Friday Digest | Jun 03, 2022 |
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 | "I tried really hard to keep it together.” — Gail Pollock on her final performance as organist after five decades of service. | |
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| South Georgia Conference
Organist retires after more than 50 years | | MACON, Ga. — For nearly 51 years, Gail Pollock was Riverside United Methodist Church’s organist. For more than 2,600 Sundays, she sat at the church’s Schantz organ and played beloved hymns, soaring symphonies and moving melodies. Kara Witherow reports on Pollock’s final Sunday as the congregation’s organist. | | | | |
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| Minnesota Conference
Uvalde victims mourned | | MINNEAPOLIS — Several Minnesota churches mourned the deaths of 19 students and two teachers the Sunday after the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. At least six churches displayed 19 child-size and two adult-size empty chairs in honor of the victims. Christa Meland reports. | | | | |
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| Iowa Conference, USA Today
Praying for 'courageous action' after shooting | | DES MOINES, Iowa — As members of the Iowa Conference prepared for their annual conference this weekend, news of another shooting with multiple victims was reported on June 2. A man shot and killed two people and then killed himself outside Cornerstone Church in Ames, Iowa, during a youth ministry program. Interim Bishop Deborah Kiesey’s office released a statement calling for prayers for the grieving and for “courageous action on gun reform, resourcing for adequate mental health care, and bipartisan response to address this epidemic of violence.” | | | | |
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| Ask The UMC
What church says about preventing gun violence | | NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Ready to move from “thoughts and prayers” to movement and action? Ask The UMC, a ministry of United Methodist Communications, offers an overview of how people can get involved in the denomination’s work to address gun violence. | | | | |
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| General Council on Finance and Administration
Webinar on protecting ministry from malware | | NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The General Council on Finance and Administration, The United Methodist Church’s support agency, will offer a free webinar titled, “Church Tech Talk: Tools to Protect Your Ministry in the Digital Age.” The webinar is set for 1:30 p.m. U.S. Central time, June 15, and aims to help churches protect their technology and data from intrusion. | | | | |
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| | | | Here are some of the activities ahead for United Methodists across the connection. If you have an item to share, you can add it to the calendar by clicking here. |
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Thursday, June 9-Sunday, June 12 | | |
| Thursday, June 9-Saturday, June 11 | | |
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Virtual church will continue after COVID-19 | BATON ROUGE, La. (UM News) — The rewards of online ministry are too rich to give up if and when the coronavirus is a thing of the past, said the Rev. Brady Whitton, senior pastor at First United Methodist Church of Baton Rouge. Whitton says people have become connected to First Church because of online contact during the pandemic. Jim Patterson has the story. | | |
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Church court modifies ruling on bishop elections | NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UM News) — The United Methodist Church’s top court has modified an earlier ruling to say that newly elected U.S. bishops will take office on Jan. 1, 2023. The Judicial Council previously ruled that the Council of Bishops could call U.S. jurisdictional conferences this year to elect and assign new bishops. Heather Hahn reports. | | |
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Filipinos to elect new bishops | CABANATUAN CITY, Philippines (UM News) — United Methodist bishops in the Philippines have called for a special session of the Philippines Central Conference in November to elect new bishops. All three current bishops plan to retire. Gladys P. Mangiduyos reports. | | |
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Africa Initiative ponders future of Methodism | NAIROBI, Kenya (UM News) — Members of the Africa Initiative advocacy group gathered to discuss the future of The United Methodist Church and the implications of the recent launch of a new traditionalist Methodist denomination. E Julu Swen reports. | | |
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United Methodist Publishing House
Permissions extended for worship materials | NASHVILLE, Tenn. — As churches continue online worship, the United Methodist Publishing House is extending full permission to all churches for use of its copyrighted worship materials indefinitely. This permission does not extend to events other than worship services. | | |
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