Campers assemble, deliver flood buckets
Kaylieanna Sanders (left) and Victoria Jenkins deliver a flood bucket to the United Methodist Center in San Antonio July 12. Children at The Rock UMC, Cedar Park, assembled four flood buckets during their “Ramp Up for Christ” mission camp. The Southwest Texas Conference issued a call for buckets filled with cleaning supplies in early July. Flooding had affected areas in Burnet, Starr and Victoria counties. Additional flooding was reported mid month in Bandera, Guadalupe, Lampasas, Medina, Karnes, Kerr, Uvalde and Wilson counties as well as the Rio Grande Valley. More than 40 buckets had been dropped off at the United Methodist Center as of July 20.

 

 

Southwest Texas news
> Summer Bible classes bring in youngsters
> Urban ministry academy to help UMs reach cities
> Urban mission camp lets teens work with homeless
> Bishops Week looks at UM ministry with younger generations
> 2 churches earn, 2 renew welcoming-congregation status
> Mismatched tiles transform entrance to UM church
> Church camps teach young about faith
> Other news

McAllen District news
> Shalom Zone promotes peace with God, self
> El Mesias UMC: A tale of two churches
> First UMC, Port Isabel, plans first VBS in 7 years
> Vacation travels prove ‘there is no place like home’ for encouragement, training
> From church to church, amen!
> District calendar

Corpus Christi news
> Vacation Bible School brings hundreds of children to church, changes lives
> Sin of cynicism may keep young adults from participating in life of our churches
> Early Response Team training slated for Aug. 11 at Grace UMC
> District events offer refreshing time to interact
> District happenings
> District calendar

Across the denomination
> Vatican statement says nothing new
> Methodist-Anglican agreement hits ‘bumpy patch’
> 6,200 attend quadrennial UM global youth gathering

Commentary
> John 14:6 doesn’t limit God’s ways to offer salvation
> God keeps moving through young people who will shape our future

Correction A July 13 story about the Southwest Texas Annual Conference Awards and Dinner Celebration (“Individuals, congregations, group honored at banquet”) incorrectly reported the congregation to which Amy Elizabeth Litzinger belongs. The recipient of the Conference Merit Scholarship Award for the 2007-08 school year is a member of Bethany UMC, Austin.