March 01, 2011
Bishop James King has released the projected appointments of six new District Superintendents. They will begin serving in their new appointments following June’s Annual Conference session. Rev. Henry Bass will become the Valdosta District Superintendent, Rev. Mike Huling will be assigned as the Savannah District Superintendent, Rev. Thomas Martin, III will serve as Macon District Superintendent, Dr. Wayne Moseley will become the Americus District Superintendent, Rev. Benjy Varnell will be ...
February 26, 2011
Nearly 900 clergy, laity and youth from across the South Georgia Conference recently gathered in Macon for the inaugural Disciple Covenant Conference, held February 11-12. Held at the Macon Centreplex, the event was designed to help individuals and teams develop plans for disciple formation. “I expect every United Methodist – everyone who says they believe in God – to develop a disciple plan for themselves and for their team or congregation,” said South Georgia resident Bishop James R. King, ...
February 20, 2011
Savannah is known for moss-draped Live Oaks, slow Southern drawls and mysteries like “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil” and “The Legend of Bagger Vance.” Retired United Methodist pastor Rev. W. Hamp Watson, Jr’s., latest book, “Experiencing Ineffable Mystery,” tells the story of an even greater mystery – the mystery of God. The English translation of Dr. Albert Schweitzer’s “The Quest of the Historical Jesus” was published in 1910, but the pursuit to try to understand this enigmatic ...
February 16, 2011
What started on Thanksgiving Day, 2003, with just a handful of people has grown into a ministry that serves more than 300 people each week. Every Thursday afternoon, volunteers with Richmond Hill United Methodist Church’s Food for the Soul ministry deliver more than 300 hot meals to needy Richmond Hill residents. Similar to the well-known “Meals on Wheels” program, Food for the Soul provides a hot meal to anyone who requests one – no questions asked. Begun as a traditional soup kitchen, ...
February 16, 2011
As a connectional church, the United Methodist Church is one without borders, an interlocking system of worldwide churches bound together with a common mission – to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. During a recent trip to Uganda, five individuals from the South Georgia Annual Conference helped strengthen that connection between their conference and the East Africa Annual (regional) Conference. Revs. Christy Bandy, Earl James, Doreen Smalls, Denise Walton and ...
