Girl Talks Turkey to Raise Giving

District Superintendent Eric Park’s call for creativity to encourage giving spurred 5th-grader Mikayla Mirich to action.  Shocked to learn that her church had paid just a small percentage of its Mission Share to support regional and global United Methodist ministries, Mikayla, 11, decided to talk some turkey—and sell feathers to raise money.    With permission from her pastor, the Rev. Keith Simmons, and help from her parents, Mikayla, 11, erected a large...

Partnership Offers Advent Devotional in English, German

United Methodists in Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Germany have published an Advent Devotional in English and German. The annual denotional is prepared each year by clergy and laity in both areas as part of a Partnership formed in 1988 before the fall of the Berlin Wall. To download the 2009 devotional, click the link at right.   Members of the partnership shared memories and greetings Nov. 9 to mark  the 20th anniversary of the opening of the Berlin Wall. The...

Partnership Offers Advent Devotional in English, German

United Methodists in Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Germany have published an Advent Devotional in English and German. The annual denotional is prepared each year by clergy and laity in both areas as part of a Partnership formed in 1988 before the fall of the Berlin Wall. To download the 2009 devotional, click the link at right.   Members of the partnership shared memories and greetings Nov. 9 to mark  the 20th anniversary of the opening of the Berlin Wall. The...

Dec. 4, 2009 The Journey Continues ...

I have always been a fan of the space program. I have, in a way, grown up with NASA. I remember John Kennedy saying: We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the...