PM
Twenty-three Christian educators from the Central Texas Conference spent five days in mid-November immersed in an intense, informative, inspiring tie of spiritual growth and ministry preparation known as the Academy of Christian Education.
In evaluating their experience, some participants pinpointe...
Clergy Sexual Misconduct Prevention course is now available online
Written: 12/16/2008
An online course on Preventing Clergy Sexual Misconduct (PCSM) is now available to all clergy and supply pastors who are appointed to a charge in the Central Texas Conference.
The Conference first offered a classroom-style workshop in 2000 with the expectation that all clergy would attend such a co...
New membership vows and ritual are now available
Written: 12/16/2008
The new baptismal and professing membership vows of The United Methodist Church adopted by delegates to the 2008 General Conference, the denomination’s top legislative body, will take effect Jan. 1.The new membership vows and ritual are now available on the GBOD worship Website at: http://www....
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