http://www.northalabamaumc.org/news_top.aspnothing provideden-usFri, 18 May 2012 06:00:00 ESTFri, 18 May 2012 06:00:00 ESThttp://www.northalabamaumc.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=1145http://www.northalabamaumc.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=1145 Has your youth group ever been an answer to prayer And might we be an answer to yours I was scheduled to meet with Ms. Howard* on Wednesday of last week to talk about whether she could be accepted into our painting program. She told me that she was so nervous about it that she had taken it to the altar of her church on Sunday. This house was important to her; her father had built it himself before she was born. Ms. Howard clearly qualified for the program. I told her that I hoped we cThu, 10 May 2012 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.northalabamaumc.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=1141http://www.northalabamaumc.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=1141 The 18-wheelers, pick-ups and automobiles number in the thousands speeding past Rainbow Cityrsquo;s most tranquil spot, drivers and passengers not realizing what they are missing. On West Grand Avenue (Highway 77), Christ Central Church is home to a prayer garden developed by a Girl Scout. Tall trees provide the shade for this area landscaped by Southside High School senior Kate Harwell, who was joined by family and friends to complete the ambitious undertaking. Kate is now a college Wed, 9 May 2012 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.northalabamaumc.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=1142http://www.northalabamaumc.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=1142 Reaching out into the community in ways that have never been done before has not been a deterrent for the congregation of the Julia Street Memorial UMC in Boaz. On April 22, 2012,Julia Street UMC hosted its first ever quot;Biker Sunday,quot; which was well received and attended by motorcyclists from all over north central Alabama. Members of two chapters of the Christian Motorcyclists Association participated and one shared his testimony about how his life had been changed since coming to knoTue, 8 May 2012 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.northalabamaumc.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=1144http://www.northalabamaumc.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=1144 The 2012 meeting of the United Methodist General Conference met April 24 to May 4, 2012, in Tampa, Florida. This top legislative body of the church, which meets once every four years, worked through legislation submitted by individual members, groups and organizations of the United Methodist Church to revise portions of The Book of Discipline and The Book of Resolutions. General Conference is the only entity that speaks for The United Methodist Church. During the opening worship service, Mon, 7 May 2012 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.northalabamaumc.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=1136http://www.northalabamaumc.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=1136 North Alabama Conference Cabinet Secretary Rev. Sherill Clontz announces that Bishop Willimon and the Cabinet have made the following clergy appointments. These appointments are in addition to appointments made in round one of the appointment making process and previously announced. These appointments, and any additional appointments yet to be made, will take effect in June 2012. DISTRICT CHARGE NOMINATION Tue, 1 May 2012 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.northalabamaumc.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=1140http://www.northalabamaumc.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=1140 Delegates relived some painful chapters in the lives of Native peoples during an April 27 ldquo;Act of Repentance toward Healing Relationships with Indigenous Peoples.rdquo; ldquo;Therersquo;s a lot of history that has been concealed; you have to go and dig it up,rdquo; said the Rev. George Tinker, a citizen of the Osage Nation and a professor at Iliff School of Theology in Denver. Tinker began that excavation by recalling the 1864 massacre at Sand Creek, where John Chivington, a MethSat, 28 Apr 2012 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.northalabamaumc.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=1138http://www.northalabamaumc.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=1138 Rev. Scott Ward is the pastor of Littleville UMC in the Northwest District, locatednorthwest of the Town ofHaleyville. Just 15 miles away, the town of Phil Campbell took a direct hit from an EF-5 tornado on April 27, 2011. On that dark day, Wardrsquo;s mother-in-law, Renee Berry, died during the storm. Two of Wardrsquo;s family members were injured. His sister-in-law, Amanda Johns, survived the tornado while five months pregnant. His brother-in-law sustained significant injuries as well. Sat, 28 Apr 2012 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.northalabamaumc.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=1137http://www.northalabamaumc.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=1137 April 27, 2011 is not a day I want to remember. I have struggled mightily for days now with what to write in this article. I want to forget. I want to pretend it never happened. I only had one tree in my house, was scared out of my wits by the sounds I endured, and thought I was going to die. How must people feel that lost loved ones Or those whose houses were ripped out from around them in just a matter of seconds Or those who were tossed about and somehow survived How must they feel about rFri, 27 Apr 2012 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.northalabamaumc.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=1139http://www.northalabamaumc.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=1139 For more than 270 years, the Methodist movement has expanded and grown in almost every part of the world, including in the regions outside the United States that United Methodists call central conferences. Recent growth is illustrated at the 2012 General Conference as, for the first time in the history of The United Methodist Church, more than 39 percent of the delegates are church members who live and worship in central conferences. To better understand this growth and how the denomiThu, 26 Apr 2012 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.northalabamaumc.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=1135http://www.northalabamaumc.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=1135 TAMPA, Fla. (UMNS) ndash;ndash; After a morning of major addresses and after a lengthy session establishing rules for legislative processes, delegates broke into 13 legislative committees to elect officers. After an afternoon of training, the officers will lead delegates in processing some 1,200 petitions before presentation to plenary sessions beginning Monday, April 30. In a session that took 90 minutes longer than the scheduled time allotted, delegates approved several changes in tWed, 25 Apr 2012 12:00:00 EST