Salisbury District. Sharing Life e t h. T o. November 8, Clergy Connection. Inside This Issue: Volume 6 Issue 21

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1 Salisbury District November 8, 2017 Volume 6 Issue 21 T o Sharing Life e t h e r Clergy Connection Thursday, Nov 16 Noon 2:00 pm Presentation: Emergency Preparedness in Our Churches Lunch Cost is $7.00 Stevenson UMC 123 N. Main Street Berlin, MD Please RSVP (Yes or No) to District Office Inside This Issue: Higher Hope UMC 2 Bishop s Day on the Salisbury District Hurricane Relief Update Clinical Pastoral Education Christmas Bazaar Atlantic UMC Christmas Bazaar Community Church at Ocean Pines Being the Hands and Feet of Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ

2 Transforming Lives Through Jesus Christ In The Our Mission: We are a House of PRAYER, RECOVERY, RESTORATION, RENEWAL and HOPE. Higher Hope in Christ UMC 513 Hammond Street Salisbury, MD Rev. Janice Humphrey, Pastor

3 Bishop s Day on the Salisbury District Monday, October 23, 2017 St Stephen s UMC in Delmar Thank-you Rev. Phyllis Walton and St. Stephen s UMC for Hosting Bishop s Day on the Salisbury District A special thank-you to these wonderful ladies at St Stephen s for their hospitality and great Italian meal. Pictured (l-r): Lisa Turner, Joy Smith, Linda Morris, Lora Parker, and Kathy Howeth

4 Calendar of Events Nov 7-9, 2017 Nov 10, 2017 Nov 10-11, 2017 Nov 11, 2017 Nov 11, 2017 Nov 12, 2017 Nov 12, 2017 Nov 17, 2017 Nov 18, 2017 Nov 18, 2017 Nov 18, 2017 Nov 19, 2017 Nov 19, 2017 Nov 26, 2017 Dec 16, 2017 Jan 5-7, 2018 Apr 13-15, 2018 St Mark UMC (Princess Anne) - Fall Revival 6:30 pm Nightly (F) Stevenson UMC (Berlin) - Crab Cake Dinner 4 pm - 6:30 pm (F) Atlantic UMC (Ocean City) - Annual Christmas Bazaar 3:00 / (F) Community Church at Ocean Pines - Christmas Bazaar 9:00 am - 2:00 pm (F) Deaf Ministries - Annual Thanksgiving Event at Grace UMC, Wilmington 10am-4pm (F) Whaleyville UMC - Homecoming 11:15 am - Meal After the Service (F) Mt Zion UMC (Pocomoke City) - 133rd Anniversary 10:30 am (C) Grace UMC (Salisbury) - All You Can Eat Breakfast 8:00-10:30 am (F) Taylorville UMC (Berlin) - Missions Fundraiser at Carrabbas 12 noon - 2:00 pm (F) St Lukes UMC (Hebron) - All Male Revue Fashion Show 4:00 pm (F) New Hope UMC (Willards) - All You Can Eat Fried Chicken Dinner 11:30 am - 3 pm (F) Mt Nebo UMC (Delmar) -Annual Usher s Day Service 3:00 pm-dinner at 12:30 pm (F) St Andrews UMC (Salisbury) - Gaither Style Gospel Concert 5:00 pm (C) St Lukes UMC (Hebron) - Nichols Family in Concert 5:00 pm (C) Gather to Grow...Scatter to Serve 9 am - 12 pm at Whatcoat, Dover (F) Youth Rally Marathon (C) Young Adult Summit - Don t Leave-LEAD! Save the Date (F) (F) - See Flyer in this Newsletter (C) - See Clip in this Newsletter

5 Hurricane Relief Update Our cup runneth over The giving of cleaning buckets, hygiene kits, and related items have been so great that the collection centers are full (for now). Pen-Del Conference Emergency Relief Coordinator Rev. Rich Walton says to continue collecting items. He expects that the centers will be ready for more items in January. Please find a corner in your church to continue to stash those items until the first of the year. Thank-you for such an outpouring of support for our brothers and sisters who have experienced the devastating storms. If you would like to receive the weekly Conference Newsletter, please let Charlotte in the Salisbury District Office know your address. It s a blessing to stay connected!! LIKE us on Facebook! Salisbury District of the Peninsula-Delaware Conference 2017 Mileage Rates The 2017 standard rate for miles driven for the following purposes is : 53.5 cents per mile for business miles driven 17 cents per mile driven for medical or moving purposes 14 cents per mile driving in service of charitable organizations

6 CLINICAL PASTORAL EDUCATION The Pastoral Care Department at Peninsula Regional Medical Center is pleased to offer a Spring 2018 class in Clinical Pastoral Education. Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) is clinical education for ministers, seminarians and lay pastoral leaders to develop pastoral care skills. Attention is given to meeting the spiritual needs of patients, families, staff and CPE members. This program is a minimum of 400 hours of supervised learning per unit of training. The Spring program unit is from January 19,2018 ending May 25, with 6 hours of seminar weekly on Fridays from Three hundred clinical patient visitation hours are required. The educational approach used in CPE is described as action-reflection-action. Students provide pastoral care to patients, family members and staff, and then use their experiences for reflection and learning. Students participate in seminars that provide direct supervision, peer interaction, or accountability for one s professional functioning. While seminary courses provide the basis for the theology of pastoral care, CPE provides the clinical component of theological education by emphasizing learning by doing. Peninsula Regional Medical Center is affiliated with Community Care Chaplains of Arizona, and is a satellite training center,, under direction of Training Supervisor Rev. Geoff Tio, accredited by the College of Pastoral Supervision and Psychotherapy, (CPSP). Classes are under the instruction of a Supervisor-in- Training. More information about Clinical Pastoral Education is available through the Pastoral Care Department at Peninsula Regional Medical Center, by calling , or joyce.lecates@peninsula.org. Applications are being taken now. Deadline for application is Jan. 1, 2018 Class size is limited to 6. Tuition for the full unit, 16 week class is $400 plus textbook fees. Application fee is $25 (non refundable) which will be applied to tuition if accepted into the program. Informational Meeting - Sunday, Nov 26, at 4:00 pm at Ridgely UMC, 109 Central Ave., Ridgely, MD

7 Just Sharing... To the cross I come again I'm so thankful, I'm thankful Your mercy over me again I'm so thankful, living God I wanna thank You, living God Thankful - Darlene Zschech CCLI One of Life s Little Lessons... Life is much harder than it has to be because we do not realize how powerful prayer is. Joyce Meyer Please share your events and activities at your church. /send/call your info, flyers, etc. to: salisburydistrict@comcast.net or call

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10 God is Everywhere The Whole World is Full of His Glory Isaiah 6:3 Another great shot by Robert Johnson (Atlantic UMC, Ocean City) taken in Old Sturbridge Village, MA. Thanks, Bob, for sharing your wonderful talent with us! Camera People!! We need your help! God is all around us and in our busyness we don t often stop to appreciate what He has given us. If you have a picture of something that you feel is a beautiful gift from God, please share it by ing it to: salisburydistrict@comcast.net NEWSLETTER If you or anyone that you know would like receive the District Newsletter by , please call the district office ( ) or send the address to: salisburydistrict@comcast.net

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15 Mt. Zion United Methodist Church 133rd Anniversary Sunday, Nov 12, :30 am Guest Preacher: Rev. Carroll Mills Mt. Carmel Baptist Church, Princess Anne, MD Rev. Dr. Anna Foster, Host Pastor 409 Oxford Street, Pocomoke City, MD St. Andrews UMC 400 E. Vine Street Salisbury, MD Gaither Style Gospel Concert Directed by Irv Brumbley Nov 19, 2017 at 5:00 pm Rev. Gary Tulak, Pastor St Lukes UMC 8034 Levin Dashiell Road Hebron, MD Nichols Family in Concert From John Wesley UMC, Mardela Springs, MD Nov 26, :00 pm Rev. Lawrence Purnell, Pastor

16 Clergy Pension & Insurance Payments Due 15th of the Month Arrearages occur after the 15th. Newsletter Schedule November 8 November 29 Please e your flyers, articles, pictures to salisburydistrict@comcast.net at least 2 days before the publish date.

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20 MT. NEBO UNITED METHODIST CHURCH ANNUAL USHER'S DAY November 19, :00P.M. Dinner served at 12:30 p.m. Rev. Barbara Gordy - Guest Preacher St. James A.M.E. Zion Church, Salisbury, MD Rev. Ervin Wallace, Jr Mount Herman Circle Host Pastor Delmar, DE Rockawalkin Annual Thanksgiving Pie Bake We're Back!!! I hope everyone had a great summer and that you are ready for the fall holidays. Again this year, we are baking sweet potato (without or without lemon and coconut) as well as apple, cherry and blueberry pies for your Thanksgiving dinner.. The sweet potato pies are $10.00 each and the apple,cherry and blueberry pies are $12.00 each. As always, pies must be ordered in advance by calling Tom Field at or ing tfield44@yahoo.com You will be able to pick up your pies on Tuesday, November 21, 2017 from 12:00 noon to 5:00PM at the Rockawalkin Community Hall located at 6772 Rockawalkin Rd near Hebron.

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23 SALISBURY URBAN MINISTRIES DONATIONS NEEDED FOR LAZARUS FOOD PANTRY: RAMEN NOODLES HAMBURGER/CHICKEN/TUNA HELPER POTATOE SIDE DISHES DIAPERS (SIZES 5 & 6) KIDS CAFÉ: CHILDREN S GLOVES BOY S & GIRL S SOCKS (AGES 7-11 YRS) MEN S WELCOME CENTER: SPRAY DEODORANT MEN S BODY WASH DISPOSABLE RAZORS Donations can be dropped off at Salisbury Urban Ministries Office 326 Barclay St Salisbury, MD Or call

24 Pecometh Christmas Dinner Dec 9 We're already working on next summer! Believe it or not, our planning for 2018 Summer Camp has already started. Sign up to find out news as soon as it's available! 2018 Summer Camp Dates New Programs in Development Program Changes or Updates Sneak Peek at the Brochure Theme Early Access to the Camp Brochure Thinking about bringing a group to Pecometh? Reservation Guide on the Pecometh website is a great place to start. If you have had a special event at your church, send a couple of pictures to the Salisbury District Office. We would love to share your events in the District Newsletter. to: salisburydistrict@comcast.net

25 P S A L M S Psalm 27:4 One thing I ask of the Lord, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, and to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to seek Him in His temple. Next Newsletter November 29 Salisbury District Office Peninsula-Delaware Conference salisburydistrict@comcast.net 211A Phillip Morris Drive Salisbury, MD District Superintendent Rev. Fred Duncan District Administrator Charlotte Hastings Office Hours M-T 8:00am - 4:30 pm Fri - Closed