http://www.ngumc.org/newsnothing provideden-usThu, 19 Nov 2009 15:20:00 ESTThu, 19 Nov 2009 15:20:00 ESThttp://www.ngumc.org/news/detail/584http://www.ngumc.org/news/detail/584Want to take your marriage beyond ordinary Need a coach to encourage and equip you Rev. Jay Tenney, pastor of Barnesville First UMC, has developed a tool to help: www.mymarriagecoach.com. The simple, confidential marriage assessment toolasks couples to answer 100 quick questions individually or together that evaluate ten key ares of the marriage including faith, finances and communication. quot;As a pastor involved in marital counseling, Ive discovered that there are a lot of couples who Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.ngumc.org/news/detail/585http://www.ngumc.org/news/detail/585North Georgia Conference 2009 Journals began shipping the week of November 16. DVD versions will be mailed after Thanksgiving.Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.ngumc.org/news/detail/583http://www.ngumc.org/news/detail/583The North Georgia Conference has made $1,211,504.40 in donations to the Central Conference Pension Initiative (CCPI) and 971 churches and individuals from our conference have made pledges.These gifts go toward pensions for clergy in Central Conferences (conferences outsidethe United States)who often serve in areas of great need only to face hunger and poverty in retirement. quot;For individual and church gifts to CCPI, North Georgia is the leader in the denomination,quot; said Dan ONeill managiFri, 6 Nov 2009 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.ngumc.org/news/detail/580http://www.ngumc.org/news/detail/580By Randel Sink Special to the North Georgia Advocate Our team had just spent a week in El Salvador building a home for a local family. The rest of the group returned home. I stayed behind to work with Juan de Dios, the head of the Iglesia Metodista, the Methodist Church in El Salvador. Casa de Juan is an unusual place. Aside from the additions to the basic house over the years, adding more rooms and bathrooms to accommodate more people, Casa de Juan is blessed with many interesting souls frWed, 4 Nov 2009 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.ngumc.org/news/detail/581http://www.ngumc.org/news/detail/581If you have a credit card from any of the major credit card issuers, you might notice a sharp increase in your interest rate and fees within the next few months. This warning was issued by Keystone United Methodist Federal Credit Union this week, the credit union that serves United Methodists in the Western PA Conference, and was echoed by the Georgia Florida United Methodist Federal Credit Union. As credit card companies race to beat the deadline for new regulation that will go into effect in Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.ngumc.org/news/detail/579http://www.ngumc.org/news/detail/579There is a pressing need for housing for work teams on the west side of Atlanta. More than 100 teams from outside our Conference are planning trips to North Georgia to rebuild and repair homes and buildings that were flooded in September. The teams have 6 to 8 members on average, but some have as many as 14 to 30. Their needs include a place to sleep, as well as a place to cook or volunteers to prepare meals. Many teams work for 5 to 6 days, but one group may be here for as long as two months. Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.ngumc.org/news/detail/578http://www.ngumc.org/news/detail/578The North Georgia Conference website, which was redesigned and launched in April, has earned honors as the best overall site in the denomination. United Methodist Association of Communicators (UMAC) named ngumc.org as the best website in its field at the UMAC annual meeting, Oct. 21 in Nashville. Secular judges, with backgrounds in Internet technology, praised ngumc.org as ldquo;a great website that is user friendly with intuitive layout and navigation.rdquo; The North Georgia Conference wFri, 30 Oct 2009 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.ngumc.org/news/detail/577http://www.ngumc.org/news/detail/577LaGrange College announced the promotion of the Rev. Dr. Quincy Brown to Vice President for Spiritual Life and Church Relations at its Board of Trustees meeting last week. Previously the schools chaplain and director of servant-leadership, he joined the college in 1997. quot;We aim to become even more intentional about pursuing our mission of inspiring the soul-both on campus and throughout the region,quot; said LaGrange College President Dan McAlexander. quot;We are pleased to recognize QuincWed, 28 Oct 2009 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.ngumc.org/news/detail/575http://www.ngumc.org/news/detail/575Attention North Georgia clergy: Please do not reply to an e-mail sent to clergy quot;ngumc.netquot; accounts asking for a reply with personal information and passwords. This is a phishing scam and an attempt to get your personal account information. The e-mail starts quot;Attention E-mail Account Holder.quot; The North Georgia Conference will never request your e-mail address and password. If you have questions, please contact the conference IT office directly at support@ngumc.org.Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.ngumc.org/news/detail/574http://www.ngumc.org/news/detail/574Did you read a great story on the Conference website What about an event you want to share with all your friends Do you wish the conference web content was more accessible to the Latino congregation at your church No problem! The Conference website has two new features and a new way to connect on Facebook. At www.ngumc.org, every interior page now features a quot;Sharequot; button at the bottom of the left navigation bar. (Go ahead and scroll down to check it out.) You can use the quot;ShFri, 16 Oct 2009 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.ngumc.org/news/detail/572http://www.ngumc.org/news/detail/572Thanks to individuals and Early Response Teams from all over the United States, areas in North Georgia are now moving from an early response phase to a recovery (rebuilding) phase following the flooding last month. Disaster Response will be involved in assessments for the next two weeks to determine where the needs are for long-term recovery. Once the assessments are completed volunteers will be able to transition into long-term recovery mode. The Call Center, managed by United Methodist VolunMon, 12 Oct 2009 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.ngumc.org/news/detail/571http://www.ngumc.org/news/detail/571 Sunday,November 1, has been approved as the official date for the first ever conference-wide special offering to benefit Action Ministries. The agency has mailed promotion material to the 900+ churches in the Conference and has also posted resources at www.actionministries.net/donate/sunday-offering-hub.htmlfor download along with a video and letter from Bishop Mike Watson. In June the North Georgia Annual Conference voted to authorize a special Sunday offering to be taken in all the churcSat, 10 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EST