'Is art worth a life?' - Rescuing art

BY STEVE SMITH Special Correspondent To art aficionado Robert M. Edsel, the answer to "Is Art Worth a Life?" is simple: "I'm often asked that question," Edsel told about 300 audience members Oct. 28 at University Park UMC, Dallas. "And I say, 'They are inseparable: art is life.'" For about an hour during his slide show, "A Convergence of Two Journeys," the Dallas resident took the audience along for a ride with the Monuments Men, the team of art experts who labored for years after the work...

'Thank You' from Mary Brooke Casad

Dear Friends, In this season of Thanksgiving, my heart is full and overflowing with the blessings of your friendship. Thank you so much for the lovely reception, flowers, beautiful gifts of the crystal bowl and candlesticks, your many cards and letters, and most of all, your presence. I was so grateful for the opportunity to remember our shared service of the past ten years, and to receive your support for my new role with our beloved United Methodist Church. On behalf of the Oliphint...

Community Wide Open House Week

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Lambuth UMC, Dallas: L'Arts Academy reaches out to children.

BY DR. JOAN GRAY LABARR Editor "As African Americans, 'It takes a village to raise a child,' means much to us because we have always depended on the seniors, our grandparents, to help raise our children," says Lambuth UMC, Dallas, pastor Rev. Jackye Waiters-Lee. With Rev. Waiters-Lee's encouragement, support and participation, the Lambuth congregation has decided to take the African proverb to heart by living it out through outreach programs to children of the community where the church is...

NTC Check Out Day changed to Jan. 17

At the request of the NTC Cabinet, the date of Check Out Day has been changed from Friday, Jan 18, 2008, to Thursday, January 17. This is the day that local church pastors meet with the District superintendents and statisticians to submit final membership and accounting paperwork for the previous year. Close Out Day, the deadline for all apportionments to be submitted to the NTC Treasurer's Office, is determined by NTC Standing Rules and remains noon Friday, Jan. 11, 2008 ...

Press conference to announce historic church collaboration

A press conference planned Nov. 29 at the One Arts Plaza in the downtown Dallas Arts District will be the forum to announce a joint effort by Saint Paul UMC and Highland Park UMC to renovate the Saint Paul building. The 10:30 a.m. press conference will include announcement that Highland Park has committed $3 million to restore and refurbish the historic structure. Rev. Elzie Odom, Jr., Saint Paul pastor, says that the church building is the last property in the Dallas Arts District to move...

Rev. Owen Ross, Christ's Foundry, thanks God we are one

BY JOHN A. LOVELACE Special Correspondent Whether the word was thanks or gracias, the message was the same Sunday evening, Nov. 11, as Christ's Foundry UM Fellowship expressed its thanksgiving to the ten covenant churches whose prayers and support are helping create Christ' Foundry, one of the North Texas cnference’s ongoing success stories. An estimated 350 people worshipped, received communion and shared a sumptuous potluck meal in a main dining hall of one covenant church, Lovers Lane...

UM Conference Basketball tournament to benefit 'Nothing But Nets' mission

Basketball and missions are not a typical church event combination, but these two can combine when the purpose is to raise money for "Nothing But Nets," a global, grassroots campaign to save lives by preventing malaria, a leading killer of children in Africa. Inspired by Sports Illustrated columnist Rick Reilly, who challenged each of his readers to donate at least $10 for the purchase of an anti-malaria bed net, thousands of people have joined the campaign that was created by the United...

Wilkinson Center seeks support for 'challenge grant'

Editor's note: The Wilkinson Center is an outreach ministry located on the campus of Munger Place UMC, Dallas. BY SHARON RUSSELL Wilkinson Center The Wilkinson Center just received some amazing news! The Ginger Murchison Foundation in Athens, TX, has issued a $120,000 challenge grant to the Wilkinson Center. If the Center receives gifts of $120,000 or more by Dec. 31, then 100 percent of this grant will be captured to help fund the Center’s poverty-fighting programs. "Give now and your...