Austin District Men's Meeting at Crestview August 2, 2008
Men of all ages will be gathering for their third quarterly
meeting on August 2, 2008, at Crestview United Methodist Church, Austin. Crestview is located at 1300 Morrow Street,
Austin, Texas, phone: 512-451-1741. Their web site is located at www.crestviewumc.org.
AGENDA
7:30 AM Coffee and Registration
8:00 AM Breakfast
8:30 AM Music
8:40 AM Break out into four sessions*
9:10 AM Devotional - John Walters
9:20 AM Holy Communion
10:00 AM Benediction
*Choose From One of the Four Sessions:
- "Amachi, Break the Chain", a ministry to boys of incarcerated parent/s - Tracy Guthrie, Partnership and Marketing Associate, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Texas
Amachi is a mentoring
program for children of incarcerated parents. The word Amachi is a
Nigerian word that means, “Who knows what God has brought us through
this child?”
Amachi helps children reach their potential through professionally supported one-to-one relationships.
The children served are between the ages of 6 to 16
A one year commitment from both mentor and child is asked for.
The child is paired with an
adult mentor based on similar interests so they can spend time with
each other once a week. The “Big” and “Little” choose what they want to
do when hanging out together. They may watch a movie, play basketball,
do homework or simply just hang out.
The entire time you are
matched with your Little Brother you have the professional support of
the agency to help nurture the relationship into a long lasting one.
Many kids are on the waiting list to be paired with men willing to mentor.
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"General Conference Update" - Jay Brim, Southwest Texas Conference Lay Leader
Jay will share the message and approach of the leadership at General
Conference. He will discuss the direction we are going as a result of
the actions taken, and the budget adopted for the United Methodist
Church worldwide.
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"Mobilizing Men to Pray" - Matt Bryant, Member of Bethany UMC and Member Austin District United Methodist Men Steering Committee.
This session will focus on helping men to pray in different ways. Matt
Bryant has a passion for prayer and will talk about a group the men at
his church started called the prayer ninjas. The prayer ninjas are a
group of adventurous men roaming the City of Austin praying for healing
for our land. Visit http://www.prayerninja.com for more info.
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"United Methodist Men Overview, What you Need to Know" - John Walters, Training Coordinator for Austin District United Methodist Men
John will discuss: What is
a UMM program? What do you do? How do I start? Join
John Walters in a fast paced overview of UMM to kick start your program
and share ideas with others.
 Please bring white socks for our support of A.R.C.H.
(Austin Resource Center for the Homeless)
(You may want to bookmark this page for future UMM Quarterly Meetings)
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