Quadrennial Celebration of the Crossroads District
May 18th
On Sunday May 18th we are going to celebrate the Quadrennial
Celebration of our District. We have been a district now for almost four
years and we are going to use this day to celebrate our fledgling
Mission
and Ministry.
We will begin with Worship
at 11:00 a.m. at the
Calvary
United
Methodist
Church
. Our District Superintendent
David Underwood will be preaching and all in the district are invited.
At 1:00 p.m. we
will have our District Conference in
the Calvary Church Sanctuary.
The District Council on Ministries invites you to come and
share your ideas about mission and ministry that are at work in your church and
can be shared with another church.
And at 2:00 p.m. we invite you and your church to come and share those
things working in your church. There will be display space for this It
Worked for Us Time.
A reception will be held from 2:00
p.m. to 3:30 p.m. for the Laity
Award Celebration. Rather than a
banquet there will be a Decadent Dessert
contest. There is a District Superintendent Award for the most
Decadent Dessert.
And at 3:30 p.m. we will gather in the Sanctuary to hand out the Laity
Awards, celebrate Lay Speaking and whatever else presents itself between now and
then.
Laity
Award Winner 2008
We are pleased to announce that
Jane Aliberto has been selected by you the congregation of the Fayetteville UMC
to be the 2008 Laity Award winner. Jane’s
impressive outreach ministries made her clearly the Laity award-winner for this
year.
The theme this year is based on Micah 6:8.
“…and
what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness,
and to walk humbly with your
God.”
Jane Aliberto has a long history
of activism in outreach through the Fayetteville UMC. For years, she
has helped a poor family by providing them with food. She has been
involved in ministries to the homeless. Jane serves on the Outreach
Committee, and for many years helped run a program for children, involving
them in mission and outreach programs in the community and beyond, such as
sending goodies to the troops or to college students. Jane is also
likely to be found helping the elderly with many of their needs. She truly
exemplifies one "who walks humbly and does justice."
On the National Scene:
From the Council of Bishops
On Friday, November 9th,
the Bishops of The United Methodist Church called for the
United States
and its coalition partners to begin an immediate withdrawal of all troops from
Iraq
.
In calling for the immediate
withdrawal, the bishops said their position is based on the denomination’s
position that "war is incompatible with the teachings and examples of
Christ," and Jesus Christ’s call for "his followers to be
peacemakers."
Further the Council of Bishops
calls United Methodist people throughout the world:
