FOR LOCAL CHURCH LEADERS
FORT PIERCE (St. Lucie County):
First UMC (616 Orange Avenue, Fort Pierce, Fl. 34950, telephone: 772-464-0440) will host the Advanced Class - Living Our Beliefs: The United Methodist Way, Revised Edition, by Kenneth L. Carder, on Friday night and Saturday, April 20th and 21st, 2012. Please note this is a change in dates from the earlier advertisement for March. The text is a revised edition of Bishop Carder's book, and this class is the update for our Lay Servant Ministries course on United Methodist heritage, doctrine, theology and history. Our special Wesleyan understanding of grace will also be explained and discussed. This will be the first time this class is offered in the district.
First UMC is located approximately four miles east of I-95 on Orange Avenue. Pass the church heading east and turn left on 5th Street, and left again on Avenue A (one block). Enter the parking lot on your left and come in through the double doors under the overhang where Centennial Hall joins with the church building. We are one block west of US-1 if you come that way (take Avenue A to the parking lot).
Classes will be held from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m.on Friday night and from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday. You must attend both days to get credit for the class. Lunch will be provided by the excellent cooks of First UMC (a love offering is suggested).
The class will be taught by Rod Groom of First UMC.
Please bring $10.00 to cover the class. Checks should be made out payable to Atlantic Central District. The book to get, is Living Our Beliefs: The United Methodist Way, Revised Edition, by Kenneth L. Carder. It is available for $10.40 through www.cokesbury.com. Make sure to order the revised editon, copyright 2009 (NOT 1996). Please order and read your text prior to class.
DIRECTIONS, REGISTRATION, FURTHER INFORMATION:
If you have questions, would like to register for any of the above, or are interested in putting together a class at your own church, send me an email or give me a call.
Rod Groom,
Lay Servant Ministries
Atlantic Central District
772 595 5731 (Home)
772 359 2695 (Cell)
rod.groom@gmail.com
Required National Safety Posters
From time to time your church office is contacted by companies interested in providing (with a fee) the required posters for the Federal and State Government in the workplace. You can go to the [website] to print out the needed posters (free). They are the following: Federal Minimum Wage, Job Safety and Health, FLSA, USERRA, and the FL Minimum Wage.
Florida Minimum Wage Poster 2012
(English | Español)
U.S. Department of Labor Posters
For the Worker’s Compensation poster, contact our third party administrator for FLUMC at 877-590-6693.
GRANTS
In an effort to be of assistance to our District churches, especially during this time of financial stress, the Leadership Council has researched Grants that may be helpful to fund different areas of church ministry and outreach. Some of these websites also have information on how to write a Grant.
PNC Community Development Banking:
http://www.npfunds.com/
http://www.cokesbury.com/forms/search.aspx?ddlSearchScope=&txtSearchQuery=grants
http://www.usdoj.gov/fbci/fundopp.html
www.churchgrants.org
www.nal.usda.gov/ric/ricpubs/fundguide.html
http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/fbci/grants-catalog-index.html
http://www.hhs.gov/fbci/funding.html
Weed and Seed Communities Competitive Program, Grant Announcement
www.ignitingministry.org
www.archives.umc.org/interior.asp?ptid=1&mid=2662
https://fcsecure.fdncenter.org/fdo_signup_prof/register.php?setplan=start
http://www.cokesbury.com/forms/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=9780687078356
http://www.umc.org/site/apps/nlnet/content3.aspx?c=lwL4KnN1LtH&b=2072519&ct=3839167
http://archives.umc.org/umns/story.asp?mid=759&story=0DE01844-A0F0-4802-B5BB-B8AFD937A8E9 |
