311 research outputs found
United Church of Canada
No full textPhotograph - United Church of Canada building, Athabasca, Alberta. This building was built ca. 1912 as the Methodist Church. The United Church took over the building in 192
United Church of Canada - 02
No full textPhotograph - United Church of Canada building, Athabasca, Alberta. This building was built ca. 1912 as the Methodist Church. The United Church took over the building in 192
United Church of Canada - 04
No full textPhotograph - United Church of Canada building, Athabasca, Alberta. This building was built ca. 1912 as the Methodist Church. The United Church took over the building in 192
United Church of Canada - 03
No full textPhotograph - United Church of Canada building, Athabasca, Alberta. This building was built ca. 1912 as the Methodist Church. The United Church took over the building in 192
Administration of federated United Methodist Churches
No full textThe thesis surveys the extent of distinctively United Methodist resources
currently available related to the quality administration of federated churches and other
ecumenical shared ministries within The United Methodist Church. The author
concludes that the resources available are inadequate for proper networking among
federated churches and other ecumenical shared ministries within the United Methodist
connection and do not satisfactorily support the ministries of those churches. The thesis
documents church legislative actions the author has taken to better provide resources
within the denomination for these churches. The author suggests particular new
resources for federated churches, including a guidebook to bylaws and articles of
confederation, a financial factbook for federated churches, a clergy identity kit,
denominational education materials, and a clergy transition manual. The author
suggests which general agencies of The United Methodist Church should be involved in
the process of development of these resources. Finally, the author describes ways in
which federated churches offer insight into the application of the five transformational
directions commended to the church by the 2000 General Conference: 1) center on
Christian formation, 2) call forth covenant leadership, 3) empower the connection for
ministry, 4) strengthen our global connection and ecumenical relationships, and 5)
encourage doctrinal and theological discourse
United for the city: First Grace United Methodist church in post-hurricane Katrina New Orleans
No full text2011 Summer.Includes bibliographical references.Almost six years after Hurricane Katrina wreaked havoc in New Orleans, the city is still `open for impact': rebuilding its infrastructure and communities. While Katrina traumatized New Orleans, it also provided an opportunity for change, for residents to rebuild their lives in alignment with their values. First Grace United Methodist church (First Grace) is an example of this kind of paradigm shift. First Grace was founded post-Katrina in 2007 via a merger between two Mid-City Methodist churches, one predominately black and one predominately white. First Grace is now a growing, flourishing multiethnic church that has attracted the attention of local media and the international United Methodist Church organization. This thesis explores how First Grace's ethnically diverse community is united by common values and the shared goal of rebuilding their beloved city through service. These beliefs enable First Grace's congregation to engage in ethnic transcendence (Marti 2009), a process by which one's ethnic identity becomes less important than other shared identities in a diverse group. Invented traditions allow First Grace's congregants to participate in rituals that emphasize their shared present, rather than separate pasts. Like other paradoxes present in New Orleans, both in spite of and because of the mass and personal tragedies of Hurricane Katrina, First Grace has formed as a church for and of the city and all of its peoples, a silver lining to Katrina's dark cloud
IoWoman, March/April 2004, Vol.34, no.2
No full textNewsletter for the Iowa Commission on the Status of Wome
St. John\u27s United Methodist Church, Rock Hill
No full textBefore a Methodist church was organized, an itinerant minister would come to preach to a group of people who met in a framed schoolhouse called Pine Grove Academy. It was located in a pasture on property owned by the White family who lived in the large White house at the corner of East White Street and Elizabeth Lane, directly behind St. John’s Center. It was located near the present intersection of North Confederate Avenue and Pendleton Street, which is near present-day Confederate Park. In 1856, Rev. John Wesley North was appointed to the Yorkville Circuit. He helped organize the Methodist church in Roc. Mrs. Richard Springs, whose husband was well-to-do, was very generous in getting a church started and contributed toward a parsonage as well as to the church; she was known as the “Mother of Methodism in Rock Hill.” In 1856, the first Methodist church was built at the intersection of Hampton and Black Streets on property that had been purchased from Alexander Templeton Black. This same building was used by First Baptist Church after the Methodists vacated it in 1878. The building was dedicated on June 21, 1857. The Methodists met on the first floor and Masons on the second floor. The church had two sections of pews – men sat on one side and women on the other, except for courting couples, who were allowed to sit together. Cuspidors were placed at the end of the men’s pews. The church was heated by wood heaters and lighted by kerosene lamps hung on the walls. Members brought their own hymn books and Bibles for each service. In 1876, the church building was sold and the second building was built. It was a brick church on Main Street almost opposite Hampton Street and constructed at a cost of $4,250. It was dedicated in June of that year. Around 1893, the church became known as St. John’s Methodist Episcopal Church South. The name was probably changed because Cornerstone Methodist Church (Laurel Street/Main Street) was founded just a few years later. In 1897, the building was 21 years old and Rev. Sam Zimmerman was pastor. A wooden house next door burned, and the church was condemned because the extreme heat caused the walls of the church to become warped. A new site was bought at the corner of Main and Caldwell Streets, and the third church building was erected. Lumber from the old church was reused, and the famous clock was refurbished and reused. The building was dedicated in 1902 by Bishop W.W. Duncan. Source: NRHP; www.stjohnsrh.org/visitors/history/briefhistory.phphttps://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/umcschistoric/1178/thumbnail.jp
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