C A L E N D A R

Shreveport District

Calendar

District Events are in bold

September

2          District Youth Directors/Workers lunch meeting

4-14     A Pilgrimage to Chartres Cathedral via Paris

6          Fall Convo, Wesley Center, Woodworth

7          Ministry Sunday

9-10     Cabinet Meeting, B.R.

11        Clergy Lunch & Laughter – Gator’s Seafood Grill, 11:30 a.m.

13        Certified Lay Minister Task Force Meeting, Conference office, B.R.

14        Retired Ministers’ Home Sunday Offering

14        UMM Day

14-15   Division of Deacons and Diaconal Ministers Retreat, Wesley Center, Woodworth

15-17   Division of Elders Retreat, Wesley Center, Woodworth

18        UMW Executive Committee Meeting, Lake Charles 1^st

19-20  UMW Annual Meeting, Lake Charles 1^st

19-20   Module I:  Lay Missioner – Pastor-Mentor Training Program for Developing

            Hispanic/Latino Ministries, First Grace UMC, New Orleans

23        LA Methodist Children’s Home, Breakfast Awareness Event, Heymann Center, Lafayette

23-25   Leadership & Effective Management Conference @ Shreveport 1^st 

            Registration required

25        UMC Administrative Assistants & Secretaries quarterly meeting noon – 1 p.m.             NPoint

26-28   Module I:  Lay Missioner – Pastor-Mentor Training Program for Developing

            Hispanic/Latino Ministries

29        District Children’s Ministry Meeting, Christ UMC, 6 p.m.

OCTOBER

2          Shreveport District Ministry Team meets at Bossier First, 7 p.m.

2-4             Path of Spiritual Leadership – Retreat I, Wesley Center, Woodworth

3          Wesley Center Luncheon (Shreveport)

4          Conference Ministries Team, Wesley Center, Woodworth

4          Board of Pension, Wesley Center, Woodworth

5          World Communion Sunday

6          29^th Annual Methodist Home Golf Classic, Mandeville

9          District UMM  Exec committee meeting, 4:30, Centenary, Nelson Bd Room

9          Haynesville Shale meeting @ Broadmoor, 6:30 p.m.

9-12     Cursillo #125, Wesley Center, Woodworth

11        UMW District Elected Leaders Training, Wesley Center, Woodworth

October 2008 cont’d

11        Acadiana District Safe Sanctuaries Workshop

14-15   Cabinet Meeting, B.R.

16        Clergy Lunch & Laughter, Ming Garden, 11:30 a.m.

18-19   Discerning the Call, Wesley Center, Woodworth

18        District Workshop at Fellowship UMC for visual ministry/altar design for Advent

18        Wesley Center Board Meeting, Wesley Center, Woodworth

18        Native American Ministry Task Force meeting, Dulac, Clanton Chapel

18        CFA Meeting, Wesley Center, Woodworth

18        Alexandria District Safe Sanctuaries, Pineville 1^st

19        Laity Sunday

19-21   Retirees Retreat, Wesley Center, Woodworth

23        Pastor’s Appreciation Banquet, Bossier 1^st 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. sponsored by UMM

25        Board of Laity Meeting, Wesley Center, Woodworth

25        Lake Charles District Safe Sanctuaries Workshop, First UMC, Lake Charles

NOVEMBER

1          Baton Rouge & New Orleans Districts Safe Sanctuaries Workshop, 1^st Hammond

3-4       DCOM Interviews, Bossier First

7-8       VIM Celebration, First Alexandria

7-9       Jr. High Retreat (7^th & 8^th Grades) #1, Wesley Center, Woodworth

9          Organ & Tissue Donor Sunday

9          U2 Eucharist, Festival Plaza 7:00 p.m.

10-12   Cabinet Meeting, Wesley Center, Woodworth

11-15   UMCOR – Basic Training Academy, Sager Brown, Baldwin

13        Clergy Lunch & Laughter - Dorcheat Steak & Seafood, Dixie Inn, 11:30 a.m.

13-15   Path of Spiritual Leadership – Retreat 2, Track 1, Wesley Center, Woodworth

15        School of Christian Mission Committees, Wesley Center Woodworth

15        Monroe & Shreveport District Safe Sanctuaries Workshop, Trinity, Ruston

18-19   Nurturing the Inner Life:  Contemplative practice for clergy, Wesley Center, Woodworth

20        Hispanic/Latino Ministries Task Force Meeting, First Grace UMC, New Orleans

21-22   W T Handy Convocation, Wesley Center, Woodworth

21-23   Conference UMW Officers Leadership Training Event, St. Louis, MO

30        UM Student Day Offering

DECEMBER

1          District Audit Team Training

3          Clergy under 35 Group, Wesley Center, Woodworth

4-7       Cursillo #126

9-10     Cabinet Meeting

11        Pastors of Large Churches, Wesley Center, Woodworth

18        Clergy Lunch & Laughter - Cambridge Club, 11:30 a.m.

21        Methodist Home of Greater New Orleans offering

JANUARY 2009

5-9       Perkins School of Youth Ministry, Dallas, TX

12-13   Local Church Audits at Broadmoor

15        Clergy Lunch & Laughter  - Albasha Greek & Lebanese, 11:30 a.m.

16-18   Happening #33, Wesley Center, Woodworth

18        Human Relations Day Offering

18        UMW Sunday

19        UMW Midyear Executive Committee Meeting, Wesley Center, Woodworth

20-21   UMW Spiritual Retreat, Wesley Center, Woodworth

20-23   Cabinet Retreat, Wesley Center

23-24   LAVIM Team Leader Training, Wesley Center, Woodworth

23-24   CCYM

24        Wesley Center Board Meeting

24        CFA, Woodworth

26-27   Board of Ordained Ministry Retreat

29-Feb 1  Quadrennial Training Event, Jacksonville, FL

FEBRUARY

1          Louisiana Prison Chapel Offering

1-4       Ministers’ Week, Perkins

6-7       Clergy Spouse Retreat, Wesley Center, Woodworth

9-12     Cabinet Retreat, Wesley Center

12-15   Cursillo #127, Wesley Center, Woodwort       

16-18   Tending our Lives Clergy Retreat, Wesley Center, Woodworth

18        Candidacy Mentor Training, Wesley Center, Woodworth

19        UMW Midyear UMW Executive Committee Meeting, Wesley Center, Woodworth

20-21   Shreveport District Lay Speaking School, St. Luke’s

26        Mission Finance Meeting, Wesley Center, Woodworth

26        Clergy Lunch & Laughter – Carraway’s General Store & Restaurant, Ida, 11:30

27-28   Convocation of Boards, Baton Rouge 1^st

27-March 1  Sr. High Retreat #1, Wesley Center, Woodworth

MARCH

2          Local Pastor Spring Interviews, Trinity, Ruston

3          Local Pastor Spring Interviews, Wesley Center, Woodworth

3          Local Pastor Spring Interviews, FUMC, LaPlace

6          Mission Cabinet, Wesley Center, Woodworth

6-8       Sr. High Retreat #2, Wesley Center, Woodworth

7          CMT Meeting, Wesley Center, Woodworth

7          Board of Pension Meeting, Wesley Center, Woodworth

9-13     Cabinet Retreat, Wesley Center, Woodworth

13-14   Media Life Technology Conference, 1^st UMC, Shreveport

13-15   Discerners Academy, ages 21-35, Wesley Center, Woodworth

14        CFA Meeting, Wesley Center, Woodworth

19        Clergy Lunch & Laughter - El Chico’s –Old Minden Road, B.C., 11:30 .m.

March 2009 cont’d

21        UMW - Concurrent Finance, Membership & Nominations Committee, Wesley Center,             Woodworth

22        One Great Hour of Sharing Offering

22-23   Division of Deacons and Diaconal Ministers Retreat, Wesley Center, Woodworth

23-25   Division of Elders Retreat, Wesley Center, Woodworth

24-27   Cabinet Meeting, Wesley Center, Woodworth

28        Confirmation Day with the Bishop, Wesley Center, Woodworth

APRIL

16-19   Cursillo #128, Wesley Center, Woodworth

18        UMM Retreat

20-23   Extended Cabinet, B.R.

23        Clergy Lunch & Laughter - Tokyo Japanese Restaurant , 11:30 a.m.

25        Wesley Center Board Meeting, Wesley Center, Woodworth

26        Native American Awareness Offering

MAY

2          Transition Seminar for clergy families moving

3          YSF Sunday

10        LA Methodist Children’s Home, (Ruston) Offering

13-14   Cabinet meeting, B.R.

21        Clergy Lunch & Laughter - Gibsland Grill-Gibsland, 11:30 a.m.

24        United Methodist Heritage Sunday

28-31   Cursillo #129, Wesley Center, Woodworth

JUNE

5-6       DCYM Training

7-10     Annual Conference, Pontchartrain Center, Kenner, La

7          Peace with Justice Offering

16        Moving Day

23-27   Bishop’s Week, Mt. Sequoyah

JULY

2          Clergy Lunch & Laughter, IHOP, 11:30 a.m.

AUGUST

13        Clergy Lunch & Laughter – Tacomania , 11:30 a.m.

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