Bishop Arts District, ArtSpirit, co-host free range art project

The Bishop Arts District Merchant Association, in conjunction with ArtSpirit Dallas, announce the First Annual Bishop Arts District Free Range Art Project on Saturday and Sunday, February 23 and 24, 2008. Patterned after a festival in Avila, Spain, this two-day competition will showcase local area landmarks and points of interest as the subject matter of participating artists. Using any medium on canvas, entrants will devote Saturday to painting their chosen subjects (a canvas and easel will...

Celebrating the discipline of being the church

BY JOE DAN BOYDTinney Chapel UMC, Winnsboro The church is not a building,the church is not a steeple,the church is not a restingplace, the church is a people.I am the church! You are the church!We are the church together! Voices, large and loud, lifted high this joyful musical proclamation in a stirring resonance, amplified by an acoustically responsive cathedral ceiling at Calvary UMC, Paris, site of the annual Paris-Sulphur Springs District Laity Celebration, on Oct. 28. The hymn, We Are...

Exhibition at Bridwell Library, Jan 28 - July 11

Bridwell Library of Perkins School of Theology, SMU, will present a free exhibition of "Methodism in the American South, Foundation through Reunification," Jan. 28 thru July 11,2008. This exhibition traces the role of Methodism in the American South from the colonial era to the beginning of World War II. Materials as diverse as letters, diaries, maps, pamphlets, circuit riders' saddle bags, class tickets, periodicals, Staffordshire figurines, broadsides and photographs combine to illustrate...

Home for Christmas/Watch Night 2007 begins

BY DR. JOAN GRAY LABARR Editor Happy New Year! Congregations throughout the NTC began a new Christian year Dec. 2 as the first candle glowed on the Advent Wreaths and Emmanuel, God with us, is invited and anticipated into our midst. For the past decade, NTC churches have focused on the Advent/Christmas season as a special opportunity to invite, welcome, and disciple newcomers. The first "Home for Christmas" initiative was launched in the Wichita FallsDistrict in 1997 under the leadership of...

Mission Possible Kids help others

As their Oct. 27 salute to "Make a Difference Day," the national day of volunteering, more than 500 elementary-aged "agents" with MISSION POSSIBLE KIDS made a significant impact by helping 26,000 people. Agents from chapters in Texas, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee and other states pulled together to show that children can make a difference in the world. Mission efforts included collecting food for food banks, making Thanksgiving baskets for the poor, preparing care packages and blankets for...

NTC participates in global UMC justice meeting

BY MILSE FURTADO Staff Writer "But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream!" Amos 5:24 More than 640 "justice lovers" were gathered to talk about justice for the world Nov. 1-4 at the Hilton Hotel in Fort Worth. The Living Faith Seeking Justice International Conference gathered people from around the world to praise God's name, learn and share experiences on how to equip the church to make justice roll like a river and righteousness like a never-failing...

Wesley-Rankin 'Evening Under Stars' Benefit is up-turn in donations, but $50,000 short

BY JOHN A. LOVELACE Special Correspondent Three days after its fundraising "Evening Under the Stars" on Nov. 9, Wesley-Rankin Community Center was energetically back to earth serving the multi-cultural community it calls home in West Dallas. The annual dinner-dance benefit attracted some 400 supporters and guests to the spacious Frontiers of Flight Museum at Dallas Love Field. Admission tickets at $75 each and silent and live auctions contributed to the evening's $162,000 total,...

Workshop for new Church Starts

"How to Develop a Coaching Ministry," a workshop for new church starts, high impact churches, and turn around churches is scheduled Jan. 9-10 at the NTC Ministry Center, 500 Maplelawn, Plano, TX. The session will begin at 1:00 p.m. Jan 9. Participants are asked to remain through the conclusion of the event at 4:00 p.m. on Jan. 10. Jim Griffith, founder of the Griffith Coaching Network, will be leader for the event which will: Define the nature and concept of coaching. Explain the...