On Saturday, October 23, the West Ohio Conference will host an all-day webinar on ministering to people with memory issues. North Alabama clergy and laity have been invited to participate.
In this month's Lay Ministry Blog, Conference Lay Leader Steve Lyles encourages church leaders to look both ways before crossing the road. http://www.umcna.org/postdetail/7402030
In this month's Laity Blog, Conference Lay Leader Steve Lyles shares about a program coming to our very own Camp Sumatanga: the Certification of Spiritual Direction Program. The North Alabama Board of Ordained Ministry has partnered with Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University, to offer this exciting program for both United Methodist clergy and laity.
This month in the Laity Blog, Conference Lay Leader Steve Lyles shares his 10 percent New Year's Resolution.
This month, Conference Lay Leader Steve Lyles encourages us to look at the seams in our churches and our lives and see which way we are going. Are we expanding the kingdom of God or have we stopped growing?
In this month's Laity Blog, Conference Lay Leader Steve Lyles discusses the book The Rare Find written by George Anders and reflects on how the church sometimes writes people off before they are tried and tested. He also encourages North Alabama United Methodists to look for opportunities to thank others for the things they do for us.
<p> One of the Boards I serve in North Alabama as Conference Lay Leader is the Methodist Homes Board of Alabama and Northwest Florida. Serving on this Board is very rewarding and learning about the quality of the Methodist homes. Learning about the many programs they provide for their residents and how meaningful their service is to families, employees and to the many Methodists of the North Alabama Conference and the Alabama West Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church.</p>
<p> This month I am going to share a devotional I recently presented to the Lay Ministry meeting at Camp Sumatanga in March of 2014.</p>
<p> Now is the time for youth groups, Sunday school classes, small groups, mission groups, United Methodist Women’s Circles, Men’s groups, Emmaus Cluster groups and individuals to get busy to raise funds to satisfy our North Alabama Conference goal of one million dollars.</p>
