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Cabinet Meeting
Start Date: 2/6/2012 Location: Epworth By The Sea The Appointive Cabinet will meet at Epworth By The Sea February 6-9.... |
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Clergy Sexual Ethics Workshop
Start Date: 2/9/2012 Start Time: 10:00 a.m. Location: Epworth By The Sea A Sexual Ethics Workshop is scheduled for February 9, 2012, at Epworth By The Sea from 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. This workshop is required every three years for persons serving under appointment by the Bishop (clergy, local pastors, extension ministers, appointed lay speakers). Cost is $35, which includes lunch (collected at the door). Checks can be made payable to South Georgia Conference. To register, please e-mail cpcassistant@sgaumc.com. This event is sponsored by the Conference Commission on Pastoral Counseling. Please note that spouses and lay employees who are not app... |
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Early Response Team Training - Gray
Start Date: 2/10/2012 Location: Gray UMC An ERT Training will take place February 10-11 at Gray UMC from 5:30 - 9:30 p.m. and continue on Saturday from 8 a.m. - noon. The instructor will be Jamie Gibson, South Georgia Conference UMVIM Coordinator. For more information, contact David Hinely at sdis90210@windstream.net or 478-986-5754.... |
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Effingham County Campground BBQ & Bake Sale
Start Date: 2/11/2012 Start Time: 10:00 a.m. Location: Effingham County Campground Dining Hall 14th Annual Effingham County Campground BBQ & Bake Sale Saturday, February 11, 2012 10 am - 2 pm Effingham County Campground Dining Hall Boston Butt, Green Beans, potatoe salad Tickets - $7.00 All proceed go to the Campground Contact Numbers - 912-754-1459, 912-754-3402, 912-754-9272 ... |
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Andrew College Sunday
Start Date: 2/12/2012 Support Andrew College on Sunday, February 12. Learn more about Andrew College, a United Methodist College in Cuthbert, Ga., at www.andrewcollege.edu. ... |
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Cabinet Meeting
Start Date: 2/13/2012 Location: Macon The Appointive Cabinet will meet February 13-15 in Macon.... |
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Volunteers in Mission Awareness Sunday
Start Date: 2/19/2012 United Methodist Volunteers in Mission (UMVIM) exists to promote, encourage, and enable Christians to exemplify “Christian Love In Action” through short-term mission service in the United States and abroad. UMVIM provides opportunities for service by developing and nurturing relationships with domestic and international leaders. They continually nurture their contacts with these leaders to respond to the needs of local communities and to provide comprehensive project information. You can help support the work of UMVIM in the South Georgia Conference by giving ... |
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Disciple Covenant Conference
Start Date: 2/24/2012 Location: Macon Centreplex (Coliseum) Visit www.disciplecovenantconference.org for complete details about the Disciple Covenant Conference and to register. Hope to see you there! When: February 24-25, 2012 Where: Macon Centreplex (Coliseum) in Macon, GA An Experience: For You – Your Team – Your Congregation Why: Are you longing for love, joy, peace, or healing as well as a way to grow in your Christian walk as a disciple Jesus Christ? By combining Bible-based values and starting where you are, you can continue to improve on becoming the best person you can be. You also can work wi... |
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Delegation Meeting
Start Date: 2/24/2012 Start Time: 10:00 a.m. Location: Methodist Home for Children & Youth The South Georgia Conference Delegation to General and Jurisdictional Conferences will meet February 24 in Macon.... |
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NRCD Meeting
Start Date: 2/25/2012 Location: Centenary UMC A New and Revitalized Congregational Development meeting is set for February 25 at Centenary UMC in Macon.... |
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Kingdom Builder's Sunday
Start Date: 2/26/2012 In the 1960's Kingdom Builders was established to offer people across the South Georgia Conference a way to support new church development. New and Revitalized Congregational Development has grown out of that club. In 2002 the Office of New and Revitalized Congregational Development of the South Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church was birthed. NRCD seeks to bring gifted leaders, called by God to churches and communities in need, to provide financial support to birth new congregations and to revitalize declining congregations. These congregations include new congregations, rev... |
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Cabinet Meeting
Start Date: 2/27/2012 Location: Macon The Appointive Cabinet will meet February 27-28 in Macon.... |
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Board of Ordained Ministry
Start Date: 3/4/2012 Location: Methodist Home, Macon The Board of Ordained Ministry will meet March 4-6, 2012 at the Methodist Children's Home in Macon.... |
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Cabinet Meeting
Start Date: 3/12/2012 Location: Macon The Appointive Cabinet will meet March 12-14 in Macon.... |
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2012 Clergy Spouses' Retreat
Start Date: 3/16/2012 Location: Epworth By The Sea CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE BROCHURE Spouses’ Retreat features Christian humorist Cathy Lee Phillips The 2012 South Georgia Ministers’ Spouses’ Retreat, "I don’t have baggage – I have designer luggage," is set for March 16 - 18, 2012, at Epworth By The Sea on St. Simons Island. Featuring Christian author, speaker and humorist Cathy Lee Phillips, the retreat is designed to be a time of spiritual renewal, relaxation and fellowship for all clergy spouses. “We’re immersed in the Word week after week in our churches, but we st... |
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2012 Confirmation Retreat
Start Date: 3/16/2012 Location: Epworth By The Sea The 2012 Confirmation Retreat is set for March 16-18 at Epworth By The Sea on St. Simons Island. Click here for all the details. ... |
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One Great Hour of Sharing
Start Date: 3/18/2012 One Great Hour Of Sharing (fourth Sunday in Lent) enables the United Methodist Committee on Relief to reach out through worldwide ministries of food, shelter, health and peace.A special offering is taken on this day to support humanitarian aid through the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR). You can be assured that when catastrophes cause suffering, your church, impelled by Jesus' love and compassion, will be in the lead to ease the pain. Gifts to the One Great Hour of Sharing offering underwrite UMCOR's "costs of doing business." That helps them keep their promise that 100 ... |
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Delegation Meeting
Start Date: 3/22/2012 Start Time: 10:00 a.m. Location: Methodist Home for Children & Youth The South Georgia Conference Delegation to General and Jurisdictional Conferences will meet March 22 in Macon.... |
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UMW Spiritual Growth Retreat
Start Date: 3/23/2012 Location: Epworth By The Sea DOWNLOAD THE BROCHURE HERE The United Methodist Women of the South Georgia Conference will host their annual Spiritual Growth Retreat March 23-25 at Epworth By The Sea on St. Simons Island. Coming together under the theme of “My Joy Cometh in the Morning,” from Psalm 30:5, retreat participants will hear speaker Cindy Ricker challenge and urge participants to examine their relationship with Christ. They will also have opportunities on Saturday to participate in two interest groups. “The Spiritual Growth Retreat gifts us with the opportunity to come togeth... |
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Cabinet Meeting
Start Date: 3/26/2012 The Appointive Cabinet will meet March 26-28.... |
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Early Response Team Training - St. Simons
Start Date: 3/30/2012 Location: St. Simons UMC An ERT Training will take place March 30-31 at St. Simons UMC from 5:30 - 9:30 p.m. and continue on Saturday from 8 a.m. - noon. The instructor will be Jamie Gibson, South Georgia Conference UMVIM Coordinator. For more information, contact Rev. Marcia Cochran at mjcochran@earthlink.com or 912-638-3317.... |
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Good Friday - Offices Closed
Start Date: 4/6/2012 |
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Easter
Start Date: 4/8/2012 |
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Cabinet Meeting
Start Date: 4/9/2012 The Appointive Cabinet will meet April 9-11.... |
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United Methodist Men's Spring Retreat
Start Date: 4/13/2012 April 13-15, 2012 Epworth By The Sea St. Simons Island, Ga United Methodist Men’s annual retreat The United Methodist Men of the South Georgia Conference will host their annual Spring Retreat April 13-15 at Epworth By The Sea on St. Simons Island. “The purpose is to help men grow closer to Christ,” said UMM president Chuck Cowart. “They can expect to have their spirits lifted.” The retreat, while a Methodist men’s event, is open to anyone interested in participating. “I’ve been going to the retreat for more than 30 years, and I... |
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Older Adult Retreat
Start Date: 4/16/2012 Location: Epworth By The Sea |
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Transition Workshop for Moving Clergy - Dublin
Start Date: 4/16/2012 Start Time: 9:30 a.m. Location: Dublin First UMC Full-time pastors who will move to new appointments in June 2012, are required to participate in one of the two full-day transition workshops. The first is set for Monday, April 16 at Dublin First UMC, and the second is set for Tuesday, April 17 at Tifton First UMC. Both workshops will begin at 9:30 a.m. and last until 3:00 p.m. During the day long event, clergy will learn about managing the emotional process of leaving a church, re-tooling your leadership skill set for the new situation, and developing a series of conversations that you will have with the l... |
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Transition Workshop for Moving Clergy - Tifton
Start Date: 4/17/2012 Start Time: 9:30 a.m. Location: Tifton First UMC Full-time pastors who will move to new appointments in June 2012, are required to participate in one of the two full-day transition workshops. The first is set for Monday, April 16 at Dublin First UMC, and the second is set for Tuesday, April 17 at Tifton First UMC. Both workshops will begin at 9:30 a.m. and last until 3:00 p.m. During the day long event, clergy will learn about managing the emotional process of leaving a church, re-tooling your leadership skill set for the new situation, and developing a series of conversations that you will have wi... |
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Native American Awareness Sunday
Start Date: 4/22/2012 On Native American Ministries Sunday, United Methodist’s cultivate and support urban missions with Native Americans and fund scholarships for Native American seminarians. Your annual conference retains 50 percent of the offering is to strengthen and develop Native American ministries. However, if no Native American ministries exist in the conference, the entire offering is remitted to the General Council on Finance and Administration for Native American ministries in other areas. The remaining 50 percent of the offering expands mission work with the Native American Urban Initi... |
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General Conference
Start Date: 4/24/2012 Location: Tampa, FL General Conference is the top policy-making body of The United Methodist Church. The 1000-member assembly meets once every four years to consider revisions to church law, as well as adopt resolutions on current moral, social, public policy and economic issues. It also approves plans and budgets for churchwide programs for the next four years. The 2012 meeting will take place April 24-May 4 at the Tampa Convention Center. General Conference website... |