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| Confirmands throughout the Louisiana Annual Conference are invited to join Bishop William W. Hutchinson for a day of fun and learning at The Wesley Center on March 10 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. During ‘Standing Right with God,’ confirmands will learn about the promises we make when we join The United Methodist Church. Registration begins at 9:15 a.m. and the program begins at 10 a.m. The cost is $25 per person (This covers lunch, t-shirt and program cost) Registration deadline is NOON, March 5, 2012. Register at www.LA-UMC.org/youth |
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| 5K/Fun Runs in 2012 benefit Imagine No Malaria |
 The Louisiana United Methodist Conference will sponsor a number of 5K and Fun Runs on Saturday, April 21, 2012 benefitting Imagine No Malaria, our denomination’s global initiative dedicated to eradicating malaria worldwide. --- Read more ... |
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| The Louisiana Conference will sponsor two retreats for Senior High students to be held at The Wesley Center in Woodworth Feb. 17-19 and Feb. 24-26. Check in for both retreats begin Friday at 8 p.m. and end on Sunday at 11:30 a.m. The event fee is $85 per person. The deadline for BOTH events is midnight on Feb. 10. After the deadline, add $30 per person as a late fee. Registration may be completed online. Contact the Conference Youth Department at (225) 346-1646. |
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Spirituality is an important part of most people’s lives, even those who have never set foot in a church. And, reaching out to those who don’t go to church is one of recently ordained United Methodist minister Cathy Brewton’s goals in her newest venture. --- Read more ...
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United Methodists throughout Louisiana will gather March 16-17 at The Wesley Center in Woodworth for “Claiming our Call as Laity.” This two-day retreat sponsored by The Conference Board of Laity will be led by Dr. Gil Rendle and Bishop William W. Hutchinson. Dr. Rendle, renowned national speaker and facilitator, will guide and train laity as they discern the primary field of mission for their local churches. "Our retreat is designed to facilitate laity involvement in the crucial tasks of our church, both in its mission and transformation into a more effective tool for the building of the Kingdom of God,” said Dr. Sarah Kreutziger, conference lay leader. Bishop Hutchinson will open the event and end it with an hour-long town meeting. The event starts at 4:30 p.m. on Friday and ends at 3 p.m. on Saturday. The cost of the event is $35 per person PLUS the cost of lodging and meals (Saturday breakfast and lunch.) To register, contact The Wesley Center at (318) 449-4500. FLYER |
The General and Jurisdictional Conference delegation has set up a blog to keep you informed of events leading up to the 2012 conferences. Posts will appear on the blog from time to time about items such as legislation, Episcopal candidates, etc. You may even contribute your own comments on the posts. The blog is located at <http://www.laumcdelegation.org/>
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 Free Worship Planning Help
The Louisiana Conference, through the Conference Board of Discipleship and the Conference Council on Ministries, is offering a FREE online service in the area of worship. This nationwide service is directed by Dr. Marcia McFee, who served as consultant to our Conference Worship Committee for the 2011 Annual Conference session. She has been invited back to assist with the 2012 Conference session, as well. Dr. McFee is a nationally known worship leader who coordinated worship at the 2008 General Conference session, and who will guide worship at the General Conference session in 2012. Through Worship Design Studio, local churches will get worship planning help for every season of the liturgical year. Dr. McFee will produce an audio PODcast of interviews with nationally-known preachers, music directors and visual artists in advance of each liturgical season. They will talk about the upcoming season and brainstorm various thematic ideas to help get your worship team jump-started in their planning. Marcia will post ideas and materials with the PODcast. The year-long subscription also includes a 60-page Worship Design Notebook to guide you step-by-step through the process. Another free service through the Studio includes short video learning sessions posted by Marcia on topics related to worship design and leadership that you can use to start great discussions with your worship team. The 2011-2012 year of this free service begins with the season of Advent. The cost of this opportunity would normally be $350 per year for each congregation. The Louisiana Conference is providing this to you at no charge for the coming year. To register, please email the Conference office at
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. An access code and directions for entering the system will be sent to you. |
Holy Land blog Rev. Dawn Young, conference director of Christian Education, is blogging about her travels to the Holy Land with 110 members of the Louisiana Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church. --- Read more . . . |
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