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 NEWSLETTER:

 

     The Summer edition of the Florence District Newsletter is now published on the website.  Click on the link above and to the right. 

 

 

 

 

The Florence District also sends special thanks for dedicated service to those members who have served and will not be continuing this year.   Each Charge Conference Season, pastors and Lay Leaders are given Conference & District Nomination Forms.  If you know of someone who has a desire to serve with gifts to share, please have them contact their pastor or Lay Leader for a form.  Each Board/Committee/Task Force sends out meeting notices, so please be looking for notice of your next meeting.  The Florence District is working to set in place the Cluster Leader Meetings, those dates will be posted on the website as soon as they are planned.

 

District Lay Leader     Mrs. Cynthia B. Williams           District Associate Lay Leader              Mr. Earle Rowland

Ministry Table:  Mrs. Cynthia B. Williams (District Lay Leader) and Chair of Table

Mr. Earle Rowland (Associate District Lay Leader);

Ms. Michelline Cooper (President of District UMW, Ministry Table Secretary & Christian Unity & Interreligious Concerns);

Ms. Millie Nelson (Florence District Congregational Specialist);

Ms. Patricia McGill (Director of Lay Speaking Ministry);

Mrs. Janice Eaddy (Conference UMW);

Mr. Edd Cunningham (District UMM President);

Rev. J. Melvin Bell (Communications & Webmaster);

Rev. Jerry L. Dicks (Chr-Disaster Response);

Rev. G.W. Farrell Cox (Evangelism);

Mrs. Myrna Westfall (Chr Hispanic Task Force;

Rev. Jonathan Brown (Older Adults Ministry);

Mrs. Lou Jordan (District Youth Coordinator);

Rev. Jack C. Washington (District Clergy Rep to Conf Nom);

Mr. Earle Rowland (Lay Rep to Conf Nom); 

Ms. Octavia L. Fulton (Singles Ministry); 

Mrs. Amelia Fulton (Education);

Meghan Proctor (2009 Youth AC Delegate);

Kirby Ann Jordan (2009 YA AC Delegate);

Mr. Whitley Johnson (2009 YA Alternate, will serve as delegate AC10);

Mrs. Shirley McKnight (District Mission Secretary);

Rev. Mary Johnson (Worship & Celebration);

Mrs. Veronica Cooper (Health & Welfare);

Mrs. Bootsie Bateman (Town & Country Ministries-Small Church Membership);

Mrs. Hazel Graham (Church & Society/Religion & Race);

Mr. Lee Johnson, (Ethnic Min. Concerns-African American & Native American);

Ms. Bea Holloman (Commission on Status & Women);

Mr. James Williams (Outreach Ministries);

 

        For the Ministry Table, we need:

Conference Level UMM Representative;

09 Alternate Youth Delegate(who will serve as delegate AC10);

Lay Representative to Conference Connectional Ministry;

Archives & History.

 

District Board on Church Location & Building: Class 2010: Mrs. Dena Altman; Mrs. Elizabeth Gray; Mr. Lorenzo Hickson; Class 2011: Mr. Jonathan Orr; Rev. Geneva Stafford; Rev. John M. Altman;

2012 class still needs 3 nominees

 Committee on District Superintendency: Chair: Rev. J. Jeannettè Cooper; Mrs. Dena Altman; Mrs. Cynthia B. Williams; Rev. Joseph A. Poston; Rev. Carlton J. McClam; Rev. Donald E. McAllister, Sr.; Ms. Patricia McGill; Mr. D. Laurence McIntosh; Dr. Evelyn Fulmore; Mr. Charles Appleby; Mr. George Summers; Mrs. Gayle P Morgan.

 District Committee on Ordained Ministry: Rev. Carlton J. McClam; Rev. Debra A.S. Quilling Smith; Rev. Samuel B. Cooper; Rev. Pamela G. Ledbetter; Rev. David D. Marcy; Rev. William H.D. Bowser, Jr.; Rev. Jerry L. Gadsden; Rev. James C. Lane; Ms. Mary D. Griffin; Mrs. Veronica Clinkscales; Dr. Columbus Giles, Sr.

 District Trustees:  Mrs. Miriam Culberson; Mrs. Edneta J. Conner; Mr. Olin James; Rev. Carlton  J. McClam; Rev. Richard McClary; Mr. George Thomas; Mr. Gerald Hicks

 District Board on Congregational Development:   Rev. John Altman; Mrs. Bootsie Bateman; Rev. J. Melvin Bell; Rev. Wayne Major, Sr.;

 Mr. S.D. Friday; Mrs. Ernestine Young; Rev. Jack C. Washington; Mrs. Hattie Pendergrass

 Lay Speaking Ministry:  Ms. Patricia McGill; Mr. Al Pridgen; Mrs. Cynthia B. Williams; Ms. Dorothy Gilbert;  Mr. Earle Rowland

 District  Committee on Nominations:  Mrs. Cynthia B Williams; Ms. Patricia McGill; Mr. Al Pridgen; Mrs. Janice Eaddy; Ms. Micehlline Cooper;  Need Youth Reps; Rev. Jack C. Washington; Mr. Earle Rowland; Mr. Edd Cunningham

 Hispanic Task Force:  Chair:  Mrs. Myrna Westfall; Rev. Edward C. McLeod; Dr. Evelyn Fulmore;  Mr. David L. Green

 District Council on Youth Ministry:  Coordinator, Mrs. Lou Jordan      Youth Council  to be newly elected at Breeze. Names to be supplied after BREEZE.

 SCAC Youth Basketball Tournament: Area 3, FLDIST Representatives;  Mr. William Owens & Mrs. Amelia Fulton

 District Communications:  Rev. J. Melvin Bell, Webmaster;  We need committee members

 District Disaster:  Rev. Jerry Dicks (Chr.); Mrs. Cynthia B. Williams; Rev. William McCown; Mrs. Janice Eaddy; Ms. Mary Jo Mitchum; Rev. Jim M. Ridenhour; Rev. Gerald L. Truluck; Rev. Robert L. Shuler; Rev. Carl F. Ritter, II; Rev. J. Melvin Bell; Rev. Eddie C. Thomas, Jr. ; Rev. John M. Altman; Rev. Jack C. Washington; Ms. Doreathea Bailey; Mr. James Williams

 

 

 

 

      The Florence District is developing a new district-wide ministry which will eventually include local church ministry leaders doing ministry in Clusters.

     The first group to be organized will be the local church Lay Leaders.  The Lay Leaders of each church will meet with one of the seven clusters in the district on a regular basis.  The purpose of these regular meetings will be for fellowship, training, and cooperation in the various church ministries.

       Each cluster will have a Lay representative from each church and one Pastor from the Cluster in an advisory position.  The Lay Cluster leaders will meet to organize and train for their leadership position; then they will meet with the remainder of the local church Lay Leaders at one of the churches in the Cluster.

     In addition to fellowship and training, one of the first items of business is to organize other ministries into Clusters.  These will be done over a period of time.  One of the first ministries to be organized by the Lay Leaders will be the Chairpersons of the Church Councils.  They will eventually meet separately from the Lay Leaders group. but their purpose will also be for fellowship and training.  

     The organizing will continue until other ministries can be included.  Some of these ministries will be Nurture, Outreach, Mission, Membership, Finance, and others.  

     The training for these ministries will be conducted at one of the churches in the Cluster.  This will allow training to be closer to the home church rather than having large training events at a central location.  We have learn through the Evaluations of our training events that training needed to be more frequent and more conveniently located.

     The district has scheduled a meeting of the Cluster Coordinators and the Clergy Representatives will the District Superintendent, the District Specialist, the District Lay Leader, and the Cluster Coordinator on Tuesday July 14 at 6:30 PM at Scranton UMC, Scranton, SC.