[Oe List ...] Wanda's trip

Marge Philbrook msphilbrook at gmail.com
Sat Dec 2 09:51:24 EST 2006


Suzanne, In Maisbitt's new book (Do you remember Megatrends from 20 years
ago?) he says that one of the Mindsets that move us into the future it -
Don't solve problems, exploit opportunities. Your statement reminded me of
that.  Grace and Peace, Marge Philbrook

On 12/1/06, Suzanne Heilman <suzanne_heilman at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> I, too, can vouch for the United Methodist Church as still being relevant
> in "today's society". I speak from the standpoint of one who feels on the
> edge of where the church is moving with momentum now. As an active local and
> district member, who is also aware of our tendency to clutch at what we've
> always done which resists our own vision to change, I know that we still
> manage to stay relevant.  I will be going to Moss Point, Ms. (I wonder if
> they had a Town Meeting back in the seventies when I was assigned to Memphis
> Region?) with a Volunteers In Mission Team officially sponsored by our local
> church, to help rebuild from last years devastation. This is the first VIM
> team sponsored by Pine St. UMC here in Williamsport, PA.  Our Global
> Ministries Committee spearheaded this trip; I am cochair of the committee
> (for 9 years, would you believe!).  We are staying for 1 week in a large
> local church nearby. Also, our denomination's mission arm is always starting
> new initiatives wherever in the world the opportunity pops up. The United
> Methodist Church has a deep understanding (thanks to John Wesley) of Social
> Holiness and manages to keep its edges well-honed! Where do you think we the
> Order came from???
>
>
>
>
> *Suzanne K. Heilman
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> From: *"Lynda Cock" <llc860 at triad.rr.com>*
> Reply-To: *Order Ecumenical Community <oe at wedgeblade.net>*
> To: *"'Order Ecumenical Community'" <oe at wedgeblade.net>*
> Subject: *[Oe List ...] Wanda's trip*
> Date: *Thu, 16 Nov 2006 23:31:39 -0500*
>
> The United Methodist General Board of Church and Society has a write up
> about the trip Wanda Holcombe is on.
> Check this site:
> http://www.umc-gbcs.org/site/apps/nl/content.asp?c=fsJNK0PKJrH&b=2252807&content_id={0C5680A8-C25C-48AA-BCD4-E2965853557A}&notoc=1&tr=y&auid=2161134<http://www.umc-gbcs.org/site/apps/nl/content.asp?c=fsJNK0PKJrH&b=2252807&content_id=%7B0C5680A8-C25C-48AA-BCD4-E2965853557A%7D&notoc=1&tr=y&auid=2161134>
>
> If that doesn't work, go to www.umc-gbcs.org and scroll down to Holy Land
> Tour-Peacekeeping mission.  Also note that there is a blog connection.
> Looks like they are returning today.
>
> Thank you, Wanda and team!   Lynda Cock
>
>
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> *From:* oe-bounces at wedgeblade.net [mailto:oe-bounces at wedgeblade.net] *On
> Behalf Of *George Holcombe
> *Sent:* Thursday, November 16, 2006 8:23 PM
> *To:* Order Ecumenical Community
> *Subject:* Re: [Oe List ...] Witness
>
> Dear Jim, you and Wanda were in Jerusalem at the same time. She is leading
> a team of Muslims, Jews and Christians and has been holding conversations
> with Israelis and Palestinians as part of her work with the General Board of
> Church and Society.
> Re: the Local Church: Local religious institutions around the world are
> doing very well. As institutions they never look real good, they just keep
> bumping along, in spite of all our incompetence.
>
>  George Holcombe
> 14900 Yellowleaf Tr.
> Austin, TX 78728
> Home: 512/252-2756
> Mobile 512/294-5952
> geowanda at earthlink.net
>
>
>  On Nov 16, 2006, at 4:55 PM, James Wiegel wrote:
>
> So, I am outside Jerusalem attending a workshop and spent the day walking
> around the old city, saw the Dome of the Rock, the Western Wall and the
> Church of the Sepulchre and was surprised at my interior reaction. It was
> chrystalized in reading a brochure about the western wall (where Abraham
> went with Isaac, where the temple was built, the wall where people of the
> Jewish faith go to pray) and it talked about the sense of awe that is there,
> and I could not find it, not in any of the 3 places. So I wondered, where is
> the local church, now, almost to the end of the 40 years of practical
> renewal . . .
>
> Jim Wiegel
> 401 North Beverly Way Tolleson, Arizona 85353-2401
> +1 623-936-8671 jfwiegel at yahoo.com
>
> Try something new and different. You will like the results.
> Fortune Cookie 10/16/06
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