Posts from March, 2003
- 31 Mar
by Global Ministries
No commentsLuanne Brooks Arrives in Haiti
Luanne Brooks and her cat have arrived in Haiti to begin serving with OMS International. Luanne is a UB missionary on loan to OMS. Luanne is from the Daytona UB church in Holly Hill, Fla. She starts language school in Cap Haitien on Monday, March 31.
- 31 Mar
by News
No commentsCalifornia Takes in 5 New Hispanic Churches
California Annual Conference was held earlier this month. We have three Hispanic churches with Latin American Ministries in the Los Angeles area. Those three churches are now part of California Conference. The conference took in a total of five new Hispanic churches–the three with LAM, plus two new churches from its own church planting efforts.
Bishop [...] - 31 Mar
by News
No commentsRetirement of Marda Hoffman
Marda Hoffman is retiring after 24 years as the denominational Finance Director. In addition to overseeing all of the financial operations at the UB Headquarters in Huntington, Ind., she has provided all kinds of help over the years to local church pastors and treasurers. She has also filled the role of Office Manager for the [...]
- 25 Mar
by News
No commentsCanyon Country UB Changes Its Name
The Canyon Country UB church, a Hispanic congregation, has changed its name. It is now called Santa Clarita Church.
- 25 Mar
by News
No commentsMt. Olivet Hires Associate Pastor
Kevin Gift is the new associate pastor of Mt. Olivet UB in Mt. Solon, Va.
- 25 Mar
by Global Ministries
No commentsNew Superintendent in Sierra Leone
Albert Beckley (right) was elected as the new General Superintendent of Sierra Leone National Conference. He replaces Rev. Joe Bob Amara, who served in that position through much of the 1990s. Rev. Beckley has been serving as Administrative Assistant for many years. He was elected during the national conference meeting in February. Six North Americans [...]
- 25 Mar
by Global Ministries
No commentsWedding of Melissa Hull and David Kline
Melissa Hull has been one of our missionaries in Macau with the English Language Program. On Saturday, March 21, she was married to David Kline. The wedding was held at Banner of Christ UB in Grand Rapids, Mich. The Klines plan to go to Macau in the spring of 2004 to serve together as missionaries [...]
- 21 Mar
by News
No commentsMarshall Wood Assigned to Circuit
Marshall Wood is supply pastor at both the Underwood Church (Oakland, Md.) and Mill Chapel (Reedsville, W. Va.).
- 21 Mar
by Global Ministries
No commentsCanada’s Role in Haiti
The Canadian national conference is taking a major role in supporting the work in Haiti. A work team went there last fall. They have a website which tells a lot about Haiti and about that work team. You might find it quite interesting. It’s here.
- 21 Mar
by Global Ministries
No commentsJana Hoobler Update
Jana Hoobler sent these updates:
On Saturday, March 1, seven women from our ELP classes attended the new Bible Study we started. There was good discussion, and one of our Chinese church members also attended to help with answering their questions in Cantonese. On March 15, nine unsaved women came to our English Bible Study. Praise [...]
