Register now for the Youth & Children's Worker Training Conference to be held at Peachtree City UMC on March 20, 2010.  See the "Children & Youth" page for more details and a downloadable brochure and registration form.  There is also information there on the first ever LaGrange District Children's Day event.  Don't miss these special events!

 

Churches in the LaGrange District who would like to help the victims of the Haiti earthquake, can make contributions to UMCOR through the conference treasurers office or the district office.  Make checks payable to the conference or the district and mark them "Haiti Relief # 4183".  100% of the money sent to UMCOR goes directly to Haiti.  Another thing your church can do is to assemble UMCOR Health Kits to be delivered to people in Haiti.  Below is a list of items to be in cluded in the health kits.  Once you have assembled the kits, you may deliver them to the LaGrange First UMC (gym building) or to the Peachtree City UMC.  We will collects the kits until the end of February and then they will be delivered to the Conference Disaster Response Warehouse in Austell.  They will then get the kits to the UMCOR Warehouse.

 

Place these items inside a sealed one-gallon plastic bag:
• 1 hand towel (15" x 25" up to 17" x 27", No kitchen towels)
• 1 washcloth
• 1 comb (large and sturdy, not pocket-sized)
• 1 nail file or fingernail clippers (no emery boards or toenail clippers)
• 1 bath-size bar of soap (3 oz. and up)
• 1 toothbrush (single brushes only in original wrapper, No child-size brushes)
• 6 adhesive plastic strip sterile bandages
• $1.00 to purchase toothpaste
(NOTE: UMCOR Sager Brown is now purchasing toothpaste in bulk to be added to health kits before shipping to ensure that the product does not expire before they are sent.)

  

The District Office has been contacted by Rev. Montreuil Milord, Senior Pastor of the South Dade Haitian United Methodist Mission.  Their church is collecting food to be shipped to the people of Haiti.  They are trying to fill several large containers with items such as rice, beans, water, cooking oil, charcoal and flash lights.  If you would like to help with this endeavor, please send your check made payable to the LaGrange District and mark it Haiti Food Drive.

 

 

 District Children's Day
Saturday, April 17 is a special day for children in the LaGrange District, ages kindergarten through 5th grade.  A special event is being held at LaGrange First UMC and will include music, worship, skits, games, food, and much more.  For more information, see the Children & Youth page of this website.

 

Youth & Children's Worker Conference
March 20 is the date for a special training conference designed for adults who work with youth and children.  It will be held at Peachtree City UMC and will feature a variety of workshops including: "Using Technology to Teach Tots", "Building a Dynamic Youth Group", "Middle Schoolers - Speaking Their Language & Reaching Their Hearts for Christ" and much more.  See the Children & Youth page of this website for more details and registration information.

 

Interpreter Magazine Subscriptions
The Interpreter magazine is offered through the United Methodist Communications and is available for FREE to every UM church.  Each church is entitled to receive five free print copies and five free digital copies.  However, churches must first register.  Forms were given to all pastors at the Set Up meeting in August.  As of the end of January, 75 of the 104 churches in the LaGrange District had not signed up to receive this free resource!  There are 3 ways to subscribe:  1) go online to http://www.umcom.org/subscriptions; 2) fax the form received at the Set Up meeting to 615-742-5499; or 3) mail the form to Interpreter, P. O. Box 440229, Nashville, TN 37244-0229.  If you need help, you can always call the customer service line at 88-346-3862.  Don't let this opportunity pass you by!  Sign up now so that your leaders can receive this excellent tool for FREE.