Breakout Session #1 Sacred Pause: Inhabiting Practices of Mindfulness as Soul Care Presenter: The Rev. Suzanne L. Vinson As caring professionals, students, clergy and human beings, we long for connection and belonging. We often long for a break in the pace of our daily living. During this workshop, those gathered will experience mindfulness as soul […]
At several of the churches I served at, we had large clothing closets. At one of these closets we requested winter coats, gloves and scarfs. It was a highly successful request because winter coats came in by the carload. The sad part to all this was that many of the coats were worn out and […]
Recently, my mother had to undergo major surgery. As anyone could imagine, she was very anxious. While thinking of ways to comfort my mother, I remembered that we had received a generous gift of prayer shawls from Sunset Drive United Methodist Church. I picked a prayer shawl for my mother and took it to her […]
You know the phrase, “it’s the most wondrous time of the year”! However, did you know that it is also the most generous time? Americans give a significant portion of their charitable gifts between Thanksgiving and December 31. I have had donors call me on New Year’s Eve to make sure that the meet the […]