Notes from our Last Gathering (9/20/07)

Sorry this has taken so long!

We met for our September meeting at Forest Hills UMC in Tampa.

If I heard correctly, the following people are going before the board this year:

Kim Uchimura, John Legg, Dennis Roebuck, Mark Reynolds, Barry Bahr. I’m ready to take corrections or additions to that list!

We decided to try having longer meetings….fewer times per year. We’ll evaluate as time goes on..

Our next meeting will be November 8^th at Kathleen UMC in Lakeland. 9-12:00

Then, at the DISTRICT OFFICE January 17^th and April 17^th, 9-12.

I’m still waiting on confirmation from FUMC in Plant City, who controls the rooms, but I’m assuming that we’ll get in.

***We will be unable to meet in Plant City, at the District Office in April. We obviously have plenty of time, (I hope!) so we can line up an alternative.

Several of us were going (and now, went!) to the Church of the Resurrection in Leawood Kansas: Dawn Anderson, Jeffrey Smith, Joseph Kim, Carol Marsh. I made a lot of new friends. J

At our September meeting, there was a comment that there is an event for RIM participants in February coming for which the details/date had not been received.

I THINK I heard one of you say now that you have received that information. Can anyone confirm that for us all?

NOW!

It’s time for you to visit our South Central RIM Group BLOG.

Matt Wallis set this up for us. He will post THIS MESSAGE on the Blog and then you can go to the blog and make comments, corrections, and say whatever you wish!

I encourage you to add this address to your “favorites” and check it regularly. I have sites that I check every day (ahem, like the Copeland myspace site and my own myspace site

(www.myspace.com/carolmarsh)

If you have resources, conferences, books, etc. that you’re willing to share with people, put it there!

This won’t take the place of our emails, but will give you a chance to share more informally with each other without filling up their email boxes.

Awright! I may have more to say, but no time to say it! Love you guys! Carol

Carol V. Marsh

Minister of Discipleship

First United Methodist Church, Lakeland

863-686-3163 ext . 233

CMARSH@FIRSTUMC.ORG