Posts from January, 2004
- 29 Jan
by News
No comments40 Days of Purpose
Saddleback Community Church offers the “40 Days of Purpose” program for $750. However, you can get it for $500 by ordering through the United Brethren denomination. However, registration at this rate ends January 19. The PurposeDriven website has much information about 40 Days of Purpose. Here is an excerpt: “Over 8,000 churches from all 50 [...]
- 13 Jan
by Global Ministries
No commentsMaxwells Weigh Options re: Jamaica
Kent and Carol Maxwell are currently in their second year at the Caribbean Graduate School of Theology in Jamaica. Kent was previously pastor of New Hope UB church in Huntington, Ind. On December 21, Kent wrote the following: “We are again faced with making another decision in regard to continuing at the Caribbean Graduate School [...]
- 13 Jan
by Ministers
No commentsPastoral Resignation in Coleta, Ill.
James Holloway resigned as senior pastor of the Coleta church as of December 31. He will not be reassigned. The Coleta Church will be using several different people to fill the pulpit for now.
- 13 Jan
by Global Ministries
No commentsMacau: Crumbleys Return, Birdsalls Go
Lamar and Karen Crumbley, who had been helping with the Macau English Language Program since September, returned to the States on December 27. Russ and Nellie Birdsall arrived on January 10, and will serve as volunteers in Macau through May. This is their 6th time to Macau. The ELP hired a new secretary, Tommas, who [...]
- 13 Jan
by News
No commentsWest Windsor Marks 40 Years in Its Building
Sally Harrison reports from West Windsor UB (Dimondale, Mich.): “On Sunday, January 4, we had impromptu 40th anniversary celebration of having church in that building. Among those present were ten members who were there 40 years ago, including Archie Carpenter, who will be 90 in June 2004. They were asked to share what they had [...]
- 13 Jan
by Ministers
No commentsUB Minister and Son Both Headed to War
Amy Ellifritt knows what it’s like to be a soldier’s wife, and a soldier’s father. Her husband, Jim Sr., is on his way to Afghanistan for a year. And her only son, Jim Jr., is on his way to Iraq. Both are members of the Oregon Army Reserves. Rev. Jim Ellifritt, an ordained UB minister, [...]
