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Mental Health: Church needed on or off campus

Mental Health: Church needed on or off campus
May is Mental Health Awareness Month in the U.S. In this series, United Methodist News Service shares stories of individuals and congregations tackling the challenges of mental health through a variety of ministries.

Conferences exceeded 100% apportionment giving to AU

Conferences exceeded 100% apportionment giving to AU
Twenty-seven annual conferences paid 100 percent of their 2012 asking for Africa University; four of them exceeded their goal. Your support of The Africa University Fund helps defray the overhead costs at Africa University.
A UMNS photo illustration by Kathleen Barry.

How old is too old to join the clergy?

How old is too old to join the clergy?
The Texas Annual (regional) Conference has proposed changing its minimum standards for clergy to discourage people over 45 from becoming candidates for ordained ministry.
Mental Health: Church needed on or off campus
Conferences exceeded 100% apportionment giving to AU
How old is too old to join the clergy?
A UMNS photo illustration by Kathleen Barry.

Mark Your Calendar

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The UMC Collegiate Ministry training event, "prepare 2013," will be held during the new Shared Space event at Loyola University. Shared Space is a gathering of six denominations who will hold their respective training events while intentionally sharing space, learning, meals, and other gatherings. Diana Butler Bass will lead the Shared Space learning experience.

Contact campmin@gbhem.org for more information.

Visit the event website to register and find out more.

Point of View

Why I Am a United Methodist

“I want to be United Methodist because we aren’t all expected to think alike and that’s OK,” wrote Martha Stokes, director of Inclusivity and Lay Leadership Excellence for the Virginia Annual Conference. “We have our basic affirmations, our foundational beliefs, which we share in common with all Christian communities, but with that comes a broad-mindedness to allow for dissenting opinions and differing values--with the focus of always striving to live as Jesus modeled for us.”

Read more about how others answered that question.

Check It Out

UMCMA Biennial Gathering: Awaken

The United Methodist Campus Ministry Association (UMCMA) Biennial Gathering will be held July 17th - 20th, 2013 in Denver, Colorado at Iliff School of Theology and the University of Denver. Collegiate ministers and staff, Boards of Higher Education and anyone working with students or young adults are invited to attend.

To find out more and to register, go to the event's website.