June 04, 2009
Pastor Kay Hatch thought that many of the Common Cup suscribers would be interested in the following conference's press release concerning the focus in this year's Lakeside conference.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
West Ohio United Methodists Focus on Leadership at Lakeside Conference
WORTHINGTON, Oh. - June 4, 2009 - Next week nearly 3000 United Methodists from Ohio will gather in Lakeside, Ohio from June 7-11 for their annual conference, Love in Action: Developing Leaders.
West Ohio's annual meeting will emphasize the development of principled Christian leaders for the church and the world, one of the Four Areas of Ministry Focus identified by the denomination. Churches across the conference will offer donations to the Love First Miracle Offering for leadership development in West Ohio and around the globe. In addition thousands of school kits created by local United Methodist churches will be laid at the altar before being distributed in the U.S. and around the globe to poverty-stricken areas.
Speakers:
Bruce R. Ough is the resident Bishop for the West Ohio Conference, and serves as spiritual leader for its nearly 220,000 members and 1200 congregations and affiliated ministries in Ohio. Bishop Ough has demonstrated a life-long commitment to social and racial justice, to local and global missions, and to strengthening the local church. He is president of the General Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church and of the Ohio Council of Churches.
Junius Dotson is the senior pastor of Saint Mark UMC, the largest African-American church in the state of Kansas with more than 3500 members. Pastor Dotson is a gifted speaker and passionate transformational leader who is in demand as a motivational speaker, new church plant consultant, and spiritual life coach. Pastor Dotson will speak at the Monday morning and Tuesday afternoon worship services.
Mike Slaughter, lead pastor at Ginghamsburg Church in Tipp City, Ohio, is the three-decade dreamer at one of the largest United Methodist Churches in the world. Under Rev. Slaughter's leadership, Ginghamsburg UMC has become known for its innovative small group ministry, progressive cyber & media ministry, and its multi-million dollar missional investment in helping displaced persons in Darfur, Sudan. Rev. Slaughter will speak at the Wednesday morning worship.
Sue Nilson Kibbey is executive pastor at Ginghamsburg UMC where she teams with Mike Slaughter to create and deploy the vision of the church. As the creator of Ministry by Strengths, and author of Ultimately Responsible, Rev. Kibbey serves as a trainer, consultant and coach to conferences and clergy gatherings where she shares the art of leading and managing a church. Rev. Kibbey will speak Tuesday morning.
Highlights:
The Hope for Africa Children's Choir will perform during several worship services.
There will be a ministry fair, games, a Rock the Dock concert on Tuesday and Music in the Park on Wednesday. The feature film "Amazing Grace" will be shown at Lakeside's movie theatre.
Wednesday's Celebration Service, will be a traditional, pageantry filled sacramental service honoring clergy passages like ordination, commissioning, memorial and retirement.
Singer Tara Leigh Cobble will be offering music throughout the week and an Internet Cafe with cyber connections will be open daily.
A full agenda can be found on the 2009 Annual Conference website.
Photo Credit: Teo Petaja
Business:
This year's Annual Conference members will vote on nine conference Recommendations. Among the recommendations are proposals on healthcare issues and casino gambling.
Also on the docket will be a vote on thirty-two amendments to the United Methodist Constitution, the foundational document establishing and governing The United Methodist Church. Twenty-three of the amendments deal with the worldwide nature of the church, while the other nine concern a variety of topics. All orginated from 2008 General Conference action and United Methodist conferences worldwide will be voting on these amendments.
Visit the 2009 Annual Conference website for more information.
John Fristoe (Interim eNews Editor)
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