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Written: 5/9/2008
BY JOHN A. LOVELACE Under tight security befitting a head-of-state, Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf laid three priorities on her mother church as she addressed the UM General Conference Tuesday, April 29. Church and state must work together on these priorities, said the first woman democ...
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Written: 5/9/2008
BY JOE DAN BOYD Special Correspondent In the 2008 General Conference Episcopal Address, Bishop Sharon Brown Christopher, Illinois Area, challenged delegates to the United Methodist General Conference and members around the world, declaring, "It is our time to be the church of Jesus Christ." Claim...
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Written: 5/9/2008
BY DR. JOAN LABARREditor As the 2008 General Conference launched its business on April 24, Mary Brooke Casad, chair of the NTC General UM Connectional Table Conference delegation and Executive Director of the United Methodist Connectional Table (CT), shared the Table's first-ever presentation to a ...
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Written: 5/9/2008
BY JOE DAN BOYDSpecial Correspondent It was not unexpected, and it was not unimpressive.It was, technically, a protest at Methodism's recent General Conference in Fort Worth. But, because of its gentle order and compassionate zeal, it quickly became a not-to-be-forgotten event of sacred meditation,...
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Written: 5/9/2008
BY JOE DAN BOYD Special Correspondent His softly modulated voice is steeped in Southern charm, slow as molasses at just the right moment, but faster than a speeding bullet when the occasion demands, reflecting the essential eloquence of an eighth-generation evangelical Methodist. Rev. Eddie Fox w...
Written: 5/9/2008
Bishop Jones addresses ‘Witness Issue'Father-son exchange evokes special memories
BY JOHN A. LOVELACE Special Correspondent
Bishop Scott Jameson Jones, Kansas Area, presides at the plenary session.
Arthur Jones, NTC delegate and son of Bishop Scott Jones, signals to be recognized.
As far as th...
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Written: 5/9/2008
BY JOHN A. LOVELACE Special Correspondent As far as the North Texas Conference delegation to the 2008 General Conference was concerned, native son Bishop Scott Jones "done good" in his April 29 stint presiding over a late-evening session of The United Methodist Church's legislators. Bishop Jones, a...
GC budget
Written: 5/9/2008
The NTC chief financial officer, Director of Administration/Treasurer, Rev. Marvin Guier, commended the 2008 General Conference for "outstanding leadership" in adopting the 2009-2012 General Conference budget.
The 2008 annual conference pre-conference workbook being mailed to all delegates showed ...
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Written: 5/9/2008
Members of the 2008 General Conference Delegation to see which group could have 100 percent participation in making donations to the Advance and raise the most money for mission. The display introduced the new Advance mission projects and making donations as easy as "point and click." GBGM P D Mgath...
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Written: 5/9/2008
From left, Grace Avenue UMC, Frisco, musicians: Laurie Hanson Roberts, Minister of Music; Pete Mill, bass player; and Bill Roberts, Associate Minister of Music, play during a lunch break at General Conference 2008. The Grace Avenue Band is featured every Sunday Morning at the 10:30 a.m. Celebration ...
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Written: 5/9/2008
Hamilton Park UMC, Dallas, announces "A Day of Healing and Wholeness," May 10 to come-and-go from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Also, a special concert featuring Tamela Mann begins at 7:00 p.m. For more information, please call Rev. Lucretia Cooksey, 972-235-4633.
*** First UMC, Allen, announces its fam...
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Written: 5/2/2008
BY JOHN A. LOVELACESpecial Correspondent The heavens roared and poured all across North Central Texas on Wednesday night, April 23, as the multi-national, multi-faceted United Methodist General Conference celebrated the 40th anniversary of the church's birth. The widespread thunderstorm appropria...
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Written: 5/2/2008
BY DENISE JOHNSON STOVALL Special Correspondent Forty-four women from the NTC attended the Quadrennial meeting of the South Central Jurisdiction United Methodist Women jurisdiction (SCJ UMW), March 28-30 in Albuquerque, NM. In fact, 16 of those women traveled 10 hours to Albuquerque by chartered...
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Written: 5/2/2008
BY JOHN A. LOVELACE Special Correspondent It's lunchtime on this mid-April Saturday in Irving. Traffic pulses by on four-lane Shady Grove Road as volunteers wash paint, turpentine, sawdust and putty from their hands. Team co-captain Jan Killen exclaims over the pre-packaged spaghetti, salad, frui...
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Written: 5/2/2008
Mount Sequoyah Conference Center. Fayetteville AR, announces "Sequoyah Songwriter's Round," the second concert in the "Music on the Mountain" series, May 10, 7:00 p.m. The concert features Rod Picott, Shack, Effron White and Justine Brasher. Tickets are $10. For more information, please call 479-443...
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Written: 5/2/2008
Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, center, a veteran U.S. civil rights advocate, meets Elizabeth Blessing, a member of Munger Place UMC, Dallas since the age of 12, right, following his April 20 sermon at the historic East Dallas church. Dallas Morning News reporter Holly Yan, left reported the event in a story...
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Written: 5/2/2008
The Hamilton Park Youth Development Corporation (HPY-DC) is hosting the Cool Jazz at the Park series every second Friday of the month The concert is from 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. begins May 9 in the Christian Life Center of Hamilton Park UMC, Dallas. 11881 Schroeder Road. Contributions support the ...
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Written: 5/2/2008
Guitars for Christ (G4X), a guitar ensemble from First UMC, Allen, invites guitarists of all ages throughout the NTC to join them as they prepare for their annual fund-raising concert benefi tting "Send Hope Missions" in Honduras. The concert is scheduled June 1 at 6:00 p.m. at the church on 601 S. ...
UNT immigration symposium to offer information, insights
Written: 5/2/2008
In October 2007 the Justice for Our Neighbors sites of Dallas and Fort Worth, along with representatives from the Central and North Texas Conferences' Church and Society TaskForces hosted a symposium on the issue of immigration. The event was well-attended, with overwhelming interest.
"We could no...
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Written: 4/25/2008
Bishop Scott Jamison Jones, resident bishop of the Kansas Area of the UMC, will be speaker for the 2008 NTC Communications Luncheon set Monday, June 9, at Plano Centre as part of the North Texas Annual Conference. Bishop Jones was elected to the episcopacy in 2004 as the NTC endorsed candidate. He...