The Bishop's Blog
7/19/2018
Sometimes I take a deep breath and appreciate what is happening across the Florida Conference.
The Bishop's Blog
6/26/2018
Who was the stranger who joined us when we sat down to break bread together at the Haywood Smokehouse?
The Bishop's Blog
4/30/2018
With some regularity, I receive communications—letters, links to blogs, statements—about what is wrong with the church. I'm not complaining here. I am asking us to shift our focus.
On the Move
4/16/2018
Enterprise, FL – The Madison Youth Ranch welcomes their new Administrator, Maurice Ware. Madison Youth Ranch is the north Florida campus of the Florida United Methodist Children’s Home. Mr. Ware has over 24 years of experience in education and residential youth services, including psychiatric care. His career has ranged from an assistant high school principal to the CEO of The Children’s Home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Mr. Ware has a Bachelor of Business Administration from Northwood ...
The Bishop's Blog
1/19/2018
The apostle Paul is writing to a divided church. There were divisions in the church, even in the first century. In this instance, the divisions were about the gifts of speaking in tongues (glossalia) and prophecy (prophetea). Some saw themselves as being more spiritual than others. Paul speaks into the context of the church in Corinth by using the framework of God’s gifts and grace.
On the Move
11/27/2017
The General Board of Higher Education and Ministry (GBHEM) recently announced that more than 2,500 students were awarded $5 million in financial assistance during 2017.
On the Move
11/21/2017
Gator Wesley and FSU Wesley are using their annual rivalry football game, taking place this year on Nov. 25, to help raise funds. In the past four years, the showdown has raised over $51,000.
On the Move
11/13/2017
The Florida United Methodist Children's Home recently broke ground on the Lamar Louise Curry Early Childhood Education Development Center. The new building is expected to be completed late next year.
The Bishop's Blog
10/25/2017
October 31, 2017, marks the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. The Reformation is one of the streams that flows into the Methodist way of being a Christian; another is the spiritual life of the Moravians, and, yet another, is the ordered life of the Anglicans. But this fall is a significant season for us in our family tree, one that has shaped our lives in profound ways. It points us to remember the Reformation of Martin Luther.
The Bishop's Blog
10/18/2017
This fall I have used a simple drawing of three circles to portray something of where we are as a church in the present moment. The three circles are covenant, justice and unity. Covenantal people greatly value the promises we have made to God and to each other in baptism, in ordination and in consecration. They seek greater public accountability when our covenants are broken. Those in a search for justice participate in a history that gives greater rights and offers God’s grace and blessings ...
The Florida Conference of The United Methodist Church
450 Martin L King Jr Ave
Lakeland, FL 33815
(863) 688-5563 or toll free (800) 282-8011