http://www.inumc.org/newsnothing provideden-usSun, 26 May 2013 21:26:00 ESTSun, 26 May 2013 21:26:00 ESThttp://www.inumc.org/news/detail/3080http://www.inumc.org/news/detail/3080The Indiana Annual Conference Session will begin in 14 days at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis ANNUAL CONFERENCE SESSION ONLINE REGISTRATION CLOSES THIS THURSDAY, MAY 23 AT 11:59 PM There will be limited registration at the Annual Conference Session June 6-8 in Indianapolis; however, there will be no availability to conference event meals and workshops. Those require online registration. Click here to register online. Please note: Online registration will close on Thursday, May Wed, 22 May 2013 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.inumc.org/news/detail/3078http://www.inumc.org/news/detail/3078Oklahoma Conference asks collaborative response OKLAHOMA CITY (UMNS) --ldquo;I know you are seeing and hearing news reports about the devastation and want to assist. hellip; Do not self-deploy. Best practices in times of crises call for a collaborative response, so people who can help are directed to where that help and those skills are most needed and will be most effective,rdquo; wrote the Rev. Richard Norman, disaster response coordinator for the Oklahoma Conference. The confirmed death tollTue, 21 May 2013 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.inumc.org/news/detail/3079http://www.inumc.org/news/detail/3079Tue, 21 May 2013 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.inumc.org/news/detail/3077http://www.inumc.org/news/detail/3077 #inac13 TODAY IS THE DEADLINE DATE FOR DISCOUNTED HOTEL RATES. Click on Annual Conference housing for reservations. Indiana Annual Conference Session registration is approaching The 2013 Annual Conference Session is coming soon, June 6-8. If you havenrsquo;t registered, please take time at your earliest convenience to go online and register at www.inumc.org/ac13.Workshops and meals are begWed, 15 May 2013 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.inumc.org/news/detail/3076http://www.inumc.org/news/detail/3076West District Furniture For Sale! Contact Katie Swisher by e-mail or by telephone (765-276-4797) for information or to make an offer. Click here to download this listing as a PDF. Mon, 13 May 2013 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.inumc.org/news/detail/3074http://www.inumc.org/news/detail/3074The Indiana Annual Conference Session begins in 29 days www.inumc.org/ac13. Annual Conference Session reports now online The 2013 Indiana Annual Conference Session reports are now on the conference website and being mailed in CD form to clergy and lay members of the Annual Conference. Plenty of hotel rooms still available, discounted rates close next Wednesday, May 15 The Annual Conference housing reservation site closes a week from today, Wednesday, May 15. There are plenty of hotel rooms Tue, 7 May 2013 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.inumc.org/news/detail/3035http://www.inumc.org/news/detail/3035Plan now for the Power and Praise Night Out with the Indiana Fever WNBA Basketball Team (updated) INDIANAPOLIS ndash; The WNBA Champions Indiana Fever are playing Saturday, June 8 at 3:30 p.m. at Bankerrsquo;s Life Fieldhouse in downtown Indianapolis against the Phoenix Mercury and first-round draft pick Brittany Griner. The Africa University choir plans to sing at the Fieldhouse following the game. Tickets to the game are $20 each and include: A free T-shirt, Hot dog, chips, soda, Wed, 1 May 2013 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.inumc.org/news/detail/3033http://www.inumc.org/news/detail/3033Indiana Conference board recommends changes to retiree health funding INDIANAPOLIS ndash; The Indiana Conference Board of Pension and Health Benefits has received the report of the conferencersquo;s Retiree Health Funding Task Force and will be making related recommendations to the 2013 Indiana Annual Conference Session meeting June 6-8 in Indianapolis. The task force was created by the 2012 Indiana Annual Conference in response to reductions in funding of its Retiree Subsidy by the Annual ConWed, 24 Apr 2013 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.inumc.org/news/detail/3032http://www.inumc.org/news/detail/3032INDIANAPOLIS ndash; Indiana Bishop Mike Coyner announces the appointment of the Rev. Dr. Doug Anderson to serve as the Transitional Senior Pastor of Sonrise United Methodist Church in Fort Wayne, effective July 1. The title ldquo;Transitional Senior Pastorrdquo; reflects a unique design for providing senior leadership for the Sonrise UMC in its three campuses for the next two to three years, following the death this past November of founding pastor, the Rev. Dr. Stan Buck. Anderson, who will ofFri, 19 Apr 2013 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.inumc.org/news/detail/3031http://www.inumc.org/news/detail/3031Indiana Conference and Community Prayer Breakfast on Saturday to feature Senator Lugar All Hoosier United Methodists and guests are invited to the Indiana Conference and Community Prayer Breakfast Saturday, June 8 from 8 to 9 a.m. at the Indiana Convention Center, 100 South Capitol at Georgia Street in downtown Indianapolis. Following the theme of the 2013 Annual Conference, ldquo;Be a World Changer,rdquo; the prayer breakfast will focus on how changing the world begins with prayer. Bishop MikeThu, 18 Apr 2013 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.inumc.org/news/detail/3030http://www.inumc.org/news/detail/3030Numerous resources are available from the United Methodist General Board of Discipleship to help congregations deal with the aftermath following the bombings at the Boston Marathon on Monday. The resources include: Articles on how to deal with trauma, including how talk with children about the events in Boston, Listing of hymns and songs in response to terrorism from The United Methodist Hymnal and other church songbook, Appropriate calls to worship, Music for an offertoryTue, 16 Apr 2013 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.inumc.org/news/detail/3028http://www.inumc.org/news/detail/3028Rev. Sue Nilson Kibbey, author of Ultimately Responsible: When You Are in Charge of Igniting a Ministry. Kibbey will be the keynote speaker for Stepping Into Leadership, Saturday, April 20 from 5 to 8 p.m. at Silver Heights Retreat in New Albany, Ind. If you are a leader and want to know how to identify more leadershellip; If you have struggled to set leaders up for success in a changing worldhellip; If you want to be encouraged Please consider joining usSaturday, April 20, iMon, 15 Apr 2013 12:00:00 EST