NE Statewide RUM's (Reconciling United Methodists) - Friends far and wide:
Another Year of Great Spiritual Awakenings!
Write up a Spiritual Awakening this summer to share in the fall (one page front and back for a booklet of Sacred stories: Spiritual Awakenings) -- Believe out loud - Reconciling goes on the road!
We took Reconciling on the Road this week with dinner in North platte to Thank Margaret Engle for sending out the EMAIL in the West for our NE Statewide Reconciling Network! ( You might have gone on the road recently for an inclusive event or to lend support for more fully inclusive faith groups, creating safe places for all God's children. )
We THANK MARGARET for her volunteer time and energy as she moves our EAST with her husband! If you know Margaret Engle, send her a note of thanks or give $ in her honor for the Summer Email Offering -- and we hope we hear from YOU MARGARET with reports on Reconciling / inclusive church in New Jersey from time to time as our OUR EAST Coast Reporter in the field and our Pacific NW Reporter.
New Volunteer Contacts in the west are working to transition from Margaret's email list. THANK the volunteer who sends you email when you get a chance! We have no budget per se and all of our work is done with volunteers and volunteer time, energy!
Take Reconciling on the Road in your area and attend a Reconciling program or event, worship at a Reconciling congregation, travel to meet reconciling friends or new friends to lend support, plan or organize, drive to a birthday party fundraiser for RMN or drive to SING A NEW SONG - already over 400 people are signed up nationally! www.RMNetwork.og
Sign up today as a Reconciling United Methodist online or as an AIDS ambassador by writing: andrewb@nap.org or mvetter@charter.net
See info on Dr Don Messer coming to speak at the MFSA dinner, how to get tickets, cost and you do not have to be an MFSA member to attend! See the UM Connect below! Other info on giving to the storm relief and more!
DATES & EVENTS:
Special Offering for UM Global AIDS Fund -June 3, 8:30 am in the Sanctuary at St marks umc.
May 23: noon, Thank You Scott Taylor Lunch, 313 Cafe and Cream, 3rd street, Grand Island (former Blue moon) - Come thank scott taylor for organizing this ongoing HIV AIDS benefit Concert and give some pocket money, gifts to the TUMC Emergency HIV AIDS Fund to honor Scott! Thanks to PHIVE- O (peer education for HIV AIDS) students at Hastings College for giving a $500 Service award to the TUMC Emergency HIV AIDS fund this week!
May 27: Rainbows of HOPE Art show will be going up at Christ UMC, Lincoln! Visit this new Art Show at Annual Conference in Lincoln. Do a Rainbows of hope project, banner, stole, table etc. Thanks to all the artists who have made Rainbow Art this spring!
May 31: 6 PM NE MFSA Dinner with Dr Don Messer speaking! See info below in UM connect! You will also see a schedule of Annual conference and storm response info!
June 1 - 4 NE UMC Annual Conference, St Marks UMC Lincoln (84th street south) Two tables this year needing Volunteers: Reconciling Table (contact betty : bobcdorr@cox.net Bring rainbows, stoles or ribbons to give away!
HIV AIDS table for UM Global AIDS fund, contact Maureen Mvetter@charter.net or bill biobb@bellsouth.net Bring AIDS Ribbons for the giveaway basket if you want! HIV AIDS Toolkit DVD's will be given to AIDS Ambassadors who sign up at Annual Conference!
We have 50 AIDS Ambassadors in NE now and we would love to reach 100 AIDS Ambassadors this next year -- one or more in each church and $1 per member is our commitment from 2006 Annual Conference -- learn more on the 20/20 campaign at:
www.umglobalaidsfund.org See our new URL : www.umcneb.org/AIDS Sign up at the UM Global AIDS fund table and receive a FREE HIV AIDS Toolkit DVD!
Pride events this summer and more on the blog: www.nebraskarum.blogspot.com
Go to Facebook page to sign up! Groups : Nebraska Statewide Reconciling Network
SEE tons of info below (tenth story down) and an article about the MFSA dinner info! Another Great year of Spiritual Awakenings!
www.nebraskarum.blogspot.org & Group Facebook: Nebraska Statewide Reconciling Network
Maureen and Wendy ------- ps SING A NEW SONG Convo is coming this summer! www.RMNetwork.org Are you going? Let us know! mvetter@charter.net
Check out www.soulforce.org for info on young activists for GLBT rights and Church within a Church for moving stories : www.cwac.us Find the Book ADAM'S gift : a memoir by Jimmy Creech or other books with spiritual awakenings this summer! THE RMN website has books and resources as well! www.RMNetwork.org
----- Original Message -----
From: Kathryn Witte
To: Maureen Vetter -
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2011 5:05 PM
Subject: UMconnect 05/04/11
In this edition of UMconnect:
- Register for AC, YAC, MAC, CAC by May 17
- Where to find AC 2011 schedule of events, other important AC-related info
- Pre-conference briefings coming up May 15 and 16
- How to help storm victims
- Update from the Council of Bishops’ meeting being held in Georgia
- Take one of two special offerings this Mother's Day Sunday
- Church and Community Worker Lisa Maupin to be featured in 10-Fold webcast
- Help change the world on Celebrate Community Day, sign up now
- Center for Pastoral Effectiveness of the Rockies will begin Nebraska retreat series in August
- Chair of UM Global AIDS Fund Committee Dr. Don Messer to speak in Lincoln
- Spaces still available to join VIM team going to Panama this summer
- New Micah Corps intern selected
- GBGM missionary pays visit to Norfolk First UMC
- News from UMCOR: Haiti update, new relief-supply network newsletter
- Zach Anderson attends Peace with Justice coordinators gathering in Washington, D.C.
- NWU campus minister Mara Bailey featured in UMNS story
- UNL campus ministry teams up with women’s gymnastics team for clinic
- Cheney UMW assembles, donates more than 50 Easter baskets to kids in need
- Employment opportunities — Omaha St. Andrews UMC seeking director of youth ministries
- UM Camps need your help promoting their ministry
- May is National Youth Safety month
- Spotlight on women’s resources at the Resource Center
- Worship resources from GBOD
- Subscription tools
Click on the link below to read this edition of UMconnect online:
http://www.umcneb.org/enewsletterarchives/detail/20
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