Saturday, June 30, 2012

First Sunday for July 1

First Sunday @ Nardin Park UMC, 29887 W 11 Mile Rd, Farmington, MI: July 1, 2012 @ 6:30 p.m. will wlecome George Jonte to the pulpit as he brings the message, "The Myth of Holy Conferencing". Using passages from the book of Ezekiel and Second Corinthians, he will weave a message of how the term holy conferencing has evolved and moved away from the original concept of John Wesley.

Eric and Karen Roth will provide music and Doris Hildebrand and members of the Nardin Park Church & Society committee will provide hospitality. Communion will be observed during the service. Join us at 6:00 for fellowship and then the service at 6:30 p.m.

George Jonte is a certified lay speaker in the Detroit Annual Conference and serves two churches in our conference: Minister of Music @ Berkley First UMC and Coordinator of LGBT Advocacy and Ministry at Detroit Central UMC.

Friday, June 22, 2012

Reconciling Ministries Network Convo

The date and location of the 2013 has been announced. It will be over Labor Day weekend, August 30 to September 2, 2013 at the 4-H Youth Conference Center in Chevy Chase, Maryland. That's outside Washington DC.

Monday, June 4, 2012

My General Conference Report

I gave my General Conference report at my church yesterday. I talked about my work in the Common Witness Coalition and the failure of the attempt to remove the incompatibility clause. Instead of posting it to either of my blogs I put it on my personal website as one of my Stewardship Moments. You can find my GC report here and from there you can explore my other Stewardship messages and even my music.