(UMH #202)
WEEKLY NEWS FROM THE EAST DISTRICT
INDIANA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
August 12, 2014
EAST DISTRICT CENTER
3645 N BRIARWOOD LANE, SUITE B
MUNCIE, IN 47304
(765) 282-2322
OFFICE HOURS 8:30 AM TO 2:30 PM MONDAY-
THURSDAY; FRIDAY 8:30 AM TO 1:30 PM

INDIANAPOLIS – The Rev. Aleze Fulbright, director of Leadership Development for the Indiana
Conference announces a one-year paid internship in the area of Leadership Development. The goal of the Leadership Development Internship is to create an opportunity for those exploring ministry as a vocation, to experience serving in a strategic, fast-paced ministry environment that will assist in growing as a leader and disciple of Jesus Christ. According to Fulbright, “The Leadership Development Internship is a year-long paid internship for undergraduate college students or those students in the first two years of seminary. The internship is a development opportunity for emerging leaders. This experience will yield, mentor, skills and knowledge that will be preparation for the next phase of responding to God’s call.” The position begins Sept. 1. More information and application materials are available online at www.inumc.org/leadershipdevelopment .
Kirk Freeman is a leader who has inspired thousands of individuals across the country. He leads workshops and presents keynote speeches on a variety of topics that enable coaches, parents, teachers, and other leaders to discover the PERFECT process!
Dr. Freeman has experience being a military officer, classroom teacher, coach, school administrator,
Church leader, and college professor. He has been in a leadership role for over twenty-five years. His experiences and expertise enable him to create an environment where "there is an 'I' in team"and where
"everyone is someone." Kirk is the founder and president of Kirk Freeman Consulting. He resides in
Brazil, Indiana with his wife, Geri, and children, Caleb, Jonah, and Jillian. His oldest son, Jared, is currently a Captain in the U.S. Air Force.

The retreat will include time for fun, food, discussion, and fellowship, and we will end the weekend with a final worship time together. We hope and pray that we have been able to create a weekend for you to be with your fellow spouses in fellowship and relaxation!
Churches: Please consider sponsoring your clergy spouse for this amazing event!
If your clergy person does not have a spouse, or their spouse is unable to attend, please consider sending a donation to the Pamela Hixon Keith Memorial Scholarship Fund. This fund is used to pay the way of clergy spouses who are unable to pay for the event. Your donations - large or small - go a long way! If you would like to contribute to this fund, please send checks to Rhonda Alstott 1212 Lexington Drive, New
Albany, IN 47150.
Click here for more information and registration!
During the past Annual Conference session of the Indiana Area of the United Methodist Church, the legislative body passed a new procedure for the election of General and Jurisdictional Conference delegates. While delegates will be selected during the 2015 Annual Conference, a process whereby individuals from each district may be recommended was created. It is the hope of the Annual Conference that this process will allow for more persons to make themselves available to serve our Lord Jesus Christ and the United Methodist Church through our quadrennial General/Jurisdictional conferences. For complete details of the process for laity and clergy and the timeline click here.
South Muncie……………………….…Robert & Nancy Hunt…….……………….…....…..Oct. 7, 6:30 p.m.
Muncie Avondale, Muncie Fountain Square, Muncie Industry, Muncie Madison Street,
Muncie Main Street, Muncie Normal City, Muncie Trinity, Muncie St. Paul’s, Muncie
Covenant Partners (Location: Muncie Industry UMC Fellowship Bldg)
Muncie Union Chapel UMC………………………….………………………………………….….Oct. 9, 5:30 p.m.
Fayette County……………………….…….Carolyn Judd…………..………………..…………Oct. 13, 6:30 p.m.
Alquina, Columbia, Connersville East Side, Connersville First, Connersville Grace,
Connersville Grand Avenue, Orange (Location: Alquina UMC)
“X”………………………………………………….Scott Bell…………..................………………Oct. 15, 6:30 p.m.
Brownsville, College Corner, Greenwood, Liberty Edwards Memorial, Old Franklin
(Location: Liberty Edwards Memorial UMC)
Crossroads………………………………..…Cindy Osgood…………………..…..………………Oct. 16, 6:30 p.m.
(Cammack, Corinth, Daleville, Gaston, Honey Creek, Middletown, Yorktown
(Location: Corinth UMC)

Cluster of Grapes……………….……..Maureen Walby……………………………..…..….Oct. 19, 2:30 p.m.
Losantville, Modoc, Union Chapel (Randolph) (Location: Losantville UMC)
No Name Cluster…………….…….…..Jim Truelove………………………...……..………..Oct. 19, 2:30 p.m.
Bartonia, Mt. Zion (Randolph), Hopewell, Richmond Webster, Middleboro, Whitewater
(Location: Losantville UMC)
Peanut Buster……………..…………...Heather Foley…………………………….……...…..Oct. 19, 6:00 p.m.
Winchester, Saratoga, Spartanburg, Union City Wesley (Location: Winchester First UMC)
Blue Jay…………………………………Wes Schemenaur………………………..………………Oct. 26, 2:30 p.m.
Bellefountain, Fairview (Jay), Mt. Zion (Jay), Portland Asbury, Westchester
(Location: Westchester UMC)
Sod Buster……………………………Priscilla McFarland……………………………….………Oct. 26, 2:30 p.m.
Center, New Mt. Pleasant, Pennville, Oak Grove and Portland Trinity
(Location: Westchester UMC)
Wesley ……………………………..……Randy Davis………………………………………………Oct. 26, 6:00 p.m.
Dunkirk Bethel, Dunkirk Calvary, Dunkirk Mt. Tabor, Fairview (Randoph), Redkey,
Sugar Grove (Jay) (Location: Dunkirk Calvary UMC)
Nettle Creek………………………….Rodney Frieden…………………………….…………...Oct. 27, 6:30 p.m.
Economy, Hagerstown, Green’s Fork (Location: Hagerstown UMC)
Randolph Treasure Hunters…...Sandi Lumpkin/Sherrie Drake……………....…..Oct. 28, 6:30 p.m.
Deerfield, Farmland, Parker City, Rehoboth, Ridgeville Calvary (Location: Rehoboth UMC)
Elshaddai……………………………...Sam Dickson…....…………………………………….….Oct. 29, 6:30 p.m.
Boston, Cambridge City, Centerville, Milton, Pershing, Richmond Central, Richmond
Faith-Trinity, Richmond First (Location: Richmond First UMC)
National Road…………………………Curt Hunt…………………………………………..….….Nov. 2, 2:30 p.m.
Carthage, Knightstown, Spiceland, Greensboro (Location: Knightstown UMC)
Believers……………………………….Tom McGilliard………………………………………..…Nov. 2, 6:00 p.m.
New Castle First, New Castle Christ’s, New Castle Trinity, Salem, Sugar Grove
(Henry) (Location: New Castle First UMC)
Blackford County…………………..….Gary Hall…………………………..………….…………Nov. 3, 6:30 p.m.
Hartford City Grace, Hartford City Trinity, Montpelier, Mt. Carmel, Pleasantdale,
Pleasant Grove (Location: Hartford City Grace UMC)
Nor Del Cluster………………………Frank Oakman…………….……………………………..Nov. 4, 6:30 p.m.
Albany, Albany Bethel, DeSoto, Eaton, Muncie Morningside (Location: DeSoto UMC)
North Muncie…………………………Rusty Clements…………………………………..……..Nov. 5, 6:30 p.m.
Muncie Center Chapel, Muncie College Avenue, Muncie Gethsemane, Muncie High
Street, Muncie Riverside, New Burlington, Selma Christ, Selma United (Location:
Muncie College Avenue UMC)

Peace with Justice Grant
Now accepting applications!
Apply at www.inumc.org
The Peace with Justice Grant is funded by offerings of local churches to the Special Sunday offerings for
Peace with Justice (PwJ) Sunday. The proposed program or project must be relevant to changing systemic issues of injustice. The PwJ Grant is not intended for charity ministries, but for ministries that seek to change or address the root problems. To apply for the Peace with Justice grant, the applicant must be a United Methodist local church, district, or other affiliated organization, or an ecumenical group or organization working with and through at least one United Methodist agency, organization or church.
Applications are available online now and must be received for consideration no later than September 1,
2014.
Questions? Contact Allison Curts, associate director Mission and Social Advocacy at allison.curts@inumc.org.
DAYTON, OH – United Theological Seminary announces the second annual Deborah’s Daughters
Women in Ministry and Leadership Conference, to be held October 2224, 2014, at the seminary’s main campus at 4501 Denlinger Road, Dayton, OH and at the Hilton Garden Inn in Beavercreek, OH.
Recent research tells us that women are overworked in many areas of their lives – work, home and the church. Many women, especially church women – both clergy and lay, have been taught that it is godlier to put others first and in so doing so, often deny themselves the very self-care that would make them more effective. For more details, a complete list of speakers and to register, please visit www.deborahsdaughters.com
or www. united.edu/deborahs-daughters-take-back-your-temple/ .
Course credit, CEUs and a one-day streaming option also are available.
New Pastor Orientation will be held on September 6 at St. Mark’s UMC in Carmel, IN from 9:00 a.m. to
4:00 p.m. EDST. This event is required for all clergy in their first appointment and or new to the Indiana
Conference. This does include Supply Pastors and OF’s. The registration deadline is September 1, 2014 at 11:59 pm. There is no cost to attend and lunch is included. Click here to register .
The Indiana Annual Conference committed to support Africa University through a $1.6 million

campaign to endow scholarships and a Chair in the School of Agriculture and Natural Resources. We thank those churches that made a commitment to support the campaign during the Annual Conference and would like those churches to now indicate the amount of their pledge. We are also asking churches who have not made a commitment to prayerfully consider making a pledge.
During a visit to Africa University in March 2015, Bishop Coyner will report on the progress we have made with the Indiana Campaign. Our goal is to have the $1.6 million pledged before Bishop Coyner visits
Africa University.
If your church has not already completed a card and would like to make a pledge, please complete this
Church Pledge Card and turn it in during your Charge Conference .
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
The Place (formerly Wiley UMC)
205 S 21 st Street
New Castle, IN 47362
All Pastor’s serving a church in the East District will be required to attend one of two sessions. You may choose to attend either the afternoon session, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. or the evening session, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
In both meeting times attendance will be taken.
The East District Conference will take place Sunday, November 23 rd at 3:00 p.m. at The Garden at
Gethsemane UMC, 1201 W McGalliard Road, Muncie. A celebration of ministry with lots of music and testimonies will precede our choosing of delegates from the East District to General and Jurisdictional
Conference. We will also have a little business to do - approval of 2015 East District budget and approving our District Leadership Team for the year.
Please save the date and each church plan to bring a group. It will be inspiring to celebrate together as we give witness to some Glorysightings from around our District, and to bless those who are nominated as possible delegates to General and Jurisdictional Conference.
INDIANAPOLIS – Some 25 CROP Hunger Walks will be held across Indiana this fall from Sept. 14 through Nov. 15, beginning in Lake County and Muncie and ending in Lebanon. Numerous United
Methodist congregations across the state participate in this Church World Service sponsored activity. A complete list is available online with connecting links to each of the walks can be found here.
Goshen and Wabash County walks were held earlier this past spring.
CROP Hunger Walks are community-wide events sponsored by Church World Service and organized by local congregations or groups to raise funds to end hunger at home and around the world. With its inception in 1969, CROP Hunger Walks are “viewed by many as the granddaddy of charity walks,” notes the Los Angeles Times (Oct. 26, 2009). On Oct. 17, 1969, a thousand people in Bismarck, N.D., walked in what may have been the first-ever CROP Hunger Walk – and raised $25,000 to help stop hunger.
Several other CROP Hunger Walks occurred soon thereafter, and before long there were hundreds of walks each year in communities nationwide. Currently, more than 2,000 communities across the United
States join in more than 1,600 CROP Hunger Walks each year. More than five million CROP Hunger
Walkers have participated in more than 36,000 CROP Hunger Walks in the last two decades alone. For more information, visit www.crophungerwalk.org
.

Muncie Area Crop Hunger Walk
Muncie Area Crop Hunger Walk
Sunday, September 14, 2014
Registration at 1:30 pm
Walk at 2:00 pm
College Avenue United Methodist Church
1968 W Main St., Muncie IN
For more information contact Sue Stover at sue@astym.com
<mailto: sue@astym.com
> or call 765-661-
1066 (cell).
Local churches who would like to have a speaker come to their church to inform their congregation about
Africa University and the Indiana A.U. Campaign can contact Ruth Ellen Stone at ruthellen1@juno.com
or
317-839-8873. For more information, please click here .
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2014
9:00 A.M. REGISTRATION
PRESENTER:
Dr. James Harnish, Hyde Park UMC, Florida
LOCATION:
NEW CASTLE FIRST UMC
1324 CHURCH STREET
NEW CASTLE, IN 47362
REGISTRATION:
$10 PER PERSON, INCLUDES LUNCH AT THE CHURCH
$50 FOR MORE THAN FIVE PEOPLE FROM THE SAME CONGREGATION
REGISTER THROUGH THE EAST DISTRICT OFFICE
3645 Briarwood, Suite B
Muncie, IN 47304 east.district@inumc.org
or call (765) 282-2322
DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 20, 2014
MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO THE INDIANA CONFERENCE

NORTH WEBSTER, Ind. – The Indiana Conference “Revive 2014 Fall Youth Worker Retreat” will be held
Wednesday, Oct. 22, through Thursday, Oct. 23, at Epworth Forest Retreat and Conference Center, 8580
East Wesley Lane in North Webster. This retreat is for ANYONE who leads youth – pastors, church, staff, volunteer leaders, Sunday school teachers, small group leaders, etc. It is designed to help you experience a time of spiritual renewal through worship, rest, discussions and training opportunities that will send you home excited, refreshed, renewed and full of ideas for your ministry. Plus, some downtime to relax or play as you desire. Bring your whole team. Cost is $75 for the first person in your group and
$50 for each additional person registered together and paid in the same group registration. Cost includes food, lodging, materials and programming. Want to stay until Friday for extra rest or team time? Optional extra night is $25 per person. For a map and directions, click here .
For more information and registration, click here .
Discipleship lists upcoming free webinars for local church leaders
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (GBOD) – Here is a list of General Board of Discipleship free webinars for local church leaders on a variety of topics within congregations. Each webinar runs for one hour. Most, but not all, begin at 7:30 p.m. ET, 6:30 p.m. CT. Advance registration is required. For more information and registration, visit www.gbod.org/webinars . Here ’s the list with dates:
*Pastors Read: Ten Commandments, How Our Ancient Moral Text Can Renew Modern Life – Aug. 20
*Stewardship: Show Me the Mission! – Sept. 25
The First Monday training program is an opportunity for persons to both grow in knowledge and train towards recognition in the area of pastoral care and counseling. Usually held on the First Monday of each month, mornings will be a theory seminar and afternoons will be both a consultation and supervision opportunity (the afternoons will be taped). Topics to be included are brief-term, supportive counseling methods, crisis intervention, grief and loss, divorce recovery, pastoral diagnosis, referral, and the application of pastoral care principals in the broader functions of ministry. This serves as a good opportunity for continuing education and is a great opportunity for young pastors just starting out. Click here for complete information.
INDIANAPOLIS – Anyone interested in travel ministry opportunities is invited to stop by and talk with
Norm Nellis, Bishop Coyner’s Trip Coordinator and Educational Opportunities representative. A brochure about Bishop Coyner’s March 2015 Africa University Trip will be available. Those interested can also pickup a packet about being a tour host, plus materials about Holy Land trips and other trips. Nellis will have coupons for a free lunch at Noodles & Company for tour hosts and anyone who registers as a tour host. Contact him at normgumc@aol.com
for more information.

ATLANTA, Ga. – A national Event for Young Clergy will be held Sept. 15-17 in Atlanta, Ga. New to ministry? Plan to attend this energizing event and – revitup! For a Lifetime in Ministry. This is an event for young clergy aged 25-39 and is a unique opportunity to enhance some of the personal, financial and leadership skills that can improve life and sustain ministry. Learn ways to dissolve your seminary and personal debt. Gather practical tips for resolving conflict and living a healthy and balanced life. Network with other young clergy from across the denomination. Earn Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for attending this event. Click here for event information .
Operation Classroom will be sponsoring a workteam to volunteer at Baoma UMC School in Sierra Leone.
The work will probably involve painting, either in the new assembly hall, or the older buildings. The team is scheduled to leave Indiana on October 28 and return on November 18. The cost could be estimated to be around $3,200 which includes air fare, travel insurance, room and meals in Sierra Leone. If you are interested or would like more information, please contact Kay Hess at 765-847-2748 or hess100@juno.com
Diversity and Professional Boundaries Training is part of Healthy Relationship Awareness. This training is required for all appointed pastors in and beyond the local church at least once every quadrennium. Facilitators will be Jackie
Chandler, Greg Hinkle for Professional Boundaries and Sharon White for Diversity. All sessions are from 9 a.m. until
5:00 p.m. (local time) Registration is limited to 50 persons per workshop. Additional workshops will be added, if needed.
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Friday, Sept. 12 – St. Luke, 700 E. Southway Blvd., Kokomo – Click here to register . – Deadline:
Thursday, Sept. 4
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Saturday, Sept. 13 – Crosswind, 616 N. State Rd. 25, Logansport – Click here to register . –
Deadline: Thursday, Sept. 4
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Thursday, Oct. 9 – First UMC, 201 E. Third St., Seymour – Click here to register . – Deadline:
Wednesday, Oct. 1
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Friday, Oct. 10 – Castleton, 7160 Shadeland Station Way, Indianapolis – Click here to register . –
Deadline: Thursday, Oct. 2
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Friday, Oct. 17 – Mishawaka First, 201 E. Third St., Mishawaka – Click here to register . –
Deadline: Thursday, Oct. 9
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Saturday, Nov. 15 – St. Mark’s, 100 North Highway 46 Bypass, Bloomington – Click here to
 register . – Deadline: Thursday, Nov. 6
Vital Congregations/GCFA will be using inumc.org
email addresses for pastors exclusively . So now your inumc.org
email is a necessity. Once activated you can have it forwarded to your personal email address. Eventually this will be the only email address used by the District as well. Carla (877-781-6706) at the Conference Center will be happy to help you if you experience problems.

Based on the email address you submitted when you enrolled you will receive a weekly email reminder to submit your information. You may submit it weekly, bi-monthly, or monthly.
REPORTS - Once you enter and save your weekly information, you can click on the “Reports” tab at the top of your screen to see your local church’s dashboard of information.
QUESTIONS - Email ruthellen.needler@inumc.org
if you have further questions or call 317/564-
3254.
Click here for policy resources . There is also “Safe Sanctuaries” material available through Cokesbury at www.cokesbury.com
.
Bartonia/Winchester Mt. Zion UMC – PUPPETS NEEDED for a new ministry to two churches east of Winchester: Bartonia and Mt. Zion UMC. Contact: Bob Kiefert at (765) 286-7083
Covenant Partners Ministries – Community Day, providing bags of groceries and cleaning supplies for those in need, fourth Wednesday of each month. Sunday evening meals provided by local churches.
Contact Pastor Linda McBride at (765) 284-2545. Clothing made available to community 1 st Wednesday of each month. Following is a list of items needed in each bag If you or your church would like to donate bags of groceries or cleaning supplies for Community Day.
Food List for Community Day
2 small cans of tuna
1 18-oz jar of peanut butter
1 jar of jelly
2 cans of vegetables (any kind)
1 box cereal (any kind)
1 can applesauce or other fruit
2 cans of soup
1 box spaghetti
1 jar spaghetti sauce
1 box of corn bread mix
Cleaning/Personal Care Supplies
1 bar or bottle of unscented hand soap
Laundry detergent (small bottle or box)
Dish detergent (16 oz)
Facial tissue (1 box)
Toilet paper (4 rolls)
Shampoo/conditioner
Place in brown bags with handles, if possible.

The Garden at Gethsemane UMC – Save the Date! Coming September 7 th , 2014 “Revealed”, A day of celebration and discovery.
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
12:00 – 1:15 p.m.
1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Service filled with celebrations!
Carry-in lunch for everyone!
Celebration concert with the Christianaires!
Make plans now to be a part of this very special day!
Tour our new building space
The Garden at Gethsemane UMC
1201 W McGalliard Road
Muncie, IN 47303
Muncie High Street UMC – High Street Travelers 2014 Trips: September 4-10, Civil War to Civil Rights:
Gettysburg & Washington, DC; September 17, Mystery Trip; October 8, “Made In America: Factories Fall and Food”; October 17-19, Holmes County, OH & Longaberger Baskets; November 8-15, Coastal
Georgia Mission Trip; November 12, Beef & Boards: Fiddler on the Roof; December 3, Beef & Boards:
Christmas Celebration. 2015 Trips: July 6-17, Alaskan Cruise Tour. For pricing and information contact
Deb Heeter by email dheeter601@comcast.net
Muncie St. Paul’s UMC – Come to Muncie St. Paul’s UMC for Lunch , Good Food, Fellowship & Fun.
Open to public 4 th Friday of each month at noon beginning March 28. RSVP by Wednesday prior to lunch at 765/288-6454. Cost $3.50.
Muncie Union Chapel UMC – Iron Sharpens Iron Men's Conference, September 20, 2014
Union Chapel will be taking busses to this event at Madison Park Church of God in Anderson, Indiana.
Cost is $44. Union Chapel will provide lunch. All men are invited. Buses will leave Union Chapel at 7:00 a.m.
Please call Loyal Cutforth at 765-358-4785 for more information.
YOUTH WORKER RETREAT
10/22-23/14
Epworth Forest
North Webster, IN

This retreat is for anyone who leads youth - pastors, church staff, volunteer leaders, sunday school teachers, small group leaders, etc. It is designed to help you experience a time of spiritual renewal through worship, rest, discussions and training opportunities that will send you home excited, refreshed, renewed and full of ideas for your ministry. Plus, some downtime to relax or play as you desire. Bring your whole team! Cost is $75.00 for the first person and $50.00 for each additional person on your team! Cost includes food, lodging, materials and programming.
Registration Opens Soon
November 21-23, 2014
The Bishop's Student Leadership Academy is a weekend retreat for high school youth to explore what they are passionate about, what problems in the world get them fired up, what gifts and tools God has given them, and what amazing ideas they have now for sharing
Christ's love through those gifts. Cost is $45 and the retreat will be at the University of Indianapolis.
For resources www.youthministryconnection.org
Events www.inumcyouth.org
To order brochures www.getkidstocamp.com
Events for 2015

Bishop Mike Coyner Africa University Tour – March 2015
Making a Good Move – May 15, Plainfield UMC
Dates for 2015 Annual Conference Session tentatively set for Thursday-Sunday, May 28-31, which is a day longer due to the election in 2015 of delegates to 2016 General and the North Central Jurisdictional
Conferences.
Events for 2016
Bishop Mike Coyner, Holy Land Tour – January or February 2016
Sign up for the E-pistle from Bishop Mike, e-HUM, calendar, etc . – http://inumc.org/site/stayconnected
Tweet with Bishop Mike - @BishopCoyner
Camping – www.beacamper.com
Gambling Recovery Ministry – www.grmumc.org
Interpreter Magazine – www.interpretermagazine.org
Church Leadership Job Descriptions from GBOD http://www.gbod.org/site/c.nhLRJ2PMKsG/b.5523987/k.A7A1/Local_Church_Officer_Job_Descripti ons.htm
GCFA resources on local church ministry of memory - http://www.gcah.org/site/c.ghKJI0PHIoE/b.2858893/k.6784/Local_Church_Resources.htm
Secretary of State-Business Entity https://secure.in.gov/sos/bus_service/online_corps/corp_report/default.asp
UM Foundation of Indiana - foundation@UMFIndiana.org
Vital Congregations - http://www.umvitalcongregations.org/
Questions? Contact Mary Ann Moman by calling 317-788-7879 or e-mail mmoman@UMFIndiana.org.
Clergy : Identify three clergy friends who will sign up for Financial Peace University. Call Mary Ann
Moman to find a clergy class near you.
Laity : Go to DaveRamsey.com (click Financial Peace University). Add your zip code to locate a
Financial Peace University course near you.
CEU’s for clergy : Clergy will receive one credit per hour on contact (excluding breaks and meals) for the
Rejuvenate financial workshops and seminars they attend.
Childcare is available upon request at the time of registration. For a list of workshops click here .