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CONFERENCE
Dan E. Solomon, Bishop
Voll 5 No 2 ■ January 9,1998
S^rid P.0. Form 3579 to P.0. Box 660275, Dallas, TX 75266-0275
Mission in Motion mobilizes to move
across Louisiana Conference
By Bobbie Armstrong who are chosen by pastors will provide the What MIM gives Louisiana United Mission in Motion are many, Freneaux
HIM Review Editor vital link to congregations around the state. Methodists is a close-up and personal says. Aside from just donating items, peo¬
It is being said that God is moving in the MIM’s purpose, says Freneaux, is 1) to opportunity to meet a human need, show ple will be needed to publicize the arrival
Louisiana Conference of The United minister to the immediate physical needs compassion and help others. “This project of the trailer at each location, transport
Methodist Church. In February, however, of the hurting in Jesus’ name, 2) to involve allows every United Methodist in Louisiana donations from churches to the the trailer,
everyone — even non-Methodists — will be United Methodists in hands-on mission to make a choice to be in mission, to enliv¬ box items, load the trailer and then unload
able to see that literally as a 40-foot, 18- work, and 3) to promote increased and en herself or himself and his or her the goods at Sager-Brown. Drivers with
wheeled tractor-trailer bearing the UM cross continued participation in missions church” says Bishop Solomon. “The gifts rigs will be needed to move the trailer
and flame and the words “Mission in through UMCOR and Sager-Brown. It was will be great for both the giver and the from location to location.
Motion” (see graphic, below) begins its bom out of Bishop Solomon’s visit to the receiver as we share God’s love with those But perhaps the most vital outcome will
nine-month journey down Louisiana’s high¬ 48,000 sq ft-depot when he first came to in need around the world.” be to inspire more Louisiana United
ways and biways. the Louisiana Conference in 1996 as its The spirit of giving is already alive in Methodists to regularly provide hands-on
Mission in Motion (MIM) is an innova¬ episcopal leader and also as president of this project. The trailer is being provided support at the UMCOR Depot at Sager-
tive, pioneering pilot plan to meet the chal¬ the General Board of Global Ministries, the to the conference by Davidson Trucking in Brown where the need is great and ongo¬
lenge of keeping the United Methodist UM board which governs UMCOR. He and Ruston. Davidson is refurbishing the trailer, ing. As the host conference for this vital
Committee On Relief (UMCOR) Depot at his wife Joy saw thousands of empty painting the logo on it and providing insur¬ cog in the wheel that connects The United
the Sager-Brown facility in Baldwin stocked shelves and decided it was time to find a ance for the first year. Methodist Church to those in need around
with relief supplies for shipment anywhere way to fill them. The opportunities to get involved in the world, this is an opportunity we can all
in the world there is a need. share in, says Freneaux.
Each month the rolling col¬ MIM will kick off in the Baton Rouge
MISSION
lection trailer will travel to a District Feb. 1 at Blackwater UMC in Baker
different district, rest in a with Griffon Bourgeois and Gerald Hook
designated church parking as coordinators. Following a week there,
lot for a week, accept relief it will movie to Ingleside UMC and Gonza¬
supplies from all the UM les UMC. It will go to the North Shore Dis¬
churches in the surrounding ION trict in March and New Orleans District in
area and then move on to April. District designations after that have
another church. At the end not been finalized. Items collected will be
of its month in the district, dictated by UMCOR’s need and currently
LOUISIANA UNITED METHODIST
the rig will be taken to the GLOBAL DISASTER RELIEF include flood relief supples and Korean
depot and unloaded with food boxes.
the help of volunteers. Then, it’s on to the After the MIM plan is worked out in the
next district. Attending the historical first meeting of Mission in Motion were (back Louisiana Conference’s pilot run, it will be
Dave Freneaux, a lay member at Black- row, left to right) Curt Shrewsberry (North Shore DisL), Don Schaneville offered to surrounding conferences and
water UMC in Baker, has been appointed by (New Orleans DisL), Dave Freneaux (Conference coordinator), Bishop possibly nationwide.
Bishop Dan E. Solomon as conference coor¬ Dan Solomon, Carl Rhoads (North Shore District), and Joseph Burke Plan now to get involved and to pray
dinator of the program. Each district will also (New Orleans DisL) Front row (left to right): Griffon Bourgeois (Baton for the success of Mission in Motion. Con¬
have a coordinator selected by the district Rouge DisL), Joy Solomon and Chuck Felder (North Shore DisL). tact Dave Freneaux at [phone] for
superintendent. Local church coordinators Photo by Bobbie Armstrong further information.
Louisiana VIM to celebrate missions at banquet
Louisiana United Methodists are invited Tlx festivities will begin at 4 pm on of mission opportunities. Registration for the Banquet is $20 per
to a gala event and banquet celebrating Sunday, Feb. 8 as churches and groups The Volunteers in Mission Banquet fea¬ person through advanced registration only.
missions and mission volunteers Sunday, which have participated in work camps turing Bishop Dan Solomon as keynote Pastors and churches have invitation/regis¬
Feb. 8 at the Louisiana Conference Center during 1997 share displays outlining their speaker will begin at 5 p.m. Bishop tration forms or you may use the form on
in Woodworth. work and informing us of the Solomon, current president of page four. Payment must accompany your
There is much to celebrate. For many continued needs in both the General Board of Glob¬ advanced registration and must be
years many people have labored in foreign, national and Con¬ al Ministries, is a driving received in the Conference Office no later
short-term Volunteers in Mission work ference locations. (If your force for VIM in the confer¬ than February 1.
camps on behalf of this conference. As a church has sponsored or ences where he has held Please mail registrations to Janice John¬
result, ministry and disaster relief have participated in a work episcopal appointment. A son, 527 North Boulevard, Baton Rouge,
reached foreign countries, our nation and camp and has not been con¬ formal meal will be served LA 70802. Lodging is available on Sunday
our conference. The Louisiana Conference tacted, call Janice Johnson at the Confer¬ along with inspiring words of what is evening at the Conference Center by call¬
also celebrates a new chapter of volunteer ence Office.) being done as well as a personal challenge ing (318)4494500.
mission work this year with the appoint¬ At 4:15 pm, participants will attend up to get involved in the numerous mission Register early and come join the fun,
ment of Dr. Alonzo Campbell as full-time to three 15-minute information sessions opportunities the Louisiana Conference excitement and challenge of Volunteers
VIM director. outlining volunteer roles in various types will offer in 1998 and beyond. in Mission!
Conf. The Louisiana United Methodist
January 9, 1998
Sect. Review
Stepping out on faith
Being and Doing
Giving by 'first fruits': An amazing thing to behold!
Something by Rev. Ken Graham
Pastor, First UMC, LaPlace to pay their tithes and offerings to the
Old,
“How can we pay our apportionments church first. “How,” he asked, “can the
Something when we can barely pay our bills?” This church do any different?” That changed
Is the appeal of a New New church leader push hard was the initial and legitimate response the entire tone of the meeting. Before we
Year that it brings closure for dozens of persons in one year ago at First United Methodist knew it, First Fruits was adopted as the
to what has gone before or every congregation to Church of LaPlace when we received a official policy of First UMC, LaPlace.
that it brings opportunity for what lies participate in VIM? letter from Bishop Solomon encouraging Much to our surprise, January came
ahead? Perhaps it is some of both. A new pattern of payment of us to pay our apportionments in full. and went and we paid our
However we describe it, the New Year apportionments, or connectional min¬ After all, it had been several years since apportionments for January in full and no
is “new.” It is new enough to offer us a we had managed to pay them in full. And bill went unpaid. In fact, we had money
istries. Many churches are using the First
besides we were improving. We paid 0% left over. And that is the way it went all
clear invitation and a distinct opportunity Fruits plan. The plan works! First Fruits
to begin patterns of living that are “new.” means that a congregation totals its full in 1994, 10% in 1995 and a little over 30% through the first five months of the year.
Not only is this true of individuals, it is apportionments, divides by 52 and then in 1996. In spite of our improvement, we However, summer was coming and we
were at the bottom of the heap all know what happens to church giving
also true of congregations. sends the weekly amount every Monday
Consider these new patterns for your to the Conference Office for disbursement conference-wide when it came to paying in the summer. But, not to us this year.
apportionments. Bishop Solomon’s Giving stayed strong and we continued to
congregation: to the appropriate missions and ministries.
request seemed to us to be “Mission pay our apportionments weekly. By
U* A new initiative to help every mem¬ Several churches are using effectively their
Impossible.” August we were getting confident and we
ber of the congregation affirm that life in own variation of the First Fruits plan.
What made this _request unique, began to believe that “Mission
Christ was given to him/her as a gift and Whatever the plan, when a congregation
however, was that it included a plan to Impossible” was now “Mission Possible.”
is thereby to be given to others. A fresh meets its outreach commitment for others
accomplish 100% payment of our At the end of 1997, giving had already
focus on “professions of faith” is in keep¬ prior to caring for its own needs, it mod¬
apportionments. The plan was called First covered our total budget for the year ancl^
ing with our main mission. Whatever else els for its membership a pattern of living
Fruits. First Fruits involved taking the we even have several thousand dollars
happens in the congregations, connecting and giving that is filled with blessings, joy
total amount of the annual more in the bank than we did last year at
persons with Christ in a redemptive rela¬ and results. (See related story, this page.)
apportionment and dividing it by 52. this time.
tionship is foundational. Let us move “pro¬ 1j*A new willingness to work and risk Each week, before we paid any other As the leadership and the
fessions of faith” from the year-end statis¬ in order to reach people for Christ and in bills (electric bill, insurance), made congregation look back, it is obvious that
tical report to the front end of our person¬ Christ’s name. We have many United building repairs or even paid the pastor God has done something in our church
al and congregational life. Why do we not Methodist congregations who want to and staff, we would pay our this year we did not think we could do.
have more conversation in Sunday wor¬ “talk” about “fishing”; we have some that apportionments. We decided to be faithful to our
ship about “professions of faith” than we “do” fishing; we have others that “catch” And so, at the December 1996 commitment and God moved. It was an
do the rummage sale, bazaar, car wash, fish. The congregations that are catching Administrative Council meeting we had amazing thing to behold!
or ski trip? How often do you hear "pro¬ fish (persons for Christ) are coupling their what the Administrative Council chair I had preached many times that if
fession of faith” conversations in your desire to reach persons with strategies called a spirited discussion concerning someone wanted their faith to grow, they
congregation? such as new worship styles, small groups, Bishop Solomon’s request. We were just needed to take on something larger,
U“A new emphasis on “hands-on-mis- mission projects, after-school programs, about to vote to make an increase over something that could never happen
sion involvement,” especially Volun¬ cell groups, fellowship and recreation what we paid in 1996 instead of unless God intervened. The good news is
teers In Mission. The evidence is over¬ ministries, multi-faceted ministries, etc. participating in First Fruits. we did and then God did. Our faith and
whelming that persons who participate It is exciting to commence the first Then, a lay person on the Council our confidence in God is stronger than
in VIM encounter God’s presence and hours and days of a New Year. Even more spoke up. He said that as the leadership ever before and still growing. Praise be
power in ways that renew one's own exciting is commencing new ministry ini¬ of the church, we expected our members to God!
faith and energize persons to lead their tiatives in the name of the Christ who
congregation into a deeper mission makes all things new. Editor’s note: Over the next few issues, we will share several churches’ experience
experience. VIM is working! VIM is laity with the First Fruits plan for paying apportionments. Watch for their stories here!
ministry that is effective, fulfilling, mis-
sional and commendable. Since there is
Children, youth donate coins to cross
so much evidence that VIM is changing
lives and changing churches, is it not Dan E. Solomon Children and youth of the Louisiana holders, if you are interested in
urgent that every pastor and every Conference were given a contributing but have not
special invitation for received a holder.
Epiphany (Jan. 6) to fill Anyone can contribute.
coin cards to help Checks will be accepted
Spotlight on Children in Need construct the Children’s and should be made out
Cross at the Louisiana to the Louisiana Annual
Conference Center at Conference and
Editors note: Please let us know what your church is doing to reach
Woodworth. As the wise designated for the
Children in Need so we can share it with others in the Louisiana Conference.
men brought gifts to the “Conference Center
Christ child, the children Children’s Cross.”
Conference to focus on children's ministry
were urged to give a gift in Contact Carolyn Dove
NASHVILLE, TN — “Nurt firing Children's Methodist Church; Maryjane Pierce-Norton, honor of the Lord who has at [phone] for more
Spirituality,” a children’s ministry director in family ministries on the Family & given to them. information. All
Pastors at local donations should be
conference, will be held here March 30 - Life-Span Ministries Team for the General churches have the coin Children’s Cross mailed by Jan. 15.
April 2, 1998 at the Scarritt-Bennett Center. Board of Discipleship of The United
The General Board of Discipleship of The Methodist Church; Susan Groseclose,
United Methodist Church is cosponsoring minister of programs at Calvary United
the conference. Methodist Church in Nashville; and Robert NAME THAT PAPER
The conference will focus on ways to Havens, associate pastor of Homestead
nurture children as they grow spiritually, United Methodist Church in Rochester,
emotionally and mentally. Effective Minn. We’re still looking for your input about our name, but the search will end this month.
parenting and mentoring will be discussed. Pre-registration is required. Program fee Do you think we should change it to something else instead of The Louisiana Conference
The conference will also include time for is $150, with an additional fee of $156 for Edition of The United Methodist Review?
group workshops, networking, and worship meals and lodging. Commuter cost is $48, Got a great idea for a name? Or, do you think we should not change the name? Let us know.
which includes six meals. For more
experiences. Write to: Editor, LUM Review, 527 North Boulevard, Baton Rouge, LA 70802.
Leaders include Mary Alice Gran, information, call Roela Rivera or Helen
director of Children’s Ministries for the Powell at [phone] or (615)
General Board of Discipleship of the United 340-7472.
Amistad—The Beginning
Louisiana Volunteers in MSCOS registration for April courses
of the Sierra Leone
Mission
ends February 1
Annual Conference
Moments in Mission
February 1, 1998 is the registration Courses offered April 1998: Steven Spielberg’s film won't tell
Editor's note: Cathy Rando, member of deadline for April 1998 courses in The FIRST YEAR COURSE: this chapter, but the story of Amistad
Evangeline UMC, Baton Rouge, was Mississippi Course of Study School (MSCOS). Pastor as Interpreter, Susan Woodard is also a story of the beginning of the
introduced to VIM work at Heifer Project The School is designed for part-time local SECOND YEAR COURSE: UMC in Sierra Leone.
International. As she traveled home from pastors. Participants from the Mississippi Theological Heritage, Don Patterson. Spielberg’s epic begins in 1839
that work camp, she wrote the following: Conference and surrounding conferences THIRD YEAR COURSE: when 53 Africans, held captive on the
are eligible. Church Administration, Jack Loflin. Spanish ship Amistad, overpower their
BLINDERS Millsaps College is the host for MSCOS. FOURTH YEAR COURSE: captors and force them to sail for their
Like a carriage horse Millsaps is located on North State Ethics, Vicki Gary. home in what is now Sierra Leone.
between Fortification and Woodrow FIFTH YEAR COURSE: During the day, the Spaniards sail
plodding the city streets,
Wilson in Jackson, Miss. Counseling, Dorothy Dickson Rishel. toward Africa, but at night they
my blinders keep me safe
A $30 per course registration fee is For information on the Mississippi reverse course to sail toward Cuba.
and comfortable. required. All checks should be made out Course of Study School and Course of After 63 days, the ship’s zig-zag trip
to Millsaps College. Study in Israel contact Bert Gary, Millsaps ends in Long Island, N.Y. There a
I can focus on my tasks Courses will be held Friday evening College, P.O. Box 151550, Jackson, Miss. lengthy legal battle finally secures
never stopping to ask if through Saturday afternoon, April 3-4 and [phone]. freedom for the former captives. In
those tasks made a difference 24-25, continuing the new two-weekend Email: [email protected] or 1841, 35 survivors of the Amistad
http://www.netdoor.com/com/umcos.
to anyone. design. affair and five members of the
American Missionary Association
Don’t look to the left— (AMA) return to Sierra Leone where a
I may see the homeless mission colony is formed.
In 1855, the Church of the United
with hands outreached.
Brethren in Christ (UBC) also forms a
mission station near the AMA camp.
Don’t look to the right—
Paying tribute to Martin Luther
UBC ministries increase tremendously
I may see a hungry child. King Jr. is this unique
under the leadership of Mary and
sculpture by Medina Campeny
Joseph Gomer, an African-American
But wait, my blinders at a busy Intersection in
couple from Ohio who arrive in 1870
are slipping off. Atlanta. The late civil rights and stay for 22 years. By 1882, the
leader would have been 69 this
AMA turns over to UBC all of its
month. The nation celebrates
The bright light hurts buildings, schools,- a farm, a sawmill,
his birthday Jan. 19-
my eyes. and an annual subsidy.
A UMNS photo by Mark
I feel confused, no Westmoreland, Weslayan UBC merged in 1946 with the
longer focused Christian Advocate. Evangelical Church to form the
no longer safe and Evangelical United Brethren Church
(EUB), and the EUBs merged with the
comfortable.
Methodists in 1968 to form the UMC.
The UBC mission in Sierra Leone is
Part of me wants the blinders
Epiphany Ministry goes to now the 85,000-member UM Sierra
back-but a deeper, stronger
Leone Annual Conference.
part is excited about this
For a more complete story, see The
new vision. J.C.C.Y in March New World Outlook and visit
http://gbgm-umc.Org/umhistory
Lord, grant me the courage /sierra-leone/amistad.html.
to continue my walk Epiphany Ministry of Louisiana is a.m.-3 p m.
without the safety of my blinders. looking forward to Epiphany #2 at the Team Dedication Service: Thursday, —Darrell Reeck, UM Development Fund
Jetson Correctional Center for Youth March 5, 6-9 p.m.
I turn my eyes to you (J.C.C.Y.) in Baton Rouge. March 6 - 8 is J.C.C.Y. now requires every Epiphany Reprinted from UM Newscope,
set on the girl’s calendar and we are team member to haue a valid Religious Vol. 24, No. 50.
and ask for your guidance.
hopeful that this date will be open on Volunteer Training Card before entering to
Let me look at them and
your calendar as well. serve on a weekend. There will be a
see you. Let them look
Team Meetings will be held at Jefferson training session scheduled for February so
at me and see you. Amen. U.M.C., Baton Rouge, on the following that team members can acquire a card or Disciple
dates and times: renew their annual card. Your card will
Team Meeting: Saturday, Jan. 24, 9 a.m- need to be renewed even if you only plan
4 p.m. to attend reunions.
Team Meeting: Saturday, Feb. 21, 1:30- Please send in an application as soon
^ Memorial!.
4 p.m.* as possible if you want to be a part of this
‘Held at Baker First UMC following the exciting ministry. The team leader for
DISCIPLE Bible Study
Our prayers and condolences go to: Star Reunion at J.C.C.Y. Epiphany # 2 is Beverly Connelly. Contact
the family of Mrs. Bettye Bagnerise Team Meeting: Saturday, Feb. 28, 9 her at [phone].
training returns to
Wethers, surviving spouse of Rev. Carl
T. Wethers (Baton Rouge District), Louisiana
living Well, Dying Well video available
who died Dec. 20. Her funeral was
held Dec. 24 at Camphor UMC, Baton Mark your calendars. DISCIPLE Bible
Rouge. She was buried at Port On April 17, 1997, over 4000 healthcare professionals. Study training will return to Baton Rouge
Hudson with her husband. The family individuals at 168 sites coast to coast The Resource Center has available Aug. 27-29.
has requested donations be made in viewed the teleconference, Living Well, a set of video tapes covering the three Also, in response to popular demand,
her honor to the Children and Youth Dying Well, Facing End of Life Decisions. segments of the teleconference. A DISCIPLE is constructing a site on the
Ministries at Camphor. The teleconference, produced by The Iliff study guide is included with each Internet and invites you to visit for
the family of Rev. Clarence B. School of Theology in cooperation with segment making this series an general information, on-line training
Krumnow, retired, who died Dec. 26 United Methodist Communications, Health excellent resource for church and seminar schedules and registration,
in San Antonio, Texas. His funeral and Welfare Ministries United, United community study groups. sample lessons and order forms for
was held in Perry, Texas Dec. 29- Methodist General Board of Global Contact the Resource Center at materials.
Rev. William Eubanks, pastor, First Ministries and the United Methodist [phone] for rental The address is www.cokesbury.org
UMC, Hammond (North Shore Publishing House, received positive arrangements or to purchase a set /col/.
District), on the death of his sister, Ms. responses from a wide range of viewers ($35) contact Iliff at [phone].
Mary Frances Holt, Nov. 17.. including clergy, laity, medical staff and
Conf. The Louisiana United Methodist
January 9, 1998
Sect. Review
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Ida UMC participates in Centennial Celebration
Let's conned...
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by Linda Konrad
Send us your news (typed
copy please) and photos (color Last fall, First UMC of Ida
okay)to: participated in the north Louisiana
Bobbie Armstrong village’s Centenial Celebration.
The UMW group of the 93-year-
Editor
old church handcrafted tree
527 North Boulevard
ornaments, made tote bags, jams,
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
jellies and relishes which they sold
Hodge UMC hosts small church workshop out of the basement of the church
along with a new edition of their
151-page notebook. Twenty-five
by Rev. Brian Yeich an international leader in the Upper Room’s
percent of the profits were given to
Pastor, Hodge UMC Walk to Emmaus and has published articles
the town to help defray the cost of
Monday, November 17, Hodge UMC on evangelism-related topics in such peri¬
the event.
was proud to host a workshop on odicals as The Academy for Evangelism
The women also dressed in
Turnaround Strategies for the Small Church. Journal and The Interpreter.
period costumes to welcome visitors
This workshop was- sponsored by Hodge The workshop focused on the
into their newly-renovated church
UMC, the Ruston District, and the Confer¬ turnaround strategies that small churches
and enjoyed the ooh’s and ahh’s as
ence Board of Discipleship. Attended pri¬ (those under 100 in worship attendance)
tourists crossed the threshold. They
marily by United Methodists, Hodge was have used successfully. Dr. Crandall dis¬
shared the church’s and town’s
pleased to welcome representatives from cussed stepping forward into the future,
history as visitors viewed exquisite
the Church of God in Anderson and the stepping into what the Holy Spirit is doing,
displays throughout the church,
Cumberland Presbyterian Church. stepping over the obstacles, stepping out
including quilts which dated back to First UMC, Ida
This half-day workshop was led by Dr. Ron into mission, and stepping up to be true
the Civil War.
Crandall McCreeless (pictured below) Pro disciples by developing disciples. Tour buses brought over 100 share in the day’s spiritual and captivating
Lessor of Evangelism at Turnaround churches have people from as far away as 40 miles to celebration.
Asbury Theological Semi¬ pastors who step forward
nary' in Wilmore, Kentucky. by loving their people,
An ordained elder in the preaching the gospel and VIM Banquet
Kentucky Conference of modeling the vision for the _ Reservation Form_
The United Methodist future. Turnaround church¬
Church, Dr. Crandall has es step into what the Spirit
February 8, 1998 Louisiana Conference Center 4-7 p.m.
significant local church and is doing by prayer, worship,
denominational experience. small groups and mission
Registration form and $20 per person is due February 1, 1998. All monies
He has pastored churches experience. Turnaround
must accompany this form in order for us to make the necessary banquet
in California and Arizona, churches overcome obsta¬
and in 1977, he was cles such as low self esteem, reservations. Therefore, we will be unable to accept any reservations after
appointed to The United lack of vision and finances. February 1. Please make all checks payable to: Louisiana Annual Conference--
Methodist General Board of Turnaround churches turn VIM Banquet. Mail to Janice Johnson, 527 North Boulevard, Baton Rouge, LA
Discipleship where he toward others through pas¬ 70802-5700.
served as director of evangelism for the tors who see themselves as missionaries
local church. Dr. Crandall joined the facul¬ and laity who invite, visit and make others Name(s)_____
ty of Asbury Theological Seminary in 1983- tmly welcome. Finally, turnaround church¬
A frequent speaker at seminars, work¬ es develop Christian disciples by having a Address_:---
shops, and conferences, Dr. Crandall is transforming focus, by being purpose-driv¬
also the author of several books on the en, by finding their gifts for ministry, and
City__Zip-
subject of evangelism with a special con¬ by utilizing small groups.
cern for small churches. His books include Those who attended left with a
renewed sense of hope and enthusiasm as Phone(_)_No. of persons attending_
Turn-Around Strategies for the Small
well as some promising ideas for leading
Church, There's New Life in the Small
Church and The Small Membership their churches into the future which God Amount of money enclosed
Church: Growing, Caring, Serving. He is has in store.
local church
Conference Program Calendar
Louisiana Conference Edition
of the opportunities:
United Methodist Review January 1998 March_
Dan F„ Solomon, Bishop
First UMC, Plaquemine (Baton
10 Shalom Zone, Monroe District 2 UM Foundation Bishop’s Society
EDITORIAL TEAM: Rouge District) is seeking a dedicated
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Jack Phelps at [phone].
527 North Boulevard 9-12 Cabinet Meeting
Trinity UMC, Ruston, is seeking a
Baton Rouge, LA 70802 February_ 10-11 Town and Country 10th Annual
1(888) 239-5286 person to work in adult ministries,
Spring Retreat, Louisiana
[phone], [phone] fax developing a mission to single adults,
6-8 Conference Senior High Retreat,
Conference Center
e-mail: [email protected] Conference Center college adults, older adults and
23-24 Gathering of Elders, Conference
increasing participation in Sunday
7 Shalom Zone, Monroe District
On the Web Center, Noon-Noon
school classes, DISCIPLE Bible Study
The Louisiana Annual Conference has a 8 VIM Gathering and Banquet, 26-29 Cursillo #63, Conference Center
and School of Christian Growth.
newly revised homepage. You can find us at Conference Center, 4-7p.m.
30-Apr 2 Cabinet Meeting
Contact Fred Wideman at (318)
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louisiana-conference/. Center 251-0750.
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Vol 15 No 3 ■ January 23,1998
1997 apportionments paid highest since 1985
by Dr. Stone W. Caraway
total of $477,743 more than last year was given
moving out into the community and beyond
Executive Director, Administrative Services for the mission and ministry of Jesus Christ.
because they know Christ is counting on them
and Treasurer, Louisiana Conference Can we try to imagine how much more will be and the list goes on?
The record is in. Louisiana United Methodists done...lives being changed, hungry being fed,
This and so much more is evidenced when
have given 94.13 percent of their 1997 children and youth being taught that they are
Christ and his church become the center of our
apportionments, the highest level since 1985. A important and can live with hope, churches
devotion. This is cause to celebrate!
455 churches who paid 100 percent
ALEXANDRIA DISTRICT
of apportionments in 1997 FIRST UMC/ ALEXANDRIA
DR. C. GERALD RICHARDSON
HORSESHOE DRIVE UMC
REV. LARRY D. O'DELL
FELLOWSHIP UMC
(Lists are continued on Conf. Sect. 2, 3 & 4) MACARTHUR DRIVE UMC REV. LARRY D. O'DELL
REV. WILLIAM K. MCDONALD
NEWMAN UMC
REV. ERNEST E. SCOTT
ST. MARK'S UMC/ BOYCE
REV. WILSON J. KING
TRINITY UMC
ACADIANA DISTRICT WILTON UMC REV. GARY D. WILLIS
REV. DOROTHY JOHNSON
ABBEVILLE UMC REV. JOHN L. VINING CAOTLUALNETYA U UMMCC REV. KENNETH R. DAVIS
PECAN ISLAND UMC REV. KENNETH R. DAVIS
REV. JOHN L. VINING FIRST UMC/ BOYCE
A5BURY UMC/ FRANKLIN REV. WILLIAM K. MCDONALD
REV. JAMES N. KIRK LAHEY CHAPEL UMC
TRINITY UMC REV. GLINDA M. DOUCET
REV. JAMES N. KIRK SIEPER UMC
MCGOWEN UMC REV. GLINDA M. DOUCET
REV. WILLIAM A. ROWELL, JR. UNION UMC
FIRST UMC/ HOUMA REV. HURVEY SWEAZIE JR.
REV. ALAN D. EINSEL ST. MARK'S UMC/ ALEXANDRIA
HOUMA HEIGHTS UMC REV. HURVEY SWEAZIE JR.
REV. TERRY UNDSEY DAVID HAAS MEMORIAL UMC
WESLEY UMC TRINITY UMC REV. MARK BRAY
REV. LOUIS AUGUSTINE, JR.
INDIAN BAYOU UMC WHITE'S CHAPEL UMC REV. MARK BRAY
CENTENARY UMC REV. LLOYD E. SCOTT WESLEY UMC/ BOONEVILLE REV. MARK BRAY
ST. PAUL UMC/ JEANERETTE REV. LLOYD E. SCOTT CAMPTI UMC REV. EMMETT COLLINS
FITZGERALD UMC REV. FULTON A. RAYMOND, SR. ST. MAURICE UMC REV. FRANK G. YOUNT
MT. ZION UMC REV. FULTON A. RAYMOND, SR. MT. ZION UMC REV. FRANK G. YOUNT
REV. FULTON A. RAYMOND, SR. REV. HENRY POWELL
ST. PETER UMC ST. PAUL UMC/ CHENEYVILLE
MALLALIEU UMC/ ST MARTINVILLE REV. E. ANDREW GOFF EDEN UMC REV. OBIE J. SOUTHALL
ASBURY UMC/ LAFAYETTE REV. E. ANDREW GOFF COLFAX UMC REV. CARROLL BRADFORD
REV. ROBERT L. BURGESS NOLLEY MEM UMC/ JENA REV. JAMES REID
CHURCH OF THE COVENANT/LAFAYETTE REV. W. RALPH FORD BELAH UMC REV. JOHN R. JOHNS
FIRST UMC/ LAFAYETTE
DR. M. JACK O’DELL OAK GROVE UMC REV. JOHN R. JOHNS
IMMANUEL UMC REV. BRUCE BROWN LECOMPTE UMC DR. CHARLES E. SCOTT
NORTHWOOD UMC REV. ROBERT L. DEICH BAYOU CHICOT UMC REV. JOHN G. DESCHNER
LYDIA UMC REV. BOBBY CORMIER CHENEYVILLE UMC REV. JOHN G. DESCHNER
MEMORIAL UMC/ MATTHEWS REV. JOSE GARCIA MARKSVILI.E UMC REV. JOHN G. DESCHNER
BAYOU BLUE UMC EVERGREEN UMC REV. LEON L. ZORDAN JR.
REV. JOSE GARCIA
MELVILLE UMC SIMMESPORT UMC REV. LEON L. ZORDAN JR.
REV. WILLIAM JACOBS, JR.
PALMETTO UMC MARTHAVII.I F UMC REV. LEON L. ZORDAN JR.
KROTZ SPRINGS UMC ■ REV. WILLIAM JACOBS BEULAH UMC REV. JOHN R. FOSTER
PHARR CHAPEL UMC REV. WILLIAM R JACOBS, SR. MT. ZION UMC REV. JOHN R. FOSTER
WALMSLEY UMC REV. THOMAS BEELER ASBURY UMC/ NATCHITOCHES DR. JIMMY WALKER
MASON UMC REV. DAN WASHINGTON, JR. WILLIAMS CHAPEL UMC REV. JAMES A. GRAHAM
REV. DAN WASHINGTON JR REV. JAMES A. GRAHAM
WESLEY UMC/ NAPOLEONVILLE ST. MARKS UMC/ NATCHITOCHES
FIRST UMC/ NEW IBERIA REV. ALBERT HOLLAND COLLEGE AVENUE UMC REV. JAMES A. GRAHAM
BRIGGS UMC REV. MICHAEL MCLAURIN PROVENCAL UMC REV. HUGH DON DAVIS
REV. PERCELL CHURCH SR. WEAVER UMC REV. HUGH DON DAVIS
MT. ZION UMC
REV. PURCELL CHURCH SR. EMMANUEL UMC REV. HUGH DON DAVIS
FIRST UMC/NEW ROADS
REV . R. DON GENTRY FIRST UMC/ NATCHITOCHES REV. HAZEL H. BATISTE
ROSEDALE UMC
REV. R. DON GENTRY URANIA UMC REV. DOUGLAS L. CAIN
LOUISIANA MEM UMC REV. WILLIAM YOUNGBLOOD PALESTINE UMC REV. JENNIE LOU WALTERS
ST. MARK UMC REV. DAVIS W. CLARK FIRST UMC/ PINEVILLE REV. DONALD R. MORGAN
PATTERSON UMC REV. JOHN LOCASCIO PLEASANT GROVE UMC REV. J RODDY TAYLOR
WILSON MEMORIAL UMC WESLEY UMC REV. KEN KLEMME
REV. ROSS GENGER
WILEY UMC POLLOCK UMC REV. JAMES E. RAY, SR.
REV. LEROY BRUMFIELD
CALVARY UMC SANDERS CHAPEL UMC REV. FREDDIE WAYNE CORY
FIRST UMC/ THIBODAUX REV. CLIFTON CONRAD STRANGE UMC REV. EMILY WINBERY
VACHERIE UMC REV. WYBRA J PRICE, II EDDY JUSTISS MEMORIAL UMC REV. EMILY WINBERY
MAGNOLIA UMC REV. WYBRA J. PRICE, II FIRST UMC/WINNFIELD REV. LIONEL J. MARCEL
REV. JOSEPH HOLLAND SELMA UMC REV. BARRY HOEKSTRA
. REV. LIONEL J. MARCEL
The Louisiana United Methodist
January 23, 1998
Review
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When Joy and I made The Children’s lighted cross, tell them
our first visit to the partially the story of the
Cross
constructed Conference ministry of the
Center of the Louisiana . . . how are children Conference Center,
Conference, Joy stood next going to learn to share and assist them in
to the concrete slab of the if they are not taught? gathering funds for the
new dining area, looked Children’s Cross.
across the partially filled new lake and To be sure, it would be easier to send a
said, “We need a large cross right over check, written by some adult, or written
there, across the lake.” So the “Children’s out of the church budget. No doubt, it
Cross” was conceived. takes some effort to get Sunday School
After approval by the Conference teachers, children’s workers, and parents
Center Board, the concept of the involved in helping children collect funds
Children’s Cross was for the Children’s Cross. But
developed by the completion then, consider, how are
WAKEFIELD UMC REV. JOSEPH L. ROUNTREE
of working drawings, children going to learn to GRAND CHENIER UMC REV. JOSEPH L. ROUNTREE
architectural review, and share if they are not taught? CHURCH POINT UMC REV FRED M. FRASER
structure material selection. It is How will children feel at FIRST UMC/CROWLEY REV. CHARLES L. FLOYD, JR.
FIRST UMC/ DEQUINCY REV. JOHN F. DURHAM
expected that the Children’s home at the new Conference
FIRST UMC/ DERIDDER REV. JON E. TELLIFERO
Cross, a thirty-foot, lighted Center if it is simply an WESLEY UMC/ DERIDDER REV. CHARLOTTE T. BRENT
structure, will be erected in “adult” thing? How do we MERRYVILLE UMC REV. CHARLOTTE T. BRENT
time for Confirmation Day with teach children basic and BRANCH UMC REV. CAGE M. MCLEMORE
FAIRVIEW UMC REV. JAMES C. SKINNER
the Bishop on April 4. fundamental concepts of
SWEETLAKE UMC REV. WAYNE G. TAYLOR
Significant progress has stewardship if we do not take PROSPECT UMC DR. WILLIAM R. BOYD
been made on funding the the time and invest the HORNBECK UMC DR. WILLIAM R. BOYD
cross. Total cost of construction energy to describe, discuss, GUEYDAN UMC REV. JAMES R. SCHAUB
Children’s Cross KAPLAN UMC REV. JAMES R. SCHAUB
and installation will be $15,000. interpret, and ground giving HAYES UMC REV. VIRGINIA CUTRER
Beginning with last year’s Confirmation in solid Biblical and theological HOPEWELL UMC REV. MARK THERIOT
Day with the Bishop, children have been understandings. PINE GROVE UMC REV. MARK THERIOT
contributing to the project. The Children’s Cross affords children IOWA UMC REV. DAVID R. DEWITT
FIRST UMC/ JENNINGS REV. J. PENN MORGAN
Now, the Epiphany Season affords the the opportunity to give to some need “out KINDER UMC REV. ALETA C. VALDEZ
children of all our United Methodist there.” Multitudes of urgent and worthy FIRST UMC/ LK CHAS REV. STEVEN M. SPURLOCK
congregations in Louisiana the special concerns that are not “in our church” or OAK PARK UMC REV. TOMMY R. BERGERON, SR.
ST. LUKE-SIMPSON UMC REV. JAMES HUMPHREYS
opportunity to bring gifts to honor the “next door” deserve to be supported.
UNIVERSITY UMC/ LK CHAS REV. STEVEN W. CARAWAY
birth, life, death, and resurrection of the Because they are “out there,” interpreting WARREN UMC REV. KENNETH M. FISHER
Lord Jesus. the need and participating with others to FIRST UMC/ LEESVILLE REV. J RYAN HORTON, JR.
The Epiphany Season is that time in fund the ministry assumes new and vital HOLLY GROVE UMC REV. J RYAN HORTON, JR.
the church year when we focus on the importance. We must work to insure that KOREAN UMC REV. LEE ECKERLE
MT. ZION UMC/ LEESVILLE REV. ROBERT M. ECKERLE, JR.
revealing of God’s gift of Jesus to the unseen needs are not unknown needs, MACEDONIA UMC REV. ROBERT M. ECKERLE JR.
whole world and our response to that gift. that distant needs are not undeserving HASKIN CHAPEL UMC REV. ROBERT M. ECKERLE, JR.
In dramatic fashion, the Children’s Cross needs! MOSS BLUFF UMC REV. DANIEL P. GLEASON
OAKDALE UMC REV. JOSEPH E. HAMILTON
will “show forth” the earthly life and the The Children’s Cross could be the OBERLIN UMC REV. JEROLD HOFFPAUIR
Resurrection presence of our Lord. means by which we undertake other more BASILE UMC REV. JEROLD HOFFPAUIR
Epiphany has traditionally included the extensive stewardship education initiatives SQUYRES UMC REV. CHARLES W. CREWS
image and power of light. The Children’s with the children of our congregations. RAYMOND UMC REV. CURTISS D. EDEN
ELTON UMC REV. CURTISS D. EDEN
Cross will be lighted, a continuing witness How will they learn if they are not taught? ROANOKE UMC REV. ROBERT L. EMANUEL
to “the light that has come into the How will they be taught without parents HENNING MEM UMC REV. C RICHARD HOFFPAUIR
world.” and teachers who are willing to teach MAPLEWOOD UMC REV. KAREN F. DAVIS
Materials have been sent to each them? WESLEY UMC/ SULPHUR REV. LEON BOGGS
HACKBERRY UMC REV. LEON BOGGS
congregation to assist with the gathering WELSH MEM UMC REV. JERRY LEE JOHNSON
of funds for the Children's Cross. It is my WELSH UMC REV. G. LARRY MAXWELL, SR.
hope that every congregation will share JONES UMC REV. MARVETTE THOMAS
with the children the significance of the Dan E. Solomon WESTLAKE UMC REV. STEVEN J. PORTER
BATON ROUGE DISTRICT
BLACKWATER UMC REV. DOUG DEGRAFFENRIED CLINTON UMC REV. J. THOMAS LOGAN SCOTT CHAPEL UMC/ PORT ALLEN REV. ULYSSE STEPHENS
BROADMOOR UMC DR. CHARLES B. SIMMONS CLEAR CREEK UMC REV. J. THOMAS LOGAN SHILOH UMC REV. ULYSSE STEPHENS
CAMPHOR MEMORIAL UMC REV. ROGER D. LATHAN MT. ZION UMC REV. H. LOUIS JONES MEADOWS CHAPEL UMC REV. ANGUS L. CARRUTH
FIRST UMC/ BATON ROUGE DR. CHRISTOPHER H. ANDREWS ST. PAUL UMC REV. H. LOUIS JONES BETHEL UMC REV. BRADY B. FORMAN
LEJEUNE UMC REV. ROBERT ROSS ST. PETER UMC REV. LAURENCE E. HALL ANDREW CHAPEL UMC DR. GEORGE W. C. CALVIN SR.
JEFFERSON UMC REV. CAROL S. WINN ST. JAMES UMC/ CONVENT REV. GAYNELL PITTMAN FAITHFUL UMC REV. OWEN H. PEYTON, SR.
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LIVINGSTON UMC REV. PAUL CORSE BIRDS CHAPEL UMC REV. ED PARKS FIRST UMC/ BOSSIER CITY REV. TROY E. BOYD, JR.
LORANGER UMC REV. EMILE E. TOSSO, III MEMORIAL UMC REV. JAMES B. MOORE CHRIST UMC REV. CHARLES B. HUMPHREYS
COOPERS CHAPEL UMC REV. EMILE E. TOSSO, III SALEM UMC REV. JAMES B. MOORE ELLERBE ROAD UMC REV. JAMES A. VAN HOOK JR.
CHURCH OF THE SERVANT REV. BARRY HUGHES FIRST UMC/MINDEN REV. THOMAS L. HOWE, JR. FAIRFIELD UMC REV. WILLIE E. JACKSON JR.
NEWELL UMC REV. NOLAN ROBINSON LAKEVIEW UMC REV. WAYNE HOWINGTON FAITH UMC REV. WILLIE E. JACKSON JR.
ST.TIMOTHY ON N/SHORE UMC REV. JAMES MITCHELL MT. ZION UMC REV. JOHN WILLIAMS FELLOWSHIP UMC REV. GREGORY R. DAVIS
MAUREPAS UMC REV. DEBRA M. PEPLOW PILGRIM REST UMC REV. SAMUEL BRADLEY GRACE COMMUNITY REV. ROBERT A. WEBER
PEARL RIVER UMC REV. RICHARD C. HOOTON PINE GROVE UMC REV. JOSEPH H. WINDHAM CHURCH
MPIONNE TGPREOLIVEER UUMMCC REV. WANDA COSENTINO BETHLEHEM UMC REV. JOSEPH H. WINDHAM KEITHVILLE UMC REV. CLIFFORD N. MCCALL
WAFNLFIEILEREREDSSSSSOELTT REL M UUYSA MGM NMCADCCEHT/IM/A NESPO PGLOUERI NDMLUIA ECMCULLH CM LAT CITC OKUFLAAW UMC RRRREEEEVVDVV..R R..D WW.E.WWR IIVDL.LAA .LL OBNNJIIONUAADDAREMMAA TL WMMDOCC. OON.. CJJM SSAAOFEEC.CCT NNCBTOOTTLLRCCIIAAINNKKLIIONORLSS CRCFQPALLAIUNEAISITGATYTHMSGO UAROUAMN LMNUTCD M C U V/UCM ARM LCULC SE TYO UNM C RRRRREEEREEVVVEVV...V ..D D A.JJ JAAOOLOTVVEEEOII DDA ANE .. .CC PHHHAAEOOUREROOLLLN,VVTT TSOOEEERNRRNR. MSMLMLTOATOA. VK.JNR AEEZNG VMICIUOINEEHMNGSWA SUUPU IUEMDMMMLECCC C U U MMCC RERVED. VRRRE.. H VRNWOE.RA IVNDELT.VDAL HCI.LA AALWE MNY EAH . D DCYEFEA.NNU TNBSEE.ALI REEASRTLMVKLASAEII DNJTLNROHGYS.
HARTZELL.MT ZION UMC REV. DARLENE MOORE-JAMES WESLEY CHAPEL UMC REV. ALTON PEEL, SR. ROUND GROVE UMC REV. NATHAN DANIELS JR.
FIRST UMC/ SPRINGFIELD REV. E. RAND GUY GRACE UMC/ RUSTON DR. W. DWIGHT RAMSEY ST. LUKES UMC REVS. JAMES/SANDI HUBER
HUFF CHAPEL UMC REV. E. RAND GUY TRINITY UMC/ RUSTON REV. FRED B. WIDEMAN CADDO HEIGHTS UMC REV. JAMES HUBER
ST. JAMES UMC REV. MALCOM D. MOSES SIBLEY UMC REV. ALTON HORTMAN ST. PAUL. UMC/ REV. GEORGE L. THOMAS
NINDE CHAPEL UMC REV. MALCOM D. MOSES SPRINGHILL UMC REV. WELDON BARES SHREVEPORT
TTSUAANLNI GSUHIMPEACEH KO UAM UCM C RREEVV. . RROORBBEEEVRR. TTL OHHU. . ICCSH HCAAONNPCCPEEA, GJJRRE.. WCSAOHRLIETQPEUTHIATA TLU LMU UMCM C C RRREEEVVV.. . DDWAAEVVLIIDDD OGGN.. BBBAAAZZREEERRS TSFUIRRMISNTMIT EUYRM UGCMR/ OCSHV/ RSEHE UVRMEEVPCOE RPOT RT REV. BRYDARN. SR. . DPAAUT PDHAINY
PINE RIDGE UMC REV. LOUIS COPPAGE EVERGREEN UMC REV. DAVID G. BAZER HAUGHTON UMC REV. JUDY BAZER
VARNADO UMC REV. ESTER L. HAMMOND REV. JUDY BAZER
WALKER UMC
REV. THOMAS DOLPH
MANGUM CHAPEL UMC REV. THOMAS E. DOLPH Thank You!!
FRIENDSHIP UMC REV. LEWIS MORRIS JR.
CORBIN UMC
REV. LEWIS MORRIS JR.
LIVE OAK UMC
REV. MARK E; CROSBY'
Conf. The Louisiana United Methodist
Sect.
Review
January 23, 1998
THE CONFERENCE
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
The following churches have paid 100 percent or more on all apportionments plus payments on General
Advance Specials, Conference Advance Specials and General Church Offerings:
ACADIANA WELSH UMC REV. G. LARRY WESLEY CHAPEL UMC REV. RICHARD M.
FIRST UMC/HOUMA REV. ALAN D. EINSEL MAXWELL, SR. BOYETT
FIRST UMC/LAFAYETTE DR. M. JACK O'DELL WESLEY UMC/SULPHUR REV. LEON BOGGS GRAND CANE UMC REV. LELAND D. WADE
“The
LOUISIANA rev. WILLIAM GREENWOOD UMC REV. STEVEN R. KELLY
MONROE
People’s MEM UMC YOUNGBLOOD HAUGHTON UMC REV. JUDY BAZER
Everlasting FIRST UMC/ REV. LARRY R. STAFFORD LOVE CHAPEL UMC REV. DALE
ALEXANDRIA MONROE HENSARLING
Light,” a HORSESHOE REV. LARRY D. O'DELL ST. JOSEPH UMC REV. KIBBIE HATFIELD HOSSTON UMC REV. BYRON W. PUTNAM
children’s DRIVE UMC FIRST UMC/ IDA UMC REV. ROBERT E. CARTER
Christmas FIRST UMC/ REV. WILLIAM K. WATERPROOF REV. KIBBIE HATFIELD KEATCHIE UMC REV. THOMAS A. WILSON
program BOYCE MCDONALD NEWELLTON UMC REV. WALTER L. PARR, JR. KEITHVILLF. UMC REV. CLIFFORD N.
FIRST UMC/ REV. J. RODDY TAYLOR MCCALL
featuring PINEVILLE NEW ORLEANS LOGANSPORT UMC REV. CAROLYN B
carols and a _ WILTON UMC REV. DOROTHY JOHNSON CORNERSTONE UMC REV. JOE D. CONNELLY VOLENTINE
ASBURY UMC/ REV .JAMES A. GRAHAM FEUCITY UMC REV. MARVA L. MITCHELL FIRST UMC/ REV. LELAND D. WADE
live nativity scene, was performed by the NATCHITOCHES GRETNA UMC REV. LEWIS L. OLMSTED MANSFIELD
children of Blanchard United Methodist ST. LUKE'S UMC REV. WESLEY C. REAGAN MOORINGSPORT UMC REV. JARRELL R.
Church, Shreveport Dec. 21. BATON ROUGE SHAW TEMPLE UMC REV. DALE E. BRANCH MORGAN
PELICAN UMC REV. CARL D. MUNYON
BROADMOOR UMC DR. CHARLES
Approximately 15 children were NORTH SHORE PLAIN DEALING UMC REV. E. BENJAMIN
B. SIMMONS
involved in the program, some of which JEFFERSON UMC REV. CAROL S. WINN ELIZABETH SULLIVAN FANT
WALKERS CHAPEL UMC REV. E. BENJAMIN
were members of the church’s two BETHEL UMC REV. BRADY B. FORMAN MEMORIAL UMC REV. J. VERNON FAIRLEY
BLUFF CREEK REV. DARWIN FIRST UMC/ REV. LARRY G. FANT
children’s choirs, the King’s Kids and the UMC BRECHEEN DENHAM SPRINGS MILLER PLEASANT HILL UMC REV. CARL D
Rainbow Pals. CLEAR CREEK UMC REV. J. THOMAS LOGAN FIRST UMC/ REV. WILLIAM I. EUBANKS MUNYON
GRACE COMMUNITY REV. ROBERT A.
The nativity scene included Mary, MEADOWS REV. ANGUS L. CARRUTH HAMMOND CHURCH WEBER
CHAPEL UMC TANGIPAHOA UMC REV. LOUIS COPPAGE
Joseph, the baby Jesus, three wise men, GONZALES UMC REV. SAMUEL D. REEVES WESLEY CHAPEL UMC REV. WILLIAM M. CADDO HEIGHTS UMC REV. JAMES HUBER
CHRIST UMC REV. CHARLES B
two shepherds, four angels and four GRAND RIVER UMC REV. JACK D. PHELPS JACOCKS
FIRST UMC/ PINE RIDGE UMC REV. LOUIS COPPAGE HUMPHREYS
animals (pictured above), all in costume. LONGSTREET UMC REV. THOMAS A.
PLAQUEMINE REV. JACK D. PHELPS LEE'S LANDING UMC REV. WILLIAM M.
WILSON
ST. FRANCISVILLE UMC REV. HAROLD JACOCKS
FIRST UMC/SHREVEPORT DR. R. PAT DAY
BABIN BUSH UMC REV. KARL D. WOOD
MANGUM UMC DR. WILLIAM C
In Memoriam LUTCHER UMC REV. ALICE W. STORY ALDERSGATE UMC DR. DONALD COTTRILL
BEECH GROVE UMC REV. LARRY HARTZELL REV. DARLENE BLAKELY
MORNINGSIDE UMC REV. RHONDA E
L. FREEMAN, SR. MT. ZION UMC MOORE-JAMES
FUERTADO
CAMPHOR REV. ROGER D. LATHAN
Our prayers and condolences go to: MEMORIAL UMC RUSTON LAKEVIEW UMC REV. WAYNE EVANS
ST. LUKE'S UMC REVS. JAMES/
Rev. Davis Clark, pastor, St. Mark UMC, MOSES REV. LARRY L. FARMERVILLE UMC REV. ROBERT SANDI HUBER
Opelousas, on the death of his father, Mr. CHAPEL UMC FREEMAN, SR. ROWLAND SUMMER GROVE UMC REV. BRYAN S.
Henry Clark, Sr., Jan. 9. His funeral was held LUTCHER CHAPEL UMC REV. GREGORY TRINITY UMC/ REV. FRED B. DAUPHIN
MCCLAY, SR. RUSTON WIDEMAN TRINITY UMC/ REV. JUDY BAZER
Jan. 15 at Mt. Sinai UMC in Sterling, La.
SHREVEPORT
Rev. Bobby Lawton (retired, Acadiana LAKE CHARLES SHREVEPORT ZWOLLE UMC REV. TED D. FREELAND
District) on the death of his father, Rev. A.C. ROANOKE UMC REV. ROBERT L. EMANUEL BARKSDALE UMC REV. PAUL C. NOBLE UMC REV. TED D. FREELAND
Lawton, Jan. 11. The funeral was held Jan. 14 CHURCH POINT UMC REV. FRED M. FRASER CARROLL, SR VIVIAN UMC REV. ROBERT E. TOWNSEND
FIRST UMC/ REV. CHARLES L. BELCHER UMC REV. JARRELL R. MORGAN FELLOWSHIP UMC REV. GREGORY R. DAVIS
at Asbury UMC, Bossier City.
CROWLEY FLOYD, JR. BENTON UMC REV. WILLIAM A. MOON, III ROSA UMC REV. S. CHARLES BYRD
Rev. Barry Hoekstra, pastor, Winnfield First HOLLY REV. J. RYAN HORTON, JR. BETHEL UMC REV. CAROLYN B. WESLEY UMC/ REV. S. CHARLES BYRD
UMC, and his wife Lisa on the death of her GROVE UMC VOLENTINE MANSFIELD
father, Mr. A.M. Guy, Jan. 2. The funeral was FIRST UMC/ REV. STEVEN M. BLANCHARD UMC REV. STUART M. ST. JAMES UMC REV. NATHAN DANIELS JR.
held Jan. 4 in Columbia, La. LAKE CHARLES SPURLOCK SHERMAN ST. PAUL UMC/ REV. GEORGE L THOMAS
ST. LUKE-SIMPSON UMC REV. JAMES FIRST UMC/ REV. TROY E. SHREVEPORT
Rev. Dan Washington, Jr., pastor Walmsley- HUMPHREYS BOSSIER CITY , BOYD, JR. ROUND GROVE UMC REV. NATHAN
Mason (Acadiana District) on the death of his UNIVERSITY UMC/ REV. STEVEN W. CROSSROADS UMC REV. LORETTA DANIELS JR.
mother, Mrs. Isabella Washington, on Jan. 5. LAKE CHARLES CARAWAY LAMPKIN FAIRVIEW UMC REV. OSCAR E. PLAYER
HENNING REV. C. RICHARD COUSHATTA UMC REV. RICHARD M. MT. ZION UMC REV. CLYDE T. SMITH
Her funeral was held Jan. 9 in Elba, La.
MEMORIAL UMC HOFFPAUIR BOYETT NEW LIGHT UMC REV. OSCAR E. PLAYER
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The Mission is in Motion!
Ministry to supply UMCOR Depot kicks off at Blackwater UMC
by Bobbie Armstrong The innovative program, which features a 40-
Editor, LUM Review foot tractor-trailer that will roll from district to
district in the next nine months, was kicked off mission
“The Mission is in Motion,” says Dave Sun., Jan. 25 at Blackwater UMC in Baker (Baton
Freneaux, conference coordinator of Mission Rouge District). Bishop Dan Solomon, author of mJ^ion
in Motion, a pioneering ministry designed to the plan, presided over the ceremony which was
keep the UMCOR Depot at the Sager-Brown also attended by Baton Rouge District
facility stocked with relief supplies ready for Superintendent Dr. Leslie Norris; Freneaux; Rev.
shipment anywhere in the world there is a Doug deGraffenried, senior pastor of Blackwater;
need. Rev. Byrl Moreland, associate pastor of
Blackwater; Griff Bourgeois, Baton Rouge District
coordinator of MIM; and Bernice Thompson,
Blackwater church coordinator for MIM.
The ecumenical trailer story
Children of the Blackwater congregation
presented flood relief supplies to the bishop Davison Trucking, Ruston, has provided the trailer for Mission in Motion
during the ceremony and members- of the (pictured above) to the Louisiana Conference at no cost (including painting
congregation offered 25 Korean food boxes. the logo on it and paying for the insurance for one year). Davison also
The trailer will stay at Blackwater until provided the truck and trailer which transported the 30,000 pair of tennis
Feb. 5 when it will be moved to Ingleside shoes collected during the Special Session on Children in Need last Oct. from
UMC in midtown Baton Rouge. On Feb. 19 it Pineville to the UMCOR depot in Baldwin.
will go to First UMC, Gonzales until the end Pretty generous, considering the owner. James Davison, is Baptist. “We
of the month when it is transferred to the are happy to do this; we want to be ecumenical,” he told Ruston District
Loading UMCOR relief supplies on to the
Mission in Motion trailer at Blackwater UMC are UMCOR Depot in Baldwin to be unloaded. In Superintendent Jimmie Pyles.
(left to right): Rev. Doug deGraffenried, Dave March, it begins its month-long sojourn in the “And it’s not an abandoned or shabby one they fixed up for us,” says
Freneaux and Bishop Solomon. North Shore District. Pyles. “Davison has offered us one of the finest trailers in their fleet. We are
Photo by Edie Myer (See page 4 for related list) grateful and moved by their generosity and support of our mission.”
Photo by Jimmie Pyle
Bishop first to preach in North Korea since war
by Bishop Dan E. Solomon hospital and children’s center were included in the
Louisiana Annual Conference delegation’s visit.
While North Korean government officials expressed
A United Methodist delegation from the General Board their government’s gratitude for United Methodist relief
of Global Ministries visited North Korea Jan 10-13 to assistance, the GBGM delegation expressed keen
assess United Methodist relief initiatives in response to disappointment in not being permitted to visit relief
agricultural disasters and to express solidarity with the operations and food distribution centers. Historically,
small Christian community in North Korea. the North Korean system has been closed to outside
Delegation members were Bishop Dan E. Solomon, contact, though there are now some signs of openness.
president of the General Board of Global Ministries and World Food Program personnel operating in North
bishop of the Louisiana Annual Conference; Mrs. Jane Korea were quite reassuring that relief supplies are not
Bucher, Women’s Division Finance chair; Mrs. Jerry only urgently needed, but that, in fact, humanitarian
Williams, South Central Jurisdiction United Methodist aid is reaching the people who need it.
Bishop Dan E. Solomon and Rev. Lee, pastor of the
Women’s president; Dr. Randolph Nugent, General The delegation was heartened by its contact with
Bonzsu Christian Church in Pyongyang, stand in front of
Board of Global Ministries general secretary; and Dr. the Christian community, as well as its conversation
the church where Bishop Solomon preached. (It is believed
Michael Hahm, General Board of Global Ministries staff. with World Food Program staffer, Eric Weingartner.
that he is the first UM bishop to preach in a Christian
The General Board of Global Ministries delegation Mr. Weingartner is assigned to the World Food
church in North Korea since the Korean War.) Pastor Lee is
worshipped with North Korean Christians on Sunday wearing a stole presented to him by Bishop Solomon. Program, a United Nations initiative, by ACT, a
morning in the Bonzsu congregation in Pyongyang, coalition of faith-based communities united for relief
where Bishop Solomon preached. It is believed that he continues to bear its witness for Christ and to offer under the auspices of The World Council of Churches.
is the first United Methodist bishop since the Korean encouragement to its members amidst difficult Bishop Solomon noted, “Since countless children
War to preach in a Christian church in North Korea. circumstances. and adults in North Korea are victimized by economic,
Following the worship service the delegation met Meetings with government leaders, visits to places political and agricultural failures, it is vital that United
with leaders of the Korean Christian Federation and the of historical significance in Pyongyang, talks with Methodists continue to be Christ’s caring neighbors in
Bonzsu congregation. The Korean Christian Federation international relief staff, and tours of a woman’s the midst of this crisis.”
Conf. The Louisiana United Methodist
Sect. Review February 6, 1998
Stepping out on faith
Being and Doing
Giving by ‘first fruits’: We can do our part
by Rev. Becky Conner idea to the congregation on a Sunday
Pastor, Jefferson UMC morning, and promoted “First Fruits”
giving. I was not sure if we would be able
Last year about this time, we received a to do this, but we decided to step out in
What a thrilling visit to the home of a hungry letter from Bishop Solomon explaining the faith and try it.
sight to see z family in a rural area of idea of “First Fruits” giving. It was a great To my surprise, it has worked out better
gleaming white forty- North Korea, “I saw one of idea, but we were not sure if we would be than our previous method. Taking one
foot trailer, identified your UMCOR food boxes on able to do it. We are a small church, and month at a time, paying weekly, we have
by the “Mission In Motion” logo, parked a little table in the home. You can be were struggling to meet our financial managed to pay 100 percent of our
in a church parking lot ready to receive assured it was really needed.” responsibilities. We had only paid 35 apportionments. Every week in the
Louisiana United Methodism’s “Journey” describes Methodism’s percent of our apportionments. It was not bulletin we list the amount needed weekly
outpouring of love and help for suffering compassionate outreach. From John because we did not want to pay more, but for Conference and District appor¬
persons. Wesley, who regularly visited the poor we usually designated fundraising tionments along with last week’s offering
Mission in Motion personifies the “to relieve their suffering,” to the activities to help meet those ap¬ amount.
portionments. Scarcely was enough money We want to support the connectional
compassion of a connectional people. It remarkable Advance for Christ that helped
raised. ministries of The United Methodist Church,
gives concrete expression to an energetic rebuild a war-devastated Europe in the
I shared the Bishop’s letter with our and we are happy that in 1997 we have
paragraph heading in our 1996 1940’s and ’50s, Methodism has journeyed
church officers. Curtis Portinari, been able to do our part. We plan to
Discipline, “The Journey of a the globe to feed the hungry, clothe the
administrative council chairperson, read continue “First Fruits” giving for 1998.
Connectional People:” ill-clad, relieve suffering, and declare in
the bishop’s letter and agreed that we Hopefully, more churches will try “First
“Connectionalism in the United Metho Jesus’ name our readiness to help people,
ought to try it for 1997. He presented the Fruits” giving. It does work!
dist tradition is multi-leveled, global in s all kinds of people, in all kinds of places,
cope, and local in thrust. Our connectio in all kinds of circumstances.
Editor’s note: First Fruits is a method of paying apportionments which involves taking
nalism is not merely a linking of one cha In recent days I have heard several
the total amount of the apportionment, dividing by 52 and each week paying that amount
rge conference to another. It is, rather, a persons testify to the blessing and
before any other bills are paid.
vital web of interactive relationships. transformation that has happened in
We are connected by sharing a comm their congregation as a result of their
on tradition of faith, including our Doctr congregation's serious and renewed A Word to Witness
inal Standards and General Rules (f 62) effort to engage in ministries of outreach
; by sharing together a constitutionalpoli and compassion. One person said it this
ty, including a leadership of general supe way, When we took care of ourselves,
Eulogy for a 20-year-old
rintendency; by sharing a common missi that was all that happened, just taking
on, which we seek to carry out by workin care of ourselves. We never did what we
It was a violent act on a day celebrating non-violence. At a Martin Luther King
g together in and through conferences th always said we were trying to do, help
Day parade Jan. 19 in Baton Rouge, shots suddenly scattered the crowd. Six
at reflect the inclusive and missional cha others. Then this year it is different. We
days after his twentieth birthday, James “JM.” Carter lay dead; three other
racter of our fellowship; by sharing a co went ahead to care for others first. When
children, ages seven, nine and eleven were seriously wounded, but alive. A
mmon ethos that characterizes our distin we did that, we not only did better than
nineteen-year-old suspect has been arrested and charged with murder.
ctive way of doing things. ” (f 109) ever for ourselves, we had the best
JB, the grandson of Mrs. Scottie Ripple, longtime member of Neely UMC in
United Methodism’s “distinctive way financial campaign for next year’s
Baton Rouge, attended church with his grandmother as a child. His funeral was
of doing things” consistently includes a budget that we have ever had.”
held at the church he had drifted away from as he matured into a young adult.
methodology for mission. Mission in Isn’t “journey” a marvelous word? It Pastor Arnold Brown delivered a powerful message of hope and love. As he
Motion represents a connectional reeks of getting on with it. Journey is not
eulogized a young life, he challenged: “Young men, come back to God. There is
methodology. “rhetoric-sufficient.” It leaves us no room always hope and the ability to turn your life around when Jesus comes on the
Each month the Mission in Motion to feel that “to talk about it is equivalent
scene.”
trailer will be in a specific district within to doing something about it.” No, The LUM Review asked Rev. Brown to share his thoughts on this occasion
the Louisiana Conference. During that journey is a word that requires with our readers. His response follows. —Bobbie Armstrong Editor
month the trailer will be moved to movement and response.
different locations to receive the Mission in Motion is movement and
“compassion contents” gathered by our response! Let us be diligent and faithful by Rev. Arnold V. Brown Today, we still meet the lame man at
United Methodist folks, items such as in every congregation to gather the Pastor, Neely UMC, Baton Rouge the gate “Beautiful.” The lame man “in
cleaning supplies, water, food boxes for contents of compassion and bring them need” takes on many faces, but recently
Korea, mops, brooms, clothing, bulk to the Mission in Motion trailer when the A few nights ago I delivered the most he has manifested himself as youth and
quantity foods, seeds, etc. These and trailer is in our district. To engage in a difficult eulogy I have ever had to do. It children at risk in our communities. As
other items will be transported to Sager- journey of help for others is to was for a 20-year-old young man who local churches, we have a choice. We
Brown, United Methodism’s global experience healing for ourselves. was shot while participating in a Martin can turn our heads and say that we can’t
disaster response facility for collecting Luther King Day parade. The church was help the problem, or we can do like
and shipping supplies to designated Dan E. Solomon packed to overflowing—grief-stricken Peter and John, and offer “such as we
disaster areas around the world. youth and children made up a sizeable have” as it comes from the Holy Spirit.
What a thrill it was on my recent visit id part of the congregation. A single local church does not have
to North Korea to hear one of the United As a result of that funeral, I realize the resources to solve the problem. But,
Nations staff persons report on his recent now, like never before, that the church like Peter and John, each individual
must play a major part in helping to church can offer “such as it has.” If all
change the ever-worsening environment our churches would think in this
of crime and destruction our children are manner, we could go a long way toward
NACCD elects Akin president
subject to daily. solving the problem.
With this in mind, I believe that Acts, I challenge the pastors and lay
At its biennial across the country.
meeting in Santa Fe, “Given the structural changes chapter 3 speaks to us in a powerful leadership of this conference to hear
way. Peter and John went to pray and as God speaking to us from Acts, chapter 3.
New Mexico Jan. 14-17, occuring in many of our annual
the National Association conferences,” Akin says, “the NACCD they were entering the temple they met You can’t solve all of the problems by
of Conference Council faces the challenge of finding common a crippled man at the gate called yourself. But based upon the resources
Directors (NACCD) ground for persons with different titles “Beautiful” begging for alms. Peter that your church has (such as you have),
uttered the words, “Silver and gold have you can do something that will help heal
elected Rev. Leslie and functions."
Akin, Louisiana The NACCD is governed by an I none, but, such as I have, give I thee; our children and youth who are at risk
Conference Area Director of Gospel executive committee composed of rise up and.walk.” Peter also had no and, like the lame man, standing at “Gate
Communications, president. She will twelve members, two from each silver and gold to offer, but he, too, gave Beautiful.”
serve for a two-year term. jurisdiction and two members from the “such as he had.” Because what they Will you open it and help to end the
offered came from the Holy Spirit, the need for eulogies for 20-year-old victims
The purpose of the NACCD is to General Council on Ministries, one of
crippled man was healed and followed of violence?
affirm and strengthen the role and whom is the GCOM General Secretary.
them into the temple,.
function of conference council directors