Around the Conference

First UMC, Blue Ridge, will celebrate the groundbreaking for its "first-ever" parsonage, April 29, 1:00 p.m. For more information, please contact Rev. John A. Johnson, 972-752-4245.

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Munger Place UMC,will host a "Cinco de Mayo" festival, May 5 from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. Performances will be made by Escuelita Preschool and the Latin Ensemble of Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. For more information, please call 214-823-9929. 

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ArtSpirit Center for Spirituality, Dallas, presents Julia Schloss, Resurrection Art Dallas, "Salvage Art Work Shop: The Dream Box of the Fates," April 28, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. For more information, or to register, please contact Julia Schloss, 214-546-9790, or FauxRealMurals.com.

Sorrow

Rev. Duane Bruce, Retired, died April 16. Funeral services were held April 21 at St. Stephen UMC, Mesquite.

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Julia Keightley Townsend, widow of the late Rev. Carl Keightley, died April 17. Memorial services were held April 20.