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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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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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2008 United Methodist Student Day Offering
Written: 11/11/2008
United Methodist Student Day Offering Nov. 30 The United Methodist Student Day Offering, taken by United Methodist congregations on or near Nov. 30, helps the church to prepare students in uniting their faith with knowledge. Through your offerings, the United Methodist Church’s General Board ...

Meet the Messengers
Written: 4/21/2008
Meet the Bloggers Experience General Conference from 3 different perspectives Bringing coverage of the 2008 General Conference April 23-May 2 in Fort Worth is an ongoing blog from three distinctively different perspectives – all with an eye on localized involvement and impact of legislative ac...

44 Bishops to Preach April 20
Written: 4/16/2008
44 bishops to preach in area churches April 20   In an unprecedented exhibition of episcopal commitment, 44 United             Methodist bishops will be preaching in the immediate Fort Worth area while attending Council of Bishops meeting...

Central Texans Sow Seeds for GC08
Written: 11/16/2007
Central Texans sow seeds for GC08 Adapted from a UMNS story by Steve Smith*   To Marcia McFee, nothing exemplifies the Holy Spirit blossoming better than seeds. In fact, United Methodists throughout Central Texas are planting McFee's seeds — literally — to prepare for the denomin...

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Be The Story: Your Church Alive in Mission
Written: 10/29/2007
A Workshop for Local Church Mission Teams   November 17, 2007 8:30 am—2:30 pm Campus Drive UMC   The Bridges of the Spirit Training Institute for Hispanic-Latino/a ministries is offering this workshop for local church mission leadership teams, committees, and small groups in an effor...