Latest News & Events
| Stewardship empowerment event slated for Nov. 22 - 8/14/2008 |
|
East St. Louis Trinity UMC, in cooperation with the Mississippi River District and the Illinois Great Rivers Conference, is sponsoring a Stewardship Empowerment event on Saturday, Nov. 22, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Our Lady of the Snows shrine in Belleville.
The daylong workshop will focus on time, talent and resource management for congregations. Registration is required with a $25 fee per person being charged. If five or more persons attend from a single congregation register, the fee is $20 per person.
Download the flyer and registration form. For more information, contact the Rev. Rose Booker Jones by calling 618-274-2323.
 Rev. Dr. Walter Kimbrough, pastor emeritus of Cascade UMC in Atlanta, Ga., and pastor in residence at Gammon Theological Seminary will be the guest speaker for the event. Currently, Kimbrough serves as national vice chair of Black Methodists for Church Renewal, member of North Georgia Conference Committee on Finance and Administration, member of the Coordinating Committee to Strengthen the Black Church of the United Methodist Church, and member, State Housing Trust Fund for the Homeless Commission. He is also a life member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
A noted workshop leader, Bible Study teacher, motivator, administrator and preacher, Kimbrough is well-known throughout Methodism having served as past treasurer of the General Council on Ministries of The United Methodist Church; a former trustee of the Lake Junaluska Assembly; and member of the North Georgia Conference Committee on Evangelism for eight consecutive years, four of which he served as chairperson. |
|
Latest Audio & Video
|
|