Friendly Reminder: The Montgomery-Prattville District Local Church Academy will be Sunday, January 26, 2014 at Montgomery First United Methodist Church. Clergy: Please announce this event in your Sunday morning worship service. Schedule Here is the summary of the schedule. A more detailed schedule will be given at check-in. 2:00 Registration and Check-In 2:15 Gathering Music (In the Sanctuary) 2:30 Celebration of District Opportunities (In the Sanctuary) 3:05 Academy Session I 4:00 Academy Session II 5:00 Refreshments For more information, click HERE. Nursery A Nursery will be provided. Please indicate on the registration link below if you will need nursery care. Registration Please register your attendance HERE. Academy Classes The following two books will be studied in the sessions. They will be available for purchase at the check-in/registration table. The first 50 participants to check-in will have the opportunity to purchase. The Wesleyan Way Led by Steve Reneau and Olivia Poole In this exciting and inspiring new study, Scott J. Jones helps seekers and believers to envision and practice discipleship as a way of life. Presenting Christianity from a Wesleyan perspective, Jones invites participants into a deeper, more thoughtful, more active commitment to Christ. This 8-session study helps participants focus on how, through discipleship with Jesus Christ, we become part of God’s work in transforming the world. Each week a different presenter shares their personal faith experience. Presenters include Adam Hamilton, Olu Brown, Felicia Hopkins, Jessica Moffat Seay, Jorge Acevedo, Rob Fuquay and author Scott Jones. Mini-videos conclude each week with an interview or ministry story from the presenter’s home church. Participants then read on their own from the student book and the Bible and then once a week the group comes together to explore what theyve read and to view another video. The Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations Led by Jay Cooper Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations describes practices that shape and sustain congregations. Vibrant, growing, fruitful congregations repeat and deepen certain fundamental activities, seeking to perform them with excellence: Radical Hospitality, Passionate Worship, Intentional Faith Development, Risk-Taking Mission and Service, and Extravagant Generosity. These edgy words focus us on the appropriate work that helps us fulfill the mission of church. Congregations offer the invitation and welcome of Christ, provide worship that connects us to God and to one another, offer opportunities for people to grow in Christ by learning in community, relieve suffering and improve the conditions of people in need through service and mission, and teach people to give of themselves. Five Practices of Fruitful Living moves the discussion of Christian practice from the congregational level to the personal practices of discipleship. The fruitful, God-related life develops with intentional and repeated attention to five essential practices that are critical for our growth in Christ. We invite God into our lives and make room for God in our hearts, we love God in return, we purposefully cooperate with the Holy Spirit in our spiritual growth, we serve and love others, and we allow God to shape our giving. Through these practices, God changes us from the inside out and works through us to transform the world. Click HERE to view the complete website for The Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations. Youth The Youth will participate in a Youth Lay Academy on Prayer. They will meet at the Cloverdale Campus and participate in a Worship Service, then break into two groups. Half will walk the labyrinth, half will be on the stage, which will have different prayer stations. Communion will conclude the Academy and light refreshments will be served around 4:30. Forward this email View in browser You are receiving this email from Philip McVay because you have an existing relationship with us. To ensure that you continue to receive emails from us, add [email protected] to your address book or safe sender list. To unsubscribe or manage mailings, click here Want more? Contact us 4719 Woodmere Boulevard Montgomery, AL 36106 Phone: 334.356.8014 Toll free: 888-873-3127 Email Us Open Hearts. Open Minds. Open Doors.
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