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OFFICE INFORMATION

D.S. Rev. James N. Pond indiana.ds@wpaumc.org

Cell # (724) 322-1718

Admin. Sherry Meterko indiana.office@wpaumc.org

Office # (814) 938-1742 Fax # (814) 938-6457

DATES (subject to change)

July 15 Move Parsonage Inspection due (leaving)

July 15 Quick Reference Form due (newly-appointed)

July 16 Regional Pastors Breakfast Punxsy Gimmick’s

July 16 1on1’s District Office 8:00

July 17 New Pastor Luncheon District Office

July 21 Regional Pastors Breakfast Kittanning Tina’s Log Cabin 11:30

July 21 1on1’s Kittanning First 8:00

Aug 1 LP North Mentoring Group Stanton

Aug 16 “Greg Logins & Revival” Concert @ Clarion Hotel DuBois 7:00

Aug 24 Lay Servant Ministry School through Sept. 28th Reynoldsville 7:00

Aug 26 Finance Office 2:30

Aug 26 Super, Trustee, Building & Location District Parsonage 10:00

Indiana District Weekly Newsletter 7/15/14

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Sept 4 Ramp Office 6:30

Sept 6 dCOM Punxsy First 10:00

Sept 7 CC @ Black Lick Charge Hopewell 8:30

Sept 7-9 Disability Retreat Olmstead Manor 7:00

Sept 14 CC @ Valier Charge Valier

Sept 14 CC @ Albion Albion 10:00

Sept 14 Council Reynoldsville 2:00

Sept 16 CC @ Blairsville Blairsville 5:00

Sept 17 CC @ Brookville First First 7:00

Sept 18 Ministers Chorus Brush Valley 7:00

Sept 21 CC @ Cloe Charge Cloe 7:00

Sept 28 CC @ Punxsutawney Cross Town Grace 9:00

Sept 28 CC @ Kiski Charge New Beginnings 10:00

Sept 30 CC Cluster A Indiana Trinity 7:00

NEW NEWS

All Your Paperwork For The Year

Click the following link to get to the page http://www.wpaumc.org/annualforms …or you can go to

www.wpaumc.org then click on Districts and then Required Annual Forms for Clergy and

Churches .

Get Your Leaders In Focus!

In the past few months, the Conference has launched a new publication for local church leaders.

It’s called In Focus and is mailed to the addresses provided for your church leaders through your

church dashboard. To be sure the names and addresses for your church are up-to-date and

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correct, log in to your dashboard at tools.wpaumc.org/churchdashboard/login

Past InFocus issues wpaumc.org/infocus

Bahamas WPA Young Adult Vim Team

You heard about it here first! Travel dates are January 4-11, 2015

This team is open to all young adults (age 18-36) in western PA.

HOST: BAHAMAS METHODIST HABITAT

TEAM LEADER: STEPHANIE GOTTSCHALK

ESTIMATED COST: $1400 WPA VIM team application and $100 deposit due by October 1st.

JULY

July 16th 1on1 Schedule

District Office 10:30 am Doug Dyson

11:00 am Tom Topar

11:30 am Joel Fugate

12:00 pm Ken Duffee

12:30 pm Dennis Howard

1:00 pm Paul Ritchey

1:30 pm Butch Brunner

2:00 pm Mark Blair

2:30 pm

3:00 pm Jim Smith

Aldersgate Renewal Conference

Aldersgate 2014, a family friendly conference for United Methodists, will be held in Springfield,

IL July 17-20. This year's theme is FREEDOM! Get details and register at aldersgate2014.org

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Summer Open House

July 17 - Learn more about how MTSO can lead you to a rewarding and meaningful career. Join

us for our Open House at 10am on July 17.

Meet with MTSO staff who can aid you in the admissions and scholarship applications.

See how our Connections Program is convenient without compromising our academic

standards.

We are currently accepting scholarship applications.

Learn more about Seminary Hill Farm - a place of theology, ecology and good food for all.

RSVP Today: Call us at 800-333-6876 or email us at admissions@mtso.edu to RSVP Today.

Mission Trip

Youngsville Evangelical and First UM Churches will be taking a Summer Volunteer In Mission

trip to Upshur County WV and are opening up the trip to others on the district and conference.

Cost is $400.00 per person which covers lodging, meals and transportation. The trip will take

place July 20 – 26. We will be working with Upshur Cooperative Parish located in Buckhannon,

WV. We will be staying at West Virginia Wesleyan College and working in rural areas of the

county doing home repairs and in various other ministries of the Cooperative Parish. To learn

more about their ministry visit them at their website http://upshurparishhouse.org/ . If you would

like to part of the trip contact Pastor Rick Nelson at 814-563-4351 or email rick@nelsonrb.net or

fill out the attached application and email of mal to him at 26 Second Street, Youngsville, PA

16371.

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July 21st 1on1 Schedule

Kittanning First 10:30 am Ali Berkey

11:00 am Wade Berkey

11:30 am Sandy McKee

12:00 pm Hawk

1:00 pm Deb Marshall

1:30 pm Sara Wrona

2:00 pm Ernie DeLuca

2:30 pm John Mize

3:00 pm Craig Lindahl

3:30 pm Tom Budner

4:00 pm John & Bonnie King

Habitats for Cherry Run

Opportunities exist for volunteers willing to maintain and update Cherry Run Camp with repairs

and improvements. Volunteers will meet at the camp to work on a variety of projects at a variety

of skill levels. The work will be going on all day. Come when you can and leave when you need to.

Volunteers of all skill levels and experience are encouraged to come. Food will be provided.

July 21 thru July 26 Saturday, September 6

Monday, August 4 Saturday, October 18

Um Night At PNC Park

Order your tickets now to see Pittsburgh Pirates tickets play the LA Dodgers on United

Methodist Night at PNC Park. It’s Mon, July 21, but Pirate tickets are selling fast! Get details.

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KAIROS, a Christian Lay non-denominational Prison Ministry, has been given the permission to

begin ministry at Forest Correctional Institution in Marienville, PA. Forest CI has 2300 inmates

with the second average youngest age in the state of Pennsylvania.

God is at work - For this ministry to begin requires that God’s people say yes in answer to the call

to share the love and forgiveness of Christ to the incarcerated.

The KAIROS Program trains a team of volunteers which can include both men and women. The

men will enter the men’s prison to present a 3½ day weekend program of talks, mediations,

music, listening and loving to a group of chosen residents; a Christian community will start to

form. The KAIROS ministry continues to be there to fan that flame.

For more information: Taking Christ to Prison.doc

Are you curious? You are invited to attend a free informational Pasta/Salad Dinner offered at

two locations. You will learn about the ministry and hear testimonies of ex-offenders brought to

Christ thru KAIROS programs. No reservations necessary for the dinner, family members

welcome. You can also visit the website: www.KPMI.org.

Brookville Evangelical Methodist Church

30 White Street

Brookville, PA 15825

Wednesday, July 23rd 5:30-7:30pm

Tabor Lutheran Church

200 Dawson St.

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Kane, PA 16735

Thursday, July 24th 5:30-7:30pm

KAIROS Prison Ministry International, Inc. (KPMI)

Changing Hearts…Transforming Lives…Impacting The World

Music And Craft Person(S) Needed For The Children's Program

The 2014 Cherry Run Camp Meeting - Saturday, July 26, 2014 through Sunday, August 3.

Persons interested in doing Children's music, Children's crafts or both may contact Brenda

Russell, Children’s Coordinator at 724-601-2409 or corbenbrendapearl@yahoo.com

Information about the Camp Meeting is available at

http://www.cherryruncamp.org/doc/brochure2014lite.pdf.

Cherry Run Camp

2855 Cherry Run Road

Rimersburg, PA 16248

2014 Cherry Run Camp

Saturday, July 26 through Sunday, August 3

A Christ-centered Camp for the Entire Family!

Programs for Children, Youth, Young Adults and Adults

Evangelists: Dr. Allan and Beth Coppedge & Dr. Larry Nicols

Missionaries: Dan and Katy Beth Searls Music Evangelists: Sam and Pam Van Horn

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Young Adult Program: Mary Jane Sauder Youth Program: Rev. Brett Dinger

Children's Program: Brenda Russell

Register by June 30, 2014 and save!

Back by popular demand: Barbecue Chicken Dinner Sunday evening, August 3rd

Information, schedule of events and the registration form are included in the attached

brochure.www.cherryruncamp.org Facebook: www.facebook.com/cherryruncamp

Algonquin Canoe Trip

July 28-August 6, 2014 It’s more than just a challenge, more than just an adventure. For more

information or to register, go to www.wpaumc.org/camping.

AUGUST

Residential Licensing School

The 2014 Residential Licensing School is scheduled for August 3-13 at Olmsted Manor Retreat

Center in Ludlow, PA. Download the application with details.

The Race:

Strategies for Relevant, Authentic, Christ-centered Engagement with the World

A School of Congregational Development Event

Thursday, August 14 – Sunday, August 17, 2014

Matthews United Methodist Church, Charlotte, NC28105

Registration and Details at www.scdumc.com

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School of Congregational Development 2014 Gathering Thursday

Sunday, August 14-17 sponsored by the United Methodist boards of Discipleship and Global

Ministries at Matthews United Methodist Church, 801 S Trade Street, Matthews, N.C. $425.

Deadline to register: Tuesday, July 15 Details

Wanna Go with Us??

The First UMC in Reynoldsville is currently trying to find out if there are enough women

interested in attending the Women of Faith Conference in Rochester, NY on August 15 & 16 for

us to get a group together to go.

If you are interested, please call the church office at 653-8593. This group will not be limited to

our church, so please ask your friends, also!

‘Franklin Graham’ To Hold Pittsburgh Revival

Aug 15-17th

The Rev. Franklin Graham, the son, namesake and ministry heir to legendary evangelist Billy

Graham, gathered with several hundred Pittsburgh-area pastors and others recently to formally

launch the countdown to a three-day revival here in August. Details are to be announced. Rev.

Graham is scheduled to preach Aug. 15-17 at what's being called the Three Rivers Festival of

Hope, organized by an array of Protestant and Catholic churches, at the CONSOL Energy

Center. The center has a capacity of more than 19,000, depending on seating and staging

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configuration.

Developing Healthy Clergy & Congregations Conference

August 19-21, 2014

Discovery UMC, Richmond, VA - This conference will provide training on how to handle conflict

and become a more healthy church. Healthy Clergy & Congregations

Autism Family Retreat

Jumonville Aug 22-24th

Mark your calendars for the Autism Family Retreat on Fri-Sun, Aug 22-24 to be held at

Jumonville Camp and Conference Center. For more information, call 724-439-4912.

September

2014 Charge Conferences

Cluster Charge Conferences 6:00pm PPR Meeting

7:00pm Charge Conference

Tuesday, 9/30 Indiana Trinity Cluster A Brush Valley Community, Indiana: Trinity, Mt. Tabor, New Florence,

Robinson: Evangelical, Torrance

Tuesday, 10/7 DuBois First Cluster B Dubois; First, Hickory/Sabula, Penfield, Pleasant Valley, Reynoldsville

Tuesday 10/28 Ringgold Cluster C

Dayton, Juneau, Marchand, Ramsaytown/Coolspring, Ringgold, Summerville, Templeton/Kellersburg/Widnoon, Timblin

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Individual Charge Conferences The PPR meets an hour prior to the Charge Conference

September October November 7th Sunday 10:00am – Black Lick (hw) 1st Wednesday 7:00pm –Brockway (m) 2nd Sunday 10:00am – Mahaffey (m)

14th Sunday 10:00am – Valier (v) 2nd Thursday 7:00pm – Punxsy First 2nd Sunday 2:00pm –Faithful Followers(pb) 14th Sunday 2:00pm - Albion 5th Sunday 9:00am – Emerickville 4th Tuesday 7:00pm – Luthersburg (l) 16th Tuesday 7:00pm – Blairsville 5th Sunday 5:00pm – Bellview (s) 5th Wednesday 7:00pm – Homer City 17th Wednesday 7:00pm – Bkv: First 8th Wednesday 7:00pm – UMC4C (e) 9th Sunday 10:00am – Sykesville (s) 21st Sunday 9:00am – Cloe (c) 15th Wednesday 7:00pm – Bkv Evan 9th Sunday 5:00pm – Good Shepherd (h) 28th Sunday 10:00am – Crosstown (g) 16th Thursday 7:00pm – Purchase Line 12th Wednesday 7:00pm – Sherrett (s) 28th Sunday 7:00pm – Kiski (nb) 19th Sunday 11:00am – Kittanning 1st 13th Thursday 7:00pm – Clymer (t) 19th Sunday 2:00pm – All. River (fc) 16th Sunday 9:00am – Creekside 23rd Thursday 7:00pm – DuB: Trinity 16th Sunday 2:00pm – Grampian (sp) 29th Wednesday 7:00pm – Mt. Zion 18th Tuesday 7:00pm – Ind: Grace 30th Thursday 7:00pm – Lakeside 19th Wednesday 7:00pm – Marion Center 20th Thursday 7:00pm – Sigel (z)

Foundations of Faith Community Nursing 2014 Fall Course

Fridays and Saturdays, September 5, 6, 19, 20 and October 3,4, 2014 at Glenwood United

Methodist Church, 2931 Myrtle Street, Erie, PA 16508 (Corner of Peach and Myrtle Streets.

Parking off of Myrtle Street) FCN 2014 Erie Course Brochure.pdf

For information or to request an application, please contact:

Diann C. Cooper, MSN, RN, BC

Villa Maria School of Nursing

Gannon University

109 University Square

Erie, Pa 16541

814-871-5466

cooper019@gannon.edu

Registration Fee

$300 for 6 Day Course

Fee includes materials & 38.3 CE hours

Must attend all 6 days

Course size is limited *apply early!

Application/ Registration Deadline:

August 11th, 2014

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Annual Retreat for Persons Affected by Disability

Sunday, September 7 before supper (at 5:30 PM) through Tuesday, September 9, 2014 after

lunch (which is served at 12:15 PM) at Olmsted Manor in Ludlow, PA. We will explore

Inspirations from the Past via first-person presentations of Biblical characters. In addition, we

will watch and discuss Amish Grace. The cost for 2 nights (double occupancy) and 6 meals is

$131.00.

Churches are encouraged to reach out to those in their communities who are affected by

disability. These people may need financial assistance, help with transportation, or help of some

other sort. There are (very limited) scholarships available, and some participants require

caregivers (who must also be paid for), so support from local churches is vital.

For more information, call Rev. Bonnie T.F. King 814.341.4119 or e-mail

johnbonnieking@verizon.net.

Lay Servant News:

There are still spaces open in the other three courses for lay servants working towards the lay

speaker certification:

Life Together in the UM Connection (September 8-23)

Living Our UM Beliefs (September 8-23)

Other Lay Servant Ministry courses are available this summer,

http://beadisciple.com/layservantministries.html

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“Too Amazing to Keep to Yourself”

Finding Your Personal Faith-Sharing Style

Sharing Christ with your friends …and keeping them as friends

There are 4 different REGIONAL SCHOOLS of EVANGELISM

with two keynote messages and six break-out sessions each.

Sponsored By: WPA UMC Evangelism Team

TIME: 9:30am – 3:30pm

COST: Early Bird Rate: $10/person June/July Regular: $20/person$10/students

Registration includes: Snacks/lunch, book: “Too Amazing to Keep to Yourself” & an evangelism

styles survey.

.5CEU’s

School of Evangelism 1:

Sept 13 Good Shepherd UMC 9870 Rte 36 N., Leeper, PA (Kane District)

Keynote: Rev Chris Kindle (WPAUMC conference staff)

Keynote: Ken Wilson (Member of Harmony-Zelienople UMC Author of “To Amazing to Keep

to Yourself.”

2 sets of 6 breakouts after lunch

School of Evangelism 2:

Oct 11 Saegertown UMC 620 Euclid Ave, Saegertown, PA (Erie/Meadville District)

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Keynote: Rev Bob Trask (Pastor Brockway Charge, Chair Indiana District Evangelism

Committee)

Keynote: Ken Wilson (Member of Harmony-Zelienople UMC Author of “To Amazing to Keep

to Yourself.”

2 sets of 6 breakouts after lunch

School of Evangelism 3:

Oct 25 Concord UMC 285 Concord Church Road, Beaver Falls, PA (Butler District)

Keynote: Bishop Bickerton (WPAUMC Bishop)

Keynote: Ken Wilson (Member of Harmony-Zelienople UMC Author of “To Amazing to Keep

to Yourself.”

2 sets of 6 breakouts after lunch

School of Evangelism 4:

Nov 15 Grace UMC 320 Felgar Road, Somerset, (Connellsville District)

Keynote: Rev Bill Blair (District Superintendent, Connellsville District)

Keynote: Ken Wilson (Member of Harmony-Zelienople UMC Author of “To Amazing to Keep

to Yourself.”

2 sets of 6 breakouts after lunch

Speak Less, Listen More: A mostly Silent Retreat

September 21-23, 2014 at Olmsted Manor, 17 E. Main Street, Ludlow, PA 16333.

October 12-14, 2014 at Jumonville, 887 Jumonville Rd, Hopwood, PA 15445.

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November 2-4, 2014 at Camp Allegheny, 100 Camp Allegheny, Stoystown, Pa. 15563.

Details to come. Email Chris Kindle chris.kindle@wpaumc.org

Webinar

Stewardship: Show Me the Mission!

Thursday, September 25, 2014

Webinar - Stories that Motivate Generosity. 6:30 – 7:30 pm, Central Daylight Time. Some people

can look at a spreadsheet and get all the motivation they need to dig deeper and give more

generously. The rest of us want to hear a story: a mission story that explains how our giving makes

a difference. If your church has not been telling the mission stories of how lives are changed,

you’ll want to make sure that someone sits in on this webinar!

Presenters: Ken Sloane ksloane@gbod.org Register for Webinar

Conference Wide Lay-Academy Gathering

September 26-27, 2014. Details to come. Email conferencelayleader@wpaumc.org

United Methodist Rural Advocates Legislative Consultation

September 30 - October 3, 2014 in Portland, Oregon for lay and clergy committed to rural/town &

country ministry. See page 13 for information and the registration form. Early Registration

(without payment) by June 23, 2014, to show interest. Registration deadline and payment due

date is August 23, 2014! Questions? Contact Rev. Peggy Paige - mapaige49@yahoo.com /906-

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221-7677 or Rev. Sharon Schwab - umhelp@wpaumc.org /814-558-4973.

OCTOBER

Clergy Pre-Retirement Seminar

Wednesday-Thursday, October 1-2, 2014: clergy pre-retirement seminar at the Pittsburgh

Marriott in Cranberry Twp. Details to be announced.

Missionaries Coming to WPA

Gail and Stephen Quigg will be in our annual conference October 5-15, 2014 and available to

speak to interested groups and churches. The Quiggs are appointed through GBGM to UM

aviation ministries. After 20 years of service in Africa, Gail and Steve are now based in the United

States and travel widely in support of aviation ministries around the world. Learn more online or

contact Rev. Ken Haines (814-842-3857) to get on their schedule.

Leadership Conference

October 19-21, 2014

FUMC Arlington, TX

This conference will provide information in all areas of leadership from planning,

Finances, management, staffing, evangelism and effective leadership.

More details coming soon!

Wesleyan Leadership Conference 2014

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The October 23-25, 2014 Wesleyan Leadership Conference

will be a formational experience for lay and clergy leaders

that reconnects them with baptismal living, with the

practices of prayer and listening to Scripture, with font and

Table, and with our rich Wesleyan heritage of discipling people to Jesus Christ and sending them

out in ministry in his name and power.

When: Thursday, October 23, 2014 - Saturday, October 25, 2014

Where: General Board of Discipleship, 1908 Grand Ave., Nashville, Tennessee 37212 Phone:

615-340-7141

Leaders: Steve Manskar, Melanie Gordon, Taylor Burton-Edwards, Jodi Cataldo, Tom Albin,

Tim Bias, Michael Bell Click here to Register.

Clergy Spouse Retreat

October 24-25 East Ohio Western Pennsylvania clergy spouse retreat… Returns to Twinsburg,

OH Hilton Garden Inn & Conference Center – Final details to come. 2014 Clergy Spouse Save

the Date.doc

NOVEMBER

Rev. Paul Morris To Lead Group To The Holy Land

On November 10, the group will depart on a ten day trip to the Holy Land. Dr. Morris is a

retired pastor living in Homer City. The journey will include touring of Galilee, Nazareth, the

Mount of Olives, Jerusalem, the Garden Tomb and much more.

The travel/study program has been arranged by Educational Opportunities, a Christian tour

company whose main objective is to provide pastors and laity affordable, first class learning

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experiences in the Lands of the Bible. The tour will provide sightseeing, daily devotions and

informative lectures. The cost of the pilgrimage is an all-inclusive price of $3,346.00 from

Pittsburgh, Pa. For more information contact Dr. Morris at 814-241-1323.

If you would like a brochure or more information about the trip contact Rev. Morris by phone

or e mail him at georgiadar@comcast.net

2014 Tour The Lands of the Bible with Bishop Thomas Bickerton

Holy Land: The Lands of the Bible, Then and Now!

2014 Tour with Bishop Thomas Bickerton & the Western Pennsylvania United Methodists

November 12 - 21, 2014 Rev. Tom Carr is leading a group on this once-in-a-lifetime trip to the

Holy Land in November.

The 10 day basic trip includes visits to Bethlehem, Jericho and the Jordan River Baptismal Site

at Qasr el Yehud, Qumran, the Dead Sea, Tabgha, Capernaum, the Sea of Galilee, the Mount of

Beatitudes, Tiberias, Cana, Nazareth, Ibillin, Haifa and Jerusalem. While in Jerusalem for 3 days,

we will visit numerous sites, concluding with a celebration of communion at the Garden Tomb.

The all-inclusive price is $3198 from Pittsburgh.

There will be an information meeting about this Holy Land trip on Saturday, March 29th at 10

AM at First UMC in Reynoldsville in Thornton Hall. You may attend this meeting without

making a commitment to the trip, but there will be the opportunity to register for those who

desire so to do.

If you would like more information or a brochure, please contact Tom at 814-653-8593 (office)

or 412-600-7375 (cell), by email at revtomcarr@gmail.com, or by US Postal mail at 506 Jackson

Street, Reynoldsville, PA 15851

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This trip is organized by Educational Opportunities Tours, with over 40 years of service and

experience.

JANUARY

SPARK: January 9-11, 2015

About 500 youth and their leaders attended SPARK last weekend in Pittsburgh. At least 200

came forward to commit to Christ. Read more and see photos.

BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEK

16 Pastor Joel Fugate

20 Mark Schanely

ANNIVERSARIES THIS WEEK

20 Pastor Craig & Cyndy Lindahl