Methodist Children’s Home Work Day Offering – Sept. 20
Every local church in South Georgia is encouraged to receive a special Work Day Offering to support the ministry of The Methodist Home for Children and Youth. The Work Day Offering for the Methodist Home is a tradition from the 1900s, a time when people, mostly farmers, donated the equivalent of one day’s wages to the Methodist Home. Sometimes they would load a freight car with cotton or peanuts and send it to Macon. Today folks just use a calculator. The amount of the work day offering can be calculated quite simply: Divide your annual income by 365 (farmers didn’t take vacation days.) For example, if a person made $60,000 a year, it would be $60,000 divided by 365 = $164. Whether you give cotton or a check, be assured that your gift will bring hope and a new lease on life to the more than 400 children and families they serve every day. To learn more about this incredible ministry of our conference visit
www.themethodisthome.org.
World Communion Day – Oct. 4
World Communion Sunday is one of the six churchwide Special Sundays of The United Methodist Church. Our church is at its best when we reach out to sisters and brothers in need. World Communion Sunday calls the church to reach out to all people and model diversity among God’s children. United Methodists relate to
World Communion Sunday by celebrating communion with other Christians around the world on this special Sunday. Churches are also encouraged to receive an offering to support scholarships for ethnic undergraduate and graduate students. Our gifts often enable first-generation students to attend college.
Advanced Lay Servant Training, via Zoom – Oct. 6, Oct. 8, Oct. 13, & Oct. 15
Lay Servant training is designed to educate those persons interested in stretching their faith to participate more fully in the ministries of the church. They have three main areas of focus: Leading, Caring, and Communicating. The advanced class, based on Cokesbury’s book, “Each One a Minister,” by William Carter, is a study of the book of Ephesians and what it teaches about how we are called to use our spiritual gifts. Registration fee for the class is $25. (Note: Basic Lay Speaking class must be completed before taking Advanced Class.) Attendance in all four classes is required for certification. Contact Anne Bosarge for more information.
anne@thechapelministries.com.
Basic Lay Servant Ministry Training, Vidalia First UMC – Oct. 9-10
Lay Servant training is designed to educate those persons interested in stretching their faith to participate more fully in the ministries of the church. They have three main areas of focus: Leading, Caring, and Communicating. The basic class is based on Cokesbury’s book, “Lay Servant Ministries Basic Course,” which teaches a basic understanding of ministry in the United Methodist Tradition. Registration fee for the class is $25. This fee covers all materials and lunch on Saturday. (Note: Basic Lay Speaking class must be completed before taking Advanced Class.) For more information, contact Anne Bosarge,
anne@thechapelministries.com.
Basic Lay Servant Ministry Training, College Place UMC, Brunswick – Oct. 16-17
Lay Servant training is designed to educate those persons interested in stretching their faith to participate more fully in the ministries of the church. They have three main areas of focus: Leading, Caring, and Communicating. The basic class is based on Cokesbury’s book, “Lay Servant Ministries Basic Course,” which teaches a basic understanding of ministry in the United Methodist Tradition. Registration fee for the class is $25. This fee covers all materials and lunch on Saturday. (Note: Basic Lay Speaking class must be completed before taking Advanced Class.) For more information, contact Anne Bosarge,
anne@thechapelministries.com.
Advanced Lay Servant Ministry, Vidalia First UMC – Oct. 23-24
Lay Servant training is designed to educate those persons interested in stretching their faith to participate more fully in the ministries of the church. They have three main areas of focus: Leading, Caring, and Communicating. The advanced class, based on Cokesbury’s book, “Each One a Minister,” by William Carter, is a study of the book of Ephesians and what it teaches about how we are called to use our spiritual gifts. Registration fee for the class is $25. (Note: Basic Lay Speaking class must be completed before taking Advanced Class.) Attendance in all four classes is required for certification. Contact Anne Bosarge for more information.
anne@thechapelministries.com.
