Official Calendar

The Center for pastoral Effectiveness of the Rockies is beginning it's sixth series of the center for Nebraska at Nebraska Wesleyan University. Six three-day retreats scheduled over eighteen months. To register, e-mail Rev. Bill Selby at integrity4u@comcast.net For more information contact the Nebraska Representative, Kelly Karges at kjkarges@hotmail.com or visit http://pastoraleffectiveness.org

Please join the folks at Soul Desires in Omaha on Wednesday, July 23, for an exciting opportunity to meet a local, faith-based author working to eradicate global poverty and other social injustices! Come at any time for this meet and greet event.

Chris Heuertz, author of "Simple Spirituality: Learning to See God in a Broken World" and International Director of Word Made Flesh, will read from his new book and sign copies from 12-2 p.m. and 4-7 p.m.

Soul Desires in located in Omaha on 1026 Jackson Street. For more information about the store, call 402-898-4600 or 1-800-264-4249 or check out the Web site at http://www.soul-desires.com/.

At Midtown Holiday Inn, 2503 S Locust, in Grand Island
Cost: $45 Registration due July 6.
Registrar, Nancy Purinten, 44591 Rd 760, Overton 68863
308-987-2364

Mid-town Holiday Inn, 2503 S Locust, in Grand Island
Register by July 6 Registrar is Nancy Purintun, 44591 Rd 760, Overton 68863, 308-987-2364

All of August is Buy Fresh, Buy Local, Fair Trade Month in Nebraska United Methodist Churches. For ideas and more information, contact PJM, 402-455-4281 or email cawindrum@yahoo.com

Join us for an evening of food, fellowship and baseball at Faith and Family Night with the Lincoln Saltdogs
Come out Sunday, August 10 for the Saltdogs' Faith and Family Night at Haymarket Park when the Saltdogs take on the Saint Paul Saints at 6:05 p.m

The festivities will begin with a conference hosted, pre-game tailgate party to take place in the south parking lot of Haymarket Park, near the center boulevard at 4 p.m. All are encouraged to come and enjoy FREE hotdogs and soda. The evening will also feature music from the pop/rock/funk Christian group, "No Better Cause."

The conference is offering youth a free general admission ticket when they purchase one of the tickets for $5. This offer is eligible to groups, so youth groups are encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity. Youth ticket purchases of six or more may be made online by visiting http://www.umcneb.org and clicking on the online registration tab on the left of the page.

A Welcoming/installation celebration for Rev. Galen Wray who begins as the Blue River District Superintendent on July 1, 2008. This is open to everyone. Location to be announced later.

The annual Singer/Songwriter Retreat, August 14-17 at beautiful Mount Sequoyah is less than a month away. The retreat will feature eight workshops and showcase two concerts. Workshops available: Lyric Writing, God is in the Details; Thumbpicking: Then & Now; What Now; Song Form and Rhyme Schemes; Songwriting Outside the Box, Songwriting as a Spiritual Practice; Songwriting 101.

Choose to attend the entire weekend, individual workshops for $25 each or just attend the concerts. Early registration deadline is July 31.For details, choices and registration go to www.mountsequoyah.org or call 800-760-8126.

This years Nebraska United Methodist Men Summer Retreat, at Camp Comeca, will be extra special. In addition to our fellowship, prayer and service events; an opportunity will be presented to learn how to grow disciples and maybe even learn more about the spiritual needs of men like us. Keynote speaker is National Ministry Consultant with Man in the Mirror Jim Angelakos. This will likely be a retreat that you'll long remember!

Contact: Craig Nordaker at cnordaker@cox.net 402-453-6666

Conference Office closed for Labor Day

Welcome the Sojourner: Finding the Church's Voice on Immigration - September 11-13. Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas A gathering offered United Methodist leaders from across the South Central Jurisdiction to inform and challenge the church to respond faithfully and compassionately to the challenges of immigration. Speakers will include: Bishop Charles Crutchfield of Arkansas, Bishop Minerva Carcano, Bill Mefford of General Board of Church and Society, Mark Sills addressing the root causes of immigration, and Joan Maruskin author of "The Bible as an Immigration Handbook." Learn more and register now at www.umc-gbcs.org
or www.umc-gbcs.org/scjimmigration.
Fee is $50. For more info: Rev. Steve Copley 501-374-3811

September is "Open House Month", if today doesn't work, pick any Sunday to "Invite a Friend"

To be held at Norfolk Westridge UMC. Please mark your calendars for the fall district meetings to discuss the 2009 Conference Funding Plan. Financial stewardship resources and suggestions will be shared as well as the challenges faced by many churches and how congregations may overcome troubling times. Robin Kilgore, Conference Treasurer/Director of Administrative Services, will be available to answer questions and assist local church finance committees, pastors, and laypersons. More information will be shared at a later date. Please plan to attend.

Location to be announced. Please mark your calendars for the fall district meetings to discuss the 2009 Conference Funding Plan. Financial stewardship resources and suggestions will be shared as well as the challenges faced by many churches and how congregations may overcome troubling times. Robin Kilgore, Conference Treasurer/Director of Administrative Services, will be available to answer questions and assist local church finance committees, pastors, and laypersons. More information will be shared at a later date. Please plan to attend.

To be held at North Platte UMC, time to be announced later. Please mark your calendars for the fall district meetings to discuss the 2009 Conference Funding Plan. Financial stewardship resources and suggestions will be shared as well as the challenges faced by many churches and how congregations may overcome troubling times. Robin Kilgore, Conference Treasurer/Director of Administrative Services, will be available to answer questions and assist local church finance committees, pastors, and laypersons. More information will be shared at a later date. Please plan to attend.

To be held at Scottsbluff UMC, time to be announced later. Please mark your calendars for the fall district meetings to discuss the 2009 Conference Funding Plan. Financial stewardship resources and suggestions will be shared as well as the challenges faced by many churches and how congregations may overcome troubling times. Robin Kilgore, Conference Treasurer/Director of Administrative Services, will be available to answer questions and assist local church finance committees, pastors, and laypersons. More information will be shared at a later date. Please plan to attend.

Time and place to be announced later. Please mark your calendars for the fall district meetings to discuss the 2009 Conference Funding Plan. Financial stewardship resources and suggestions will be shared as well as the challenges faced by many churches and how congregations may overcome troubling times. Robin Kilgore, Conference Treasurer/Director of Administrative Services, will be available to answer questions and assist local church finance committees, pastors, and laypersons. More information will be shared at a later date. Please plan to attend.

To be held at St. Mark's UMC. Please mark your calendars for the fall district meetings to discuss the 2009 Conference Funding Plan. Financial stewardship resources and suggestions will be shared as well as the challenges faced by many churches and how congregations may overcome troubling times. Robin Kilgore, Conference Treasurer/Director of Administrative Services, will be available to answer questions and assist local church finance committees, pastors, and laypersons. More information will be shared at a later date. Please plan to attend.