Photo: Debbie Irby, new UMVIM Coordinator for Yellowstone Conference in Mozambique, courtesy Debbie Irby. Read more about her below.....
* YELLOWSTONE ANNUAL CONFERENCE HAS NEW UMVIM CONFERENCE COORDINATOR
Debbie Irby is the new UMVIM Conference Coordinator for the Yellowstone Annual Conference and we welcome her! Debbie lives in Helena, MT and comes with lots of experience in leading UMIM teams and working as an UMVIM volunteer! We here in the Western Jursidiction are happy to have her on board. If you live in the Yellowstone Annual Conference, you can connect with Debbie at dirby@stpauls-helena.org
* HOW TO CONTRIBUTE TO VICTIMS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES
The wildfires in Southern California have devastated many structures, homes, and beautiful mountain terrain. The California-Pacific Conference has a continual fund set up to help victims of fires in Southern California. Checks can be made payable to the California-Pacific Annual Conference with the notation “Southern California Fires” noted and mailed to Attn: Treasurer’s Office, P.O. Box 6006, Pasadena, CA 91102-6006. For more information go to http://www.cal-pac.org/.
* VOLUNTEERS NEEDED IN NORTH DAKOTA
Are you interested in getting a taste of the great open spaces and western hospitality of North Dakota this year? They would love to put you to work while you stay with them. Volunteers are needed! They have started the rebuild process in Jamestown and surrounding area (flooding), some in Dickinson (tornado) and need folks to put in miles and miles of fencing (flooding) from the south central to southwestern part of the state. Besides the fencing, rebuild projects include installing sheetrock and mudding, electrical, some plumbing, step repair – i.e., general carpentry. If you can help, please contact Joan Buchhop, Volunteer Hotline 1-800-366-9841, LDRvolunteer@lssnd.org.
* SAFETY OFFICER TRAINING IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST CONFERENCE
Designated Safety Officer Trainings
We have 3 Designated Safety Officer trainings scheduled for September and October. The DSO training lasts about 2-1/2 to 3 hours and is full of information on making your church a "safe place".
Opportunities for training are:
September 12:
Orchards UMC (Vancouver), 1pm - 3pm
Snoqualmie UMC, 12:30pm - 3pm
October 3; Clarkston UMC, 9am - Noon
The cost for any of these events is $10 per person. Pre-registration is very helpful, but you may register at the door.
The registration form may be found on the conference website.
If you have questions, please feel free to call Sharon Meeds (206-870-6805 or 800-755-7710) or email camping@pnwumc.org.
We have 3 Designated Safety Officer trainings scheduled for September and October. The DSO training lasts about 2-1/2 to 3 hours and is full of information on making your church a "safe place".
Opportunities for training are:
September 12:
Orchards UMC (Vancouver), 1pm - 3pm
Snoqualmie UMC, 12:30pm - 3pm
October 3; Clarkston UMC, 9am - Noon
The cost for any of these events is $10 per person. Pre-registration is very helpful, but you may register at the door.
The registration form may be found on the conference website.
If you have questions, please feel free to call Sharon Meeds (206-870-6805 or 800-755-7710) or email camping@pnwumc.org.
* GENERAL SECRETARY FOR GLOBAL MINISTRIES RESIGNS DUE TO HEALTH REASONS
The Rev. Edward W. Paup has resigned as general secretary of The United Methodist Church's mission agency in order to attend to a serious health issue. He has been on leave for medical reasons since August 10.
Bishop Bruce Ough of West Ohio, president of the General Board of Global Ministries, announced the resignation, effective immediately, on behalf of the agency's executive and personnel committees.
"The results of examinations indicate the presence of a brain tumor that will require close and constant monitoring in the days ahead," Bishop Ough said. "Treatment and prognosis are unclear at this time. We understand that no one can both tend to serious health matters and conduct the demanding day-to-day business of Global Ministries."
Rev. Paup was elected general secretary in March 2008, and came to work at Global Ministries on September 1, 2008. He resigned from the episcopacy, having served in the Pacific Northwest region, to accept the executive leadership post at the mission organization.
Bishop Ough asked the directors, staff, and the church at large to join him in prayer for Rev. Paup and his family. "As people of faith, we believe in the healing love of God through Jesus Christ and the ministries of the church," he said, continuing:Ed came to us a year ago and has helped Global Ministries to face and address the related challenges of organizational restructure and economic downsizing, or "rightsizing," to use his term. The operational audit we have experienced has set us on a course that will enable the agency to define and conduct its future work with enthusiasm and energy, and within the economic means provided by the church. Ed's vision of our potential will be his legacy.
The agency president said that an interim general secretary will be named in the near future to provide leadership until a successor to Rev. Paup can be selected.
Bishop Bruce Ough of West Ohio, president of the General Board of Global Ministries, announced the resignation, effective immediately, on behalf of the agency's executive and personnel committees.
"The results of examinations indicate the presence of a brain tumor that will require close and constant monitoring in the days ahead," Bishop Ough said. "Treatment and prognosis are unclear at this time. We understand that no one can both tend to serious health matters and conduct the demanding day-to-day business of Global Ministries."
Rev. Paup was elected general secretary in March 2008, and came to work at Global Ministries on September 1, 2008. He resigned from the episcopacy, having served in the Pacific Northwest region, to accept the executive leadership post at the mission organization.
Bishop Ough asked the directors, staff, and the church at large to join him in prayer for Rev. Paup and his family. "As people of faith, we believe in the healing love of God through Jesus Christ and the ministries of the church," he said, continuing:Ed came to us a year ago and has helped Global Ministries to face and address the related challenges of organizational restructure and economic downsizing, or "rightsizing," to use his term. The operational audit we have experienced has set us on a course that will enable the agency to define and conduct its future work with enthusiasm and energy, and within the economic means provided by the church. Ed's vision of our potential will be his legacy.
The agency president said that an interim general secretary will be named in the near future to provide leadership until a successor to Rev. Paup can be selected.
