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 Welcome to the Pensacola District
of the Alabama-West Florida Conference
United Methodist Church
P.O. Box 2727, Pensacola, FL 32513-2727
Phone (850) 434-0118, Fax (850) 434-0119
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Wesley Heirs Spring Retreat
Mar. 9-10 at Blue Lake. >>>
Ministers Conference
Mar. 9-11 at Asbury Seminary, Kentucky. >>>
Holy Spirit Conference
Mar. 12-13 at Blue Lake. >>>
Clear Springs' Annual BBQ
Mar. 13 (Saturday), 4 p.m.- 'til. Dinners will cost $6 for adults and $4 for children. Entertainment and great fun!! Whole Boston Butts will be for sale, and there will be a bake sale. Come join Clear Springs UMC for good food and fellowship!
Alpha Ministry Training
Mar. 13 at Montgomery First UMC. $25 if you pre-register here, or $35 at the door. >>>
One Great Hour of Sharing
Lay Speaker Training Academy
Mar. 19-21 at Blue Lake >>>
Ultimate Training in Youth Ministry
Mar. 20, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., at Christ UMC-Mobile with more than 20 seminars available. $20 per individual or $15 per person for groups of 5 or more. Cost includes lunch. >>>
Mission Study: Food and Faith
Mar. 20, 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m., at Summit Park Campus. Led by Rev. Karen Evans. >>>
Cabinet Meetings
Mar. 21-26 at Blue Lake.
Caregiver Training:
Alzheimer’s Disease
and Other Forms of Dementia
Mar. 23 at St. Mark UMC-Pensacola. Free to attend - public invited. Reservation required. Call (850) 432-1475. >>>
Hispanic/Latino Ministries Meeting
Mar. 23 at Trinity UMC in Fort Walton. Lunch provided. Members, please contact Rev. Nancy Watson, Chairperson, to confirm whether you will be able to attend.
UMW Spiritual Retreat
Mar. 26-28 at Blue Lake. >>>
UMCOR Early Response Training
Quarterly Evangelism Report Due
Apr. 1 at the district office. >>>
Seder Supper
Apr. 1 at Elizabeth Chapel.
The families of Chumuckla UMC and Elizabeth Chapel UMC wish to invite you to a Passover Supper [Seder Supper] on Thursday, April 1st, 6:00 p.m., at Elizabeth Chapel UMC. We are so excited about sharing this meal and encourage you and your congregation to join us. We have Rabbi Eric Tokajer and his family to lead us in this sacrament of our Christian faith. Because we will be preparing the meal, please let us know how many can join us for this important time. Any questions please call Wanda at 850-449-7599 and leave a message. We are really excited and know you will never look at passover the same again.
Good Friday
Apr. 2 the District Office will be closed.
Resurrection Sunday
Apr. 4.
Clergy Licensing School
Great Day of Service
PAUMCS Conference
Apr. 15-18 in Orlando. >>>
Spring Fling
Apr. 16-18 in Panama City. >>>
5K Run for Unite Escambia
Apr. 17, 8 a.m., sponsored by Pensacola FUMC. >>>
Mission Study: The Sudan
Apr. 17, 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m., at Destin UMC. Led by Mrs. Pam Dannelly. >>>
Native American Ministries Sunday
Crime Prevention Workshop
Apr. 22, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., at Cokesbury UMC. >>>
Inspirit: Cruisin' through the 50's
(aka Older Adult Assembly)
Apr. 22-24 at Blue Lake - Oakwood Lodge for 50+. Speaker will be Dr. Wayne Perry, who is an ordained United Methodist minister and licensed marriage therpaist with more than 35 years' experience in marriage enrichment, therapy, and education. Click here for the brochure, which will give you directions to Blue Lake as well as details about the retreat. This year's focus will be on health and wellness: Caregiver's Support Group, Bereavement Support Group, Bone Density Screening Facts, Pulmonary Therapy, and Diabetes. Register by April 8. Add $10 per person after March 25. RV hookups with power and water are available. >>>
Marriage Encounter Weekend
Apr. 23-25 in Pensacola. >>>
Multiplication of Leaders
Training in Spanish
Apr. 24 at Blue Lake. >>>
Beth Moore Simulcast:
So Long, Insecurity
Apr. 24, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., live via satellite at Niceville FUMC. >>>
District-wide Training Seminar
Apr. 25 at Shalimar UMC. For details check back here!
Men's Subdistrict BBQ
District CORE Team
May 4, noon, at the district office. Lunch provided. The district office phones will be silenced during the meeting.
Mission Study - Giving Our Hearts Away: Native American Survival
May 8, 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m., at Trinity UMC in Fort Walton. Led by Mrs. Libby Anderson of Atlanta and Mrs. Linda Baker of Cokesbury. >>>
Lay Speaking Training
Safe Sanctuaries Training
May 15, 9 a.m.-noon, at St. Luke UMC in Pensacola. If your church has not completed Safe Sanctuaries training YOU SHOULD PARTICIPATE IN THIS TRAINING SESSION. We are foremost concerned for the safety of the children that are attending or may attend your church. By completing this training you are providing another layer of protection for these young people. In addition, however, you will be protecting your congregation, your church leadership, and maybe even your property, as in the case of a lawsuit. In this day of rampant litigation, we must protect the most vulnerable and protect ourselves.
AWFC Annual Conference
June 6-9 in Montgomery. >>>
Bethlehem Family Camp
Men's Softball Tournament
June 19 to benefit the United Methodist Children's Home. >>>
Clergy Moving Day
Lake Junaluska Ministry Summit
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Online Registration Required
for Annual Conference 2010
Online registration will be required for members of this year's Annual Conference, which will be held June 6-9 in Montgomery. Online reservation of meals will be required. Click here for the instructional letter that was mailed from the Alabama-West Florida Conference to clergy and lay members. Be sure also to visit the official AC 2010 webpage regularly for updates.
Annual Conference Housing
While you're at Annual Conference in Montgomery June 6-9, will you be staying at Huntingdon College? or a local Montgomery hotel? Click here for the informational letter that provides details.
Men's Softball Tournament
(Secretaries, please convey this invitation to your congregation.)
To all Methodist brothers who play softball:
Bring your team to the 10th annual United Methodist Men's Softball Tournament to benefit the United Methodist Children's Home June 19 at the Al Trione Sports Complex in Daphne, Alabama. >>>Continue here for details.
Caregiver Training
Please note that on March 23 St. Mark UMC in Pensacola will host Caregiver Training: Alzheimers and Other Forms of Dementia. The training is free - but call by March 23 to reserve your space. >>>
***New Form for Quarterly Report
The first quarterly evangelism report for 2010 is due April 1st (Thursday). Please no longer use the old quarterly membership report form!! We just revised it to provide separate lines for numerical correction of last year's report, as exemplified in the year-end statistical report. See our Quarterly Report page to download the new forms. >>> .
Congratulations, All-Star Churches!
- Clear Springs
- Crestview First
- Mae Edwards
- Niceville First
- St. Mark-Crestview
- Woodbine
Selection of winners is based on information received from local churches' annual report to the AL-West FL Conference. "All-Stars" is an annual recognition of Pensacola District Churches who meet 3 requirements in the course of a year:
1) pay 100% total Connectional Mission Giving,
2) have more than 50% attendance by membership, &
3) have a net gain in membership.
5K Run for Missions
This year's 5K will be on April 17, sponsored by Pensacola First UMC to benefit Unite Escambia. Unite Escambia is a community-wide movement which focuses on improving education, environment, health, housing, and poverty issues in Escambia County, FL. >>>
Local Church Heritage Award
Click here to download the guidelines and application for the Local Church Heritage Award. The deadline to apply is May 1, 2010. Award will be given at the 2010 Annual Conference session. >>>
One Great Hour of Sharing
March 14 has been designated the official One Great Hour of Sharing Sunday. Let me encourage you to put this on your calendar and receive a special offering that day. If you will visit http://new.gbgm-umc.org/UMCOR/give/oghs/ you can see for yourself that all the monies collected will be used to underwrite the expenses of UMCOR. This enables UMCOR to take every penny given to emergency and disaster relief and use it for the specified need. If March 14 is not a convenient date please feel free to choose another Sunday which will be more convenient for you and your congregation. - Mike Roberts
UMVIM Team Leader Trainings
April 17 at First UMC, Pace, FL
Interested in leading a mission team but don’t know where to start? Glenn Glover and Alan Gantzhorn will lead team leader trainings March 27 and April 17. Receive a wealth of information on how to prepare an UMVIM team for service, including such topics as effective project selection, spiritual development, cultural sensitivity for teams, logistics, and finance. Online registration and payment are available.
The Pensacola District Office is now receiving clergy, laity, and youth nominations for the Denman Evangelism Award. Mail to P.O. Box 2727, Pensacola, FL 32513-2727. From nominations received, each district will select one clergy, one lay person, and one youth as district nominees for the Conference award. Winners of the Conference award will be announced at Annual Conference.
Two lay speaking training events are coming up:
March 19-21 at Blue Lake >>> May 8 & 15 at Woodbine UMC >>>
3.0 Summer Internship
This is a great opportunity for college students to serve and be trained as missional leaders: a missional internship in Mobile's inner city communities May 25 - July 31. A $2000 living stipend, room, and board are available. Visit www.3mlt.com for reference and application forms. The deadline was extended.
New Remittance Form
There is now a new remittance form for sending Connectional Mission Giving (apportionments) to the Conference Fiscal Office. All payments to Conference Mission Giving are combined on one line, "Conference Benevolences" (fund 2105), and at the end of the year overpayments will be credited to the next year. Payments to General funds, Jurisdictional funds, General and Conference advances, and special offerings remain separate line items.
Bishop Announces 2010 Emphasis
Transform Your Church >>>
3 Simple Rules >>>
Alpha Ministry Training Mar. 13 for all clergy and laity who may be interested in having the Alpha program at their church. >>>
Special Annual Conference Offering
- Click here for an informative brochure.
- Click here for a bulletin insert.
- Click here for sermon starters and notes on how to incorporate into a worship service.
- Watch CCPI Videos here.
Fund Balance Report
The local church Fund Balance Report is due. Pensacola District churches, please mail to UMC Pensacola District Office, PO Box 2727, Pensacola, FL 32513-2727.
Lay Members of Annual Conference
Is our list for your church correct? Please look over our Annual Conference 2010 page and let us know if you have any corrections (850-434-0118) or e-mail here.
Support Groups
Cokesbury United Methodist Church wants to share with you what Support Groups are available at their Ninth Avenue and Summit Park campuses. Click here to view our Support Groups page.
AL-West FL Conference News:
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The Pensacola District is one of eight districts comprising the The United Methodist Church's Alabama-West Florida Conference. Within our District are sugar-white beaches, emerald Gulf waters, fruited plains, and half a dozen military communities. There are 53 United Methodist Churches in the Pensacola District, with more than 33,000 members, in an area which includes Escambia, Santa Rosa, and Okaloosa Counties in Florida and a small slice of Baldwin County in Alabama. True to biblical mandate and denominational priority, we are committed to proclaiming the good news of Jesus Christ; discipling residents, tourists, and snowbirds alike; establishing new congregations; and nurturing exisiting ones. Business hours for the Pensacola District office are Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. For more about us click here.
Map of Pensacola District Churches
For driving directions, simply click on a pointer in the map below.
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