| |
|
Southeast District E-Alert
September 16, 2016
|
|
|
ON THE BEAUTY OF DEAD FLOWERS
Thoughts from District Superintendent Taylor-Storm
My Aunt would always tell me: "Send me flowers while I'm alive; don't wait until I'm dead." And I did. Every year, on her birthday, I would send her a bouquet of her favorite flowers. Of course, flowers only last a short time. If you're like me, you try to change the water often, hoping that the flowers will last a few days longer. Eventually though, if left too long, a stench will rise up from the once aromatic bouquet. Then you know it's time to compost the flowers. Some people say not to send flowers because flowers die. And yet, there is beauty found in dead flowers. Dead flowers are a reminder of grace once shared. Dead flowers help us to wake up and cherish this moment. Mortality causes us to be present now. Sometimes we fail to appreciate what we have until it's gone. So today, friends, wake up and see the beauty all around you. Right now, friends, the world is alive and breathing, and resurrection is all around us. Yes, one day, the flowers will die. So, too, will we. But death is not to be feared. There is beauty even in dead flowers.
This year, my Aunt is no longer living. How I wish I could send her flowers. Instead, I will go to a local nursing home and bring flowers to a shut-in who doesn't have family nearby.
So, dear friends, send flowers now. Don't wait. And even when they die, cherish what has been, what is, and what will be.
Together in Ministry,
Dawn
|
|
|
SAVE THE DATE
November 16, 2016
|
|
This is the event that District Superintendent Taylor-Storm would like you to attend – remember I sent you a Save-the Date notice.
Please register as soon as possible at this link: Click Here to Register
Southeast District Presents
"Social Entrepreneurship & Economic Development"
Wednesday, November 16, 2016
8:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Social Entrepreneurship
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Order of Elders (Extended Time)
The Order of Elders are invited for the morning seminar and asked to remain for the afternoon session.
Innabah Camp & Retreat Center
712 Pughtown Road
Spring City, PA, 19475
Registration Fee includes Continental Breakfast & Hot Lunch
$20 Standard Registration Until Oct. 15
$25 Late Registration After Oct. 15
What is a 'Social Entrepreneur?
According to Investopia: "A person who pursues an innovative idea with the potential to solve a community problem. These individuals are willing to take on the risk and effort to create positive changes in society through their initiatives."
According to DS Taylor-Storm, John Wesley was a social entrepreneur!
Join us on Nov. 16 to learn more!!
Presenter, Jeffrey A. Robinson, Ph.D.
Academic Director, The Center for Urban Entrepreneurship & Economic Development, Rutgers University, Associate Professor, Management & Global Business, Rutgers Business School
Director, New Jersey Social Innovation Institute
"Social entrepreneurship is a form of entrepreneurship that integrates social goals and social problem solving into the core business model. The business model of social entrepreneurial ventures (or social ventures) simultaneously creates economic and social value. Social entrepreneurship is different than traditional entrepreneurship. It is different than the traditional non-profit approach to addressing social problems in our communities. Social entrepreneurship (SE) uses market-oriented approaches to address social problems and environmental challenges." Jeffrey A. Robinson, Ph.D.
|
|
|
BISHOP'S DAY ON SOUTHEAST DISTRICT
Monday, October 3, 2016
Clergy please register
here.
|
|
|
SABBATH: BREAK ... OR BRICK?
A retreat created FOR clergy spouses BY clergy spouses about how celebrating Sabbath can reduce your burdens.
Oct. 1, 2016
|
|
|
UN-CLUTTER YOUR CHURCH
What needs to die in your church? We begin the journey of restarting your church by allowing for, even encouraging, places of death. We choose to have a memorial service for what worked in the past, to honor the prior period of time, and to make a decision to move forward. We choose to let the past set us free to fly, instead of letting the past become a shackle that chains us to a certain way of doing things. Look around you with fresh eyes, and you will see ...
|
|
|
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
SPRC Workshop
Saturday,
September 24, 2016
11:15am-12:45 pm
West Grove United Methodist Church
Clergy spouses want you to know the bricks they carry and the breaks they need.
|
|
|
SCHOOL RELEASE TIME
FOR CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
Often we are not aware that many of our schools allow "release time" for Christian education. If you would like more information about release time, or setting up a program, contact Darlynn Gray (check out the website for examples of release time @ work for students):
|
|
|
RADICAL DISCIPLE MAKING CONFERENCE
Saturday, October 8, 2016
Thorndale United Methodist Church
Presented by The Effective Church Group
|
|
|
KINGDOM BUILDING
PLANTING SEEDS FOR MINISTRY GROWTH
Saturday, October 22, 2016
Hopewell United Methodist Church
Reggie McNeal, -
Missional Leadership Specialist
for Leadership Network
and author of
Kingdom Come and Missional Renaissance
|
|
|
Southeast District Website
Please note that we are aware that there is outdated information posted on our website.
It is in the process of being updated.
|
|
|
SOUTHEAST DISTRICT
Eastern PA Conference The
United Methodist Church
Rev. Dawn Taylor-Storm, District Superintendent
Rev. Lin George, District Resource Assistant
60 W. Boot Road,
West Chester, PA 19380
Telephone: 610-436-4277,
Fax: 610-431-4715
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
