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Mohawk District News | Camp News and Retreats | Conference/Other Districts | National United Methodist News Dates to RememberAldersgate Camp & Retreat Center Casowasco Camp, Conference & Retreat Center Mohawk District Committee on Lay Speaking Sponsors Weekend Retreat at Aldersgate Mohawk District Superintendent, Rev. Sung Ho Lee, will lead a retreat entitled, "The Present Future – Six Tough Questions for the Church." Reggie McNeals says, "The current church culture in North America is on life support." If he is right, and I think he is, it will not change the church’s direction if we only do harder what we’ve been doing. McNeals claims that we must start with right questions, instead of working on wrong questions. What are the wrong questions? What are the right questions? In this retreat, participants will have the opportunity to see if your church is asking the right questions that must be answered for reshaping the church. Rev. Lee will lead lay speakers in reframing questions for the church and in seeing the reality from a new perspective, which will redirect the journey of faith and ministry. Participants may take this course for Advance Lay Speaking credit or are welcome to audit the course. Prior to the retreat participants will need to read the Book of Acts and Reggie McNeals book, The Present Future-Six Tough questions for the Church." The retreat will begin with dinner on Friday, April 9th and conclude following lunch on Sunday, April 11th. The cost is $121 and includes accommodations in C-cabins, materials and meals. Handicapped accessible rooms are available upon request. Books will be mailed upon receipt of registration. The registration deadline is March 16th, 2010. ================================================================================ Lay Speaking Retreat Registration Form Name___________________________________ Phone _____________________________ Gender M F Address________________________________________________________________________________ Church____________________________________________ District______________________________ E-mail _________________________________________________________________________________ Pastor signature (required) _________________________________________________________________ Administrative Board/Council Chairperson signature (required) ___________________________________ _______ I require a handicapped accessible room Special dietary needs_____________________________________________________________________ Other special needs ______________________________________________________________________ Make check payable and mail with registration to: Mohawk District, 105 Genesee Street, New Hartford, NY 13413 *If you would like to email your registration form to: mohawkdistrict@ncnyumc.org please let us know you are postal mailing your check for $121 separately. Payment of $121 must accompany registration.
Become an Equalization Member for Annual Conference Directions: Download the form here and return as an email attachment or mail in. mohawkdistrict@ncnyumc.org, 105 Genesee Street New Hartford, NY 13413.
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School of Fruitful
Congregations Objective This program is different
from other programs that offer only knowledge and information: “Here is
something that you can do. This will help you to grow your church. Have fun. Bye
now.” And that’s the end. Local churches, with excitement, try to do
something out of it, but without much success. Why? They have learned what to do
from the program, but they don’t know how to do it and nobody helps. In this program, the leader
team will help local churches to grow by: (1) teaching what to do and how to do
it (but this is not the end of teaching), (2) coaching and counseling provided
by program leaders afterward when implementing what you have learned, and (3)
learning and working together with partner churches. Program Eight learning sessions for
two years 1. Spring 2009
Understanding of Ministry and development of mission and vision Saturday, March 14,
9am-4pm, location-TBA 2. Spring 2009 Radical
Hospitality Saturday, June 6, 9am-4pm,
location-TBA 3. Fall 2009 Passionate
Worship, date & location-TBA 4. Fall 2009 Intentional
Faith Development, date & location-TBA 5. Spring 2010 Risk-taking
Mission and Service, date & location-TBA 6. Spring 2010 Extravagant
Generosity, date & location-TBA 7. Fall 2010 Needs-Based
Evangelism, date & location-TBA 8. Fall 2010
Evaluation/Assessment/Planning, date & location-TBA Each session includes: Preparation for the
learning session – Devotion and study One-day learning session
– learning and planning Implementation –
Implementation of plans with ongoing coaching from the leader team and mutual
sharing with a partner church Only 10 churches will be
admitted to this program. Each local church sends a team of six people, pastor
and 5 lay people, to the program. The local church team must attend all
sessions. Each local church is encouraged to bring other church members who
provide leadership in, or who have passion for, the ministry area of each
session. Covenant
relationship with accountability It is not one-day program.
It is a corporate journey for two years. It requires commitment, faithfulness
and accountability to each other among participants and program leaders. It
demands hard work for implementation and practice of learning. This program is
not for the churches that only wish to grow without commitment and passion. This
program is for the churches that are passionate about and committed to growth. Application
Fee $175/year for church team
for teaching material and lunch. It is only
$7.50/session/person. Suggestions: Encourage your
congregation to Special monthly offering - $15/month Church dinner Program Leaders: Darryl Barrow, Director of
Spiritual Leadership, NCNY Conference Lauren Swanson, Director of
Congregational Development, NCNY Conference Sung Ho Lee, Mohawk
District Superintendent, NCNY Conference Resources Robert Schnase, Five
Practices of Fruitful Congregations Robert
Pierson, Needs-Based Evangelism Dear District clergy and laity, I would like to share with you that the Methodist Review Academic Journal Is Now Online Methodist Review: A Journal of Wesleyan and Methodist Studies, a new open access, peer-reviewed electronic academic journal, began publication May 1. To register as a user, visit the Methodist Review site. http://www.methodistreview.org/index.php/mr Rev. Sung Ho Lee
New Beginnings Coffeehouse the third Friday of each month from 7-10 pm at the Herkimer First UMC Corner of Park & Prospect Streets in Herkimer. Open to the public with free admission and free food / beverages. Always featuring the finest music ministries from this area and around the country...
For more info call: (315) 894-3324 or (315) 866-1349 The Grove Cafe The Grove Cafe is a Christian Coffeehouse that is open on the third Friday of each month. We have been open since July, 2007. Located in the First United Methodist Church (Mohawk District) of Oneida, NY at 116 W Grove St. (The corner of Main and Grove)
The Academy for Spiritual Formation Spiritual Growth through a disciplined community If you like so many other Christians today, are experiencing a deep spiritual hunger, but have been unable to find ways to fill it, the information at this web site will interest you: http://www.upperroom.org/academy/
The Academy for Spiritual Formation is a two-year covenant learning environment which combines academic learning and experience in spiritual disciplines. Each Academy is two years in length. Participants meet in residence for 5 days each calendar quarter. Go to the following web site for up and coming academies http://www.upperroom.org/academy/upcomingacademies.asp
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