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Get Your Walking Papers! The Challenge is On!

7/6/2012
Some “Heavenly Bodies” provided the impetus for First UMC in Punxsutawney to propel the Indiana District into second place in the competition for the 2012 Golden Sneaker award. Kane District won the Golden Sneaker for the third time with several of its congregation’s participating, but Punxy First’s effort was a singular sensation in the Indiana District. In presenting the award at annual conference, Butler District Supt. Dean Ziegler noted the importance of...

May 7, 2010 The Journey Continues ...

5/4/2010
Bishop Bickerton was in Africa recently to kickoff the Imagine No Malaria campaign in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The experience both inspired him and made him ever more determined to work toward eliminating deaths from malaria by 2015. Here are excerpts from his Congo Journal, which was posted on www.wpaumc.org/blogs. From Lubumbashi: For several years, we have promoted a basic understanding of how to do effective ministry on a global scale that has been, for several, difficult to...