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GBOD News is provided by the Office of Communications
Jeanette Pinkston
Media Relations Director
General Board of Discipleship
PO Box 340003, Nashville, TN 37203-0003
615-340-7017
Toll Free Number: (877) 899-2780, ext. 7017
jpinkston@gbod.org
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Steve Horswill-Johnston
(Alternate media contact)
Director of Communications & Brand Strategy
General Board of Discipleship
PO Box 340003, Nashville, TN 37203-0003
615-340-1726
Toll Free Number: (877) 899-2780, ext. 1726
shorswill-johnston@gbod.org |
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Ratliff to Lead Young People’s Ministries |
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(Nashville, Tenn., December 13, 2006) - The General Board of Discipleship has named the Reverend Michael Glenn Ratliff to lead its Division on Ministries with Young People, effective January 1, 2007. |
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Agtarap Tapped to Lead Conference and Ethnic Church Stewardship |
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(Nashville, Tenn., December 5, 2006) - The General Board of Discipleship has named the Reverend Dr. Bener Baysa Agtarap as director of conference and ethnic church stewardship. |
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Night of the Child Annual Nativity Exhibit Returns |
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(Nashville, Tenn., December 5, 2006) - The Upper Room Museum presents
The Night of the Child nativity scene exhibit now through January 31, 2007. |
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Battered Copies of Upper Room Daily Devotional Guide Inspire New Resource for Persons Struggling With AIDS |
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(Nashville, Tenn., November 17, 2006) - The Upper Room has developed Prayers for Encouragement: Hope for Persons Living with HIV & AIDS, Malaria, Tuberculosis, and Other Serious Diseases. |
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URM to Observe World AIDS Day |
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(Nashville, Tenn., November 17, 2006) - Upper Room Ministries, a ministry of GBOD, will observe World AIDS Day with a special worship service, Wednesday, November 29. |
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Pathways to Christ Revisited |
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(Nashville, Tenn., October 26, 2006) - The General Board of Discipleship has re-launched an evangelism resource called the Pathways to Christ series. |
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Charles Wesley Tercentennial Pilgrimage |
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(Nashville, Tenn., October 20, 2006) - Methodists and other Christians around the world will mark the 300th anniversary of Charles Wesley’s birth in 2007. Duke Divinity School and the General Board of Discipleship of The United Methodist Church are offering a ten-day pilgrimage in England, July 31-August 10, 2007, to celebrate this important event. |
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GBOD Charts New Strategic Direction and Brand Identity |
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(Nashville, Tenn., October 13, 2006) - The Executive Committee of the General Board of Discipleship’s Board of Directors approved a new strategic direction and brand identity for the agency at its October meeting. |
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Way of the Child Training Event Slated for Houston |
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(Nashville, Tenn., October 12, 2006) -Upper Room Ministries will present a training event for a new children’s spiritual formation resource at Memorial Drive United Methodist Church, Houston, Texas, on Friday, November 3, 2006, from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. |
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Companions In Christ Offers Spiritual Formation for Adults |
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(Nashville, Tenn., October 11, 2006) -Upper Room Ministries will present a one-day Companions in Christ leader training event Friday, November 3, 2007, at Memorial Drive United Methodist Church, Houston, Texas. |
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Denomination Launches Resources to Increase Church Vitality |
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(Nashville, Tenn., October 5, 2006) -The United Methodist Church's General Board of Discipleship has launched a cutting-edge resource that helps church leaders focus time and energy on areas of ministry that have the most potential for strengthening, reshaping, and moving congregations forward. |
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Africana Worship Book Meets Long-Standing Need |
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(Nashville, Tenn., October 5, 2006) -The General Board of Discipleship has released a new worship resource called The Africana Worship Book. This rich resource contains calls to worship, liturgies, prayers, litanies, offertory prayers, doxologies, choral readings, creeds, chants, and benedictions.. |
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Spirit, Body, Mind = Healthy Connections |
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(Nashville, Tenn., October 5, 2006) -The General Board of Discipleship of The United Methodist Church will sponsor the 2007 Convocation for Pastors of African American Churches, January 3-6, 2007, at the Hilton Anatole Hotel in Dallas, Texas. |
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2007 Evangelism Congress Keeps the Main Thing the Main Thing |
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(Nashville, Tenn., September 21, 2006) -The 2007 Congress on Evangelism will be held at the Sheraton Myrtle Beach Convention Center in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, January 2-5, 2007. |
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New Training Resources Available for Certified Lay Ministers |
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(Nashville, Tenn., September 13, 2006) - For the first time in United Methodist history, resources are available to help prepare United Methodist laypersons to be certified as lay ministers within the denomination for assignments to pastoral leadership posts. |
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Upper Room Ministries Celebrates the Twentieth Anniversary of Weavings |
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(Nashville, Tenn., September 11, 2006) - When Weavings magazine rolled off the
presses this month, it marked the twentieth anniversary of the publication. |
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Global Young People's Convocation and Legislative Assembly Set for Johannesburg |
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(Nashville, Tenn., September 8, 2006) - The United Methodist Church Global Young People’s Convocation and Legislative Assembly will convene December 28, 2006-January 1, 2007, in Johannesburg, South Africa. |
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Alive Now Magazine Gives Voice to Storm Stories with Special Issue |
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(Nashville, Tenn., August 30, 2006) - The Rev. Ellen Alston, a Louisiana clergywoman, served as guest editor of a special issue of Alive Now magazine that gives voice to personal stories from last year's hurricanes. |
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Wesleyan Institute to Focus on Helping People Connect with God |
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(Nashville, Tenn., August 30, 2006) - The General Board of Discipleship and the Council for Accountable Discipleship are co-sponsors of the Wesleyan Institute, September 25-28, 2006, in Nashville. |
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Way of the Child Author Comes to Nashville |
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(Nashville, Tenn., August 29, 2006) - Upper Room Ministries, a division of The General Board of Discipleship presents two opportunities to "meet and greet" Wynn McGregor, author of The Way of the Child: Helping Children Experience God, Tuesday, September 12, 2006. |
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United Methodist Young Adults Now Have a Place in Cyberspace! |
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(Nashville, Tenn., August 29, 2006) - The General Board of Discipleship's Young People's Ministries Division has launched a website specifically targeting young adults in The United Methodist Church worldwide. |
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Pioneering Bishops Speak on Issues Facing UMC Clergywomen |
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(CHICAGO, Illinois, August 16, 2006) - Four pioneering United Methodist bishops spoke during a roundtable luncheon and discussion at the 50th anniversary of full clergy rights for women. The event was part of the annual International Clergywomen’s Consultation meeting in Chicago. |
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Innovative Resource Nurtures Children's Spirituality |
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The Upper Room recently released a children's spirituality resource, The Way of the Child: Helping Children Experience God. This resource is part of Upper Room Books' Companions in Christ series. |
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"Sing a New Song to the Lord" Launches Upper Room Worshipbook |
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Upper Room Ministries will host the national, introductory launch and celebration of its new Worshipbook, with "Sing a New Song to the Lord," August 28-31, 2006. |
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United Methodist Leaders Go Back to School |
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August 3, 2006 - As schoolchildren around the country prepared to go back to school, United Methodist Church leaders from across the globe gathered in San Diego, California, for the School of Congregational Development, August 3-8. |
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United Methodist Leaders Learn Strategies for New Church Development |
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(San Diego, Calif., August 7, 2006) -- The primary role of pastoral leadership is to cast the vision, a generational studies expert told church leaders at the School of Congregational Development meeting in San Diego. |
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The Preaching Should Be All Through the Worship |
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(San Diego, Calif., August 7, 2006) -- The Rev. Safiyah Fosua, Director of Invitational Preaching for The General Board of Discipleship, led a session on invitational preaching for the record crowd of more than 600 church leaders gathered for the School of Congregational Development. |
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Speakers Announced for Youth 2007 |
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(July 3, 2006) The Young People's Division of The General Board of Discipleship has announced the speakers for Youth2007, the largest quadrennial youth event of The United Methodist Church, which meets in Greensboro, N.C. July 11-15, 2007. |
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GBOD Names New Marketing Staff |
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Catherine Shell and Jim McAnally join the marketing staff of the General Board of Discipleship. |
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Smith Heads to Eastern Pennsylvania Conference |
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The Rev. Lillian Smith is leaving the General Board of Discipleship to join the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference as Director of Connectional Ministries, beginning September 1, 2006. |
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Kelvin Sauls Named Director of Congregational Development |
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The Rev. Kelvin Sauls was named July 1, 2006, to the position of Director of Congregational Development for the General Board of Discipleship. |
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Groundbreaking Video Resource Charts Course for Illinois Great Rivers Conference |
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A new digital video disc, Opening Ourselves to Grace, and New Streams of Living Water: Charting the Course of Christian Discipleship workbook were the centerpiece of plenary sessions produced and led by General Board of Discipleship staff at the Illinois Great Rivers Conference recently held in Peoria, Illinois. |
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Tidwell Named Director of Integrated Marketing |
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Melissa Tidwell was named Director of Integrated Marketing for the General Board of Discipleship (GBOD) of The United Methodist Church in June 2006. . |
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Magazine for Teens Celebrates 10th Anniversary |
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For 16-year-old Victoria, a little bimonthly magazine called Devo'Zine is her "cheat sheet" for life. |
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Kidnappers Free Upper Room Editor in India |
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The Upper Room received word March 18 that the Rev. Tongkhojang Lunkim, the editor of the Kuki (in India) edition of The Upper Room Daily Devotional Guide , had been released. |
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Older Adults Face Growing Threat of Poverty, Committee Warns |
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Many working men and women will retire after a lifetime of service and come face to face with the shocking reality that the pension they thought would support them for the rest of their lives isn't worth the paper it is printed on. The United Methodist Committee on Older Adults recognizes that reality and is waving "a cautionary flag" before the church. |
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Young Person or Group Sought for General Conference Address |
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The United Methodist Division on Ministries with Young People is seeking submissions for a young person or team of young people to address the denomination's 2008 General Conference. The deadline for applying is July 1, 2006. |
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Singer, Scholar Receive Top Evangelism Award |
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Bill Mann and the Rev. George E. Morris are this year's Philip Award winners, chosen by the National Association of United Methodist Evangelists. |
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Pastors, Lay People Learn Practical Approaches to Evangelism |
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More than 950 people, including United Methodists from the Philippines and Norway, came to learn how they can "Let the Good News Roll" at the 2006 Congress on Evangelism, held January 3-6. |
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Santos Joins the Office of Hispanic/Latino Ministries |
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The Rev. Edwin Santos joined the staff of The General Board of Discipleship on January 3, 2006, as the Director of Leadership Formation with the Office of Hispanic/Latino Ministries. |
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Hurricane Response Resources |
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A list of all hurricane response resources on the General Board of Discipleship website.  |
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Tsunami Disaster Response Resources |
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General Board of Discipleship staff have prepared a number of articles, prayer resources, hymns, and other materials to help local churches respond to the earthquake and tsunami disaster. |
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