Center for Missional Outreach News

This class will qualify you to serve on your local church's or district's Early Response Trained team. Local churches that are creating a team for the first time will learn how to best equip themselves for this ministry.

The training will teach volunteers how to safely help after a disaster with clean-up and debris removal. The goal is to make homes safe, sanitary and secure.

No cost for the training. The trainers will be Mike Walker and Alma Cone. Lunch provided.

Saturday, June 23, 2012 from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM (CT)

Creekwood United Methodist Church
261 Country Club Rd
Fairview, TX 75069

Click here to RSVP

View Map

View Larger Map

Thursday, May 24, 2012

6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Christ United Methodist Church
3101 Coit Road
Plano, TX 75075

This class is for people who have already completed the UMCOR Basic Training class and who need to be re-certified. Recertification is required every three years. A new badge will be created for you by UMCOR.

Come to the Christian Life Center. Room F126.

No cost for the training. The trainers will be Mike Walker and Alma Cone.

Questions? Contact Sharyn Yetman at 800-969-8201 or missions@ntcumc.org.

Register Online

A current background check is required for all participants. If you have renewed your background check at your local church then let us know. We will email your church office a form to verify this. You must bring this with you to the class.

For a new background check, click on the link below. Cost is $13.99. Enter your first name, last name, home address, and your email address. Select Background Screening Only. Then an email will be generated which will invite you to take the background check. Payment may be made online.

https://www.smart-trak.com/ntc/

For any difficulties with the background check please contact Rev. Aleze M. Fulbright, Associate Director, Center for Leadership Development via the email link or by phone at 972-526-5054

 

Wednesday, June 6, 2012 from 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM (CT)
Plano, United States

We hope that this day will be a treat and special experience for you. No matter what mission you choose, you will walk away from this day with greater knowledge about the local needs for the mission, why it exists, and what societal problems the mission is trying to resolve. Every mission site is related to the United Methodist Church, with the exception of the Paul Quinn College site, an African Methodist Episcopal church institution.

Please select the project that you are most interested in. There are descriptions for each project so you can make an informed choice and pick something that you feel passionate about. The variety we have put together should make it easy for you to find a ministry in which you can engage. Each has a slightly different focus.

Click here to register

---

Projects

Exploring Microfinance and Microcredit Concepts

This panel discussion will include local UMC panelists who are already active in microfinance and microcredit. Microfinance is the provision of financial services such as loans, savings, insurance, and training to people living in poverty. It is one of the great success stories in the developing world in the last 30 years and is widely recognized as a just and sustainable solution in alleviating global poverty. Panelists include: 1. Highland Park UMC - Lisa Stewart and Roy Vandiver discuss their church's program in the Phillipines and their new effort in Costa Rica. 2. UMC Missionary Steve Hodges of the Sudan COME project who will be skyped in and speaking about their unique program 3. Jeff Swan - member of FUMC McKinney and regional director of Opportunity International, an international 501C3 with 12,000 staff worldwide and clients in more than 20 countries. Jeff will be helping participants try out IO with $10 gift cards they can use to help a neighbor in need. 4. ZOE Ministry - Rev. Arthur Jones from St. Andrews will be talking about the ZOE model and how they help orphans start businesses to support themselves and their siblings.

Seven Loaves Food Pantry

Seven Loaves provides supplemental food to residents in all zip codes of Collin County. According to the North Texas Food Bank, there are over 55,000 people living in poverty in Collin County, half of which are children. Over 10,000 children in Plano school district are on free or reduced lunch, and many are homeless. These people often don't know where their next meal is going to come from. Help is made possible by the generosity and servant hearts of supporters of this important ministry. The hands on work will be to pack family boxes of food for Seven Loaves and hygiene kits to take to Costa Rica.

Crossroads Community Services

Crossroads Community Services (CCS) is an urban outreach ministry of First United Methodist Church, Dallas, TX. CCS opened its doors as a downtown community-based urban ministry in May 2001. Volunteers choosing this site will be working in the clothing closet and will learn about the needs of the urban poor. You'll get to see downtown Dallas and visit one of our oldest and largest churches.

How Can We Impact Global Health?

Global health as a focus area seems so impossible for us to attain. Have you ever wondered what you can do as a local church in this area? We will have an expert from UMCOR here to teach and guide us in how we can do something beneficial in the areas of health and water well drilling projects. The philosophy of UMCOR is that health is attainable, accessible, and sustainable by people for themselves and their communities if they are given the opportunity. We want to empower people to take charge of their own lives and health, so that sustainable achievement in improving health is possible.

Paul Quinn College Farm

The Food for Good Farm at Paul Quinn College (AME) is a dynamic and innovative joint venture between Paul Quinn College and PepsiCo’s Food for Good Initiative. The partnership has three primary goals. The first is to help address the lack of affordable, healthy food options available to economically depressed areas in the City of Dallas. The second goal is to create a replicable model for achieving sustainable urban re-development built around providing safe food options to economically depressed communities. The final primary goal is to create a facility that will deliver preventative health care (that focuses on nutrition and exercise) to the underserved community surrounding the College. Volunteers chosing this site will be planting either tomatos or strawberries. Bring a hat, gloves, and water bottle. Wear old sturdy shoes.

North Texas Food Bank - Hunger Class

This is a small group interactive class that will cover many subjects related to Hunger and Poverty, especially related to North Texas. It will be facilitated by Richard Amory of the North Texas Food Bank. Topics covered include: 1. Realities of Impoverished Communities in North Texas, 2. Women and Children in Poverty, where is hope? What are the possibilities? 3. How do we connect with the local school systems to offer support through NTFB 4. Contrast between Food Banks and the newer concept of Food Co-Ops as described in the book Toxic Charity (p. 53), 5. How to Achieve Measurable Results in hunger and food security, 6. Other trends locally that seem cutting edge in the area of hunger, especially faith-based models that have impressed NTFB. 7. How to partner effectively with NTFB, 8. What to avoid when partnering with existing community food pantries, how to evaluate their effectiveness or non-effectiveness.

Beautification of Dallas Bethlehem Center

Dallas Bethlehem Center needs volunteers who are interested in painting, cleaning, planting for beautification to the outside of the facility and readying the building for the 2012-2013 school year. Need: 10-15 volunteers Attire: Light clothing, gardening gloves, sun hats Activities: Cleaning tables/chairs; toys; countertops; weeding, planting; bagging/removing leaves; organizing books in library.

The Church & The School System: Partners Working Together

This workshop will include presentations by leaders in UMC churches that demonstrate how they partner with the local schools in their communities. 1. Former teacher Rev. Dretha Burris will present on FUMC Rowlett's partnership with the Rowlett schools. 2. Rev. Jack Wallace and lay leader Tom Sample will present on how FUMC Mount Vernon has created a program with their school system, including a feeding program.

C C Young Retirement Community- Where the Spirit is Ageless!

Once you arrive at CC Young, all participants will be given an orientation in Young chapel. From there, participants will be split into groups to go do arts & crafts, play bingo, play a Fathers Day trivia game, or facilitate balloon volleyball. A great choice for kids, teens and parents to do together. Afterwards a short debrief session will be provided to answer your questions about ministry with the elderly.

Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano as a co-provider with
Rural Nurse Resource, Inc.

Foundations of Faith Community Nursing Practice (Parish Nursing)
Based on International Parish Nurse Resource Center Curriculum

The Rural Nurse Resource Course “Foundations of Faith Community Nursing Practice”, was approved for 36.0 contact hours under the following CNE activity ID#: 13515-04-12.

"This continuing nursing education activity was approved by the Texas Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation."

If you have questions or need additional information contact:

Cassandra Howard, RN, FCN Coordinator
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano 972-981-8190
cassandrahoward@texashealth.org

Sharon Hinton RN, MSN, Course Facilitator
Rural Nurse Resource, Inc. 806.983.8096
coordinator@ruralnurseresource.com

June 23rd, 2012
9:30 am - 2:30 pm

Who can be a UMVIM LEADER???

This class is for people who want to learn how to lead a mission trip. UMVIM teams will have an UMVIM trained leader who provides training for the team, insures completion of proper forms and insurance coverage and is in communication with annual conference and jurisdictional UMVIM leadership.

UMVIM LEADER partners with others.

An UMVIM team is one that serves locally, nationally, or internationally where it is invited, works in a ministry endorsed by the host Methodist church, partner church or agency, or Non-Government Organization (NGO) i.e. American Red Cross, and serves in cooperation with the local host group.

Following guidelines gives credibility and joint cooperation.

The intent of these guidelines is to insure that the presence of the team will not interfere with the authority and integrity of the church leadership, hereby strengthening and upholding the local church.

The training consists of three basic parts:

Part 1: Means & Ends

This section covers the means of doing short-term mission, such as budgeting, how to find a project site, how to recruit a team, and how to organize your trip. However, we also cover the ends. This means we discuss the bigger picture of everyone's agenda involved, as well as the values and philosophies of ministry that undergird the decisions we are making as team leaders.

Part 2: Team Dynamics

This section will address issues that arise when a group of people who don't know each other very well travel together to a strange destination to do physically challenging labor on a schedule that someone else chose. What do you do when someone doesn't want to cooperate? Are challenging you as a leader? Constantly complains? Has the wrong attitude? How do you instill the proper attitude and values into the team in order to avoid all this?

Part 3: International Teams

This section covers material specific to international teams, such as passports, visas, airfare, communicating with your hosts, and more.

Deadline for registration is May 16.

Training will be held at the North Texas Conference Ministry Center
500 Maplelawn Drive
Plano, TX 75075

Cost: $20.00 Includes lunch and all materials.

Register here

Have you considered becoming a Faith Community Nurse/Congregational Nurse/Parish Nurse?

Are you already serving in that capacity in your congregation? Then this course is for you! If you practice in this specialty, The Scope and Standards of Practice for Faith Community Nursing requires that you attend a foundational course specific to the specialty.

MHS Congregational Health Ministry will be hosting the Foundations of Faith Community Nursing Course with Baylor University’s Louise Herrington School of Nursing.

The course will be held at MDMC from 8:30 AM-4:00 PM on the following Fridays and Saturdays: June 8 & 9, June 22 & 23, July 13 & 14. The entire course must be attended for contact hours and certificate of completion to be awarded.

The cost of the course is $200 and will provide 32 CNE contact hours.

Course materials, continental breakfasts and lunches are included.

Application deadline is May 25, 2012 and space is limited.

The course brochure is available online at http://www.methodisthealthsystem.org/CongregationalHealth.

For more information please contact:

Marji Bisher, Associate Director of Missional Outreach.

May 14 to June 23, 2012

Urgent need for volunteers in Maples Cottage renovation project at Mount Sequoyah Conference Center, 150 NW Skyline Drive in Fayetteville, AR.

Dirty demolition work has been done....now the fun of renewing the building. Free housing & linens on campus.

Cost: transportation to Fayetteville, AR, and meals (meal prices in negotiation).

Carpenters & helpers, electrical helpers, plumbing helpers, bat-insulation installers, sheetrockers & helpers, painters, hardwood floor refinishers.

Anytime, May 14 to June 23, 2012. Contact Don White as soon as possible for details:
Rev. Don White
832-794-8162 cell
(April 24-May 4, home 281-446-7686)
donvivwhite@juno.com

Here is an example of how the UMC works in cooperation with other faith communities during disasters.