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2011 Annual Conference schedule expanded:

 To assist in the voting process for General and Jurisdictional Conference delegates, dates for the 2011 
Virginia Annual Conference have been adjusted to June 15-19, 2011. Bishop Charlene Kammerer, Conference 
Lay Leader Shirley Cauffman, and the Rev. Marc Brown, director of Connectional Ministries announced that 
Annual Conference will begin with the Clergy Session and Laity Session at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 15. 
Selection of a nominating ballot for clergy delegates for General and Jurisdictional Conference will be 
included as part of the Clergy Session. An opportunity to meet laity candidates for delegates to General 
and Jurisdictional Conferences will be offered following the Laity Session. Opening ballots for both laity 
and clergy will be conducted during the Thursday, June 16, morning session of Annual Conference. Additional 
ballots will be received throughout the Annual Conference. The 2011 Annual Conference will be held at 
the Roanoke Civic Center.

Results of the Hymn Survey conducted last fall (tabulated in PDF Format):
Hymns By Vote      Hymns By Category

Two UM-related schools receive high grades Virginia Wesleyan College and Randolph College are among the best schools in the Southeast according to the latest survey by The Princeton Review. Virginia Wesleyan is located in Norfolk and Randolph College is in Lynchburg.

The two United Methodist-related schools within the Virginia Conference are featured in The Best 373 Colleges: 2011 Edition. Only about 15 percent of America’s 2,500 four-year colleges are included in the new edition.

For this project, 122,000 students across the nation were asked to rate their own schools on several issues – from accessibility of professors to quality of the campus food – and answer questions about themselves, their fellow students, and their campus life.

Ranking lists report the top 20 schools in categories that include lists based on race relations, sports interests and other aspects of campus life.

“If you are looking for the quintessential small college experience, you’ll find a good match at Virginia Wesleyan College,” said one student responder. “Students at this liberal arts school benefit from small class sizes, personal attention, and a friendly and fun learning environment for everyone on campus.”

According to students quoted in the book, Randolph College offers “a combination of great academics, cultural integrity, individuality, and tradition.” As one student explained, “I decided to attend Randolph because I wanted a school that melded fun, wacky traditions, strong academics, small classes with teachers who really get to know you well, a family-like community and a school that makes you feel at home.”

Randolph College’s diverse community also received high marks from students, and most students surveyed agreed that Randolph’s “close-knit community is a place where everyone really does know your name, and everyone smiles at each other.”

The Princeton Review is a New York-based company known for its test preparation and college admission services. It is not affiliated with Princeton University.

 Study guide for social justice issue created        

The Committee on Criminal Justice and Mercy Ministries of the conference’s
Board of Churchand Society, has prepared a resource on alternative punishment
for nonviolent offenses in the Commonwealth’s criminal justice system. The
committee wants groups in local churches to study this issue and send
in comments and recommendations. Responses will provide input for
planning next steps. “It is almost certain that consideration of alternative
punishment for nonviolent offenses will be on the agenda of the Virginia
General Assembly when it meets in January,” said the Rev. Hunter Mabry,
the committee’s Advocacy chair. For more information, contact Mabry at
(540) 943-5682, or hmabry@gmail.com.

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The All Nations Methodist Church is currently holding services on Sunday 
afternoons in the Wesley sanctuary.
A Little History…
In August of 2007, a group of immigrants in Northern Virginia, mostly from the African state of Ghana, 
decided to organize a church to worship God.  This move was an attempt to create something that enhanced 
their spiritual wellness and also addressed some of their other needs, which were lacking in immigrant 
congregations in the area.
The first meeting of this group, now numbering twenty, took place in the house of the pastor, the 
Reverend Kwasi Kwakye-Nuako on August 12, 2007 as a prayer meeting.  Since then, the weekly meetings 
have continued and Bible study has been added.  These meetings have been spiritually uplifting since 
members with one accord fellowship and break bread together.  
The pastor, the Reverend Kwasi Kwakye-Nuako had his theological education in Ghana, and was ordained as 
an elder some decades ago by the Methodist Church of Ghana.  Later, he continued his education in the 
United States of America, beginning at McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago, and completing at the 
Iliff School of Theology in Denver, CO.  He served in different charges as a pastor in his native Ghana,  
Canada and the United States.
Kwasi is currently an Associate Professor at the School of Divinity at Howard University in 
Washington, DC.  
All Nations Methodist Church thanks God for the hospitality of Wesley United Methodist Church for 
opening not only its doors, but its heart to the emergent congregation to worship the Almighty God and 
flourish to make God’s love visible to others who are facing challenges in life.  It is our prayer that 
we become and remain excellent tenants, as we strive to ‘spread scriptural holiness across the land.

John 1:1-4 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

Luke 11:13 If you then, with all your human frailty, know how to give your children gifts that are good for them, how much more certainly will your Father who is in Heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!"

Romans 8:32 He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all - how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?

UMCOR is the humanitarian relief and development agency of the United Methodist Church, a worldwide denomination. For 65 years UMCOR has responded internationally to natural or human made disasters-those interruptions of such magnitude that they overwhelm a community's ability to recover on its own.

Help continues for Tennessee flood victims:
June is a month of transition from cleanup to rebuilding after historic floods in Tennessee damaged or destroyed homes and businesses last month. For those who can’t afford the costs of recovery, though, the wait goes on. “West of Nashville, all the way to the Mississippi River — that’s 150 miles — the people live isolated, devastated, and proud. The money people donate will help us get to them and serve them,” said United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) Disaster Response Consultant Christy Smith. Read more about the hoped-for transition from relief to recovery in Tennessee and about hardships that still lie ahead for those affected by the flooding at <www.gbgm-umc.org>. Your gift to U.S. Domestic Disaster Response, UMCOR Advance #901670, helps the most vulnerable people affected by the Tennessee floods to rebuild their homes and their lives. Flood buckets are also still needed.

Our Wesley church family continues to work to assist those in our community: Locally, we provide meals to the homeless and shut-ins via the Rock Kitchen and Meals-on-Wheels. We also donate food and other supplies to United Community Ministries and Rising Hope. During the winter months we raised our level of service to the homeless by providing dinner and chaperoning overnight every Saturday at the Ventures in Community Hypothermia Shelter (VIC HOP). Nationally, we have participated in The Crop Walk and the National Help the Homeless walkathon. Globally, our children’s monetary gifts are donated to Heifer International for the purchase of animals for needy families around the world. Financially our congregation gives to generously to local missions and worldwide at through UMCOR.

UMCOR moving to help Pakistani flood victims: United Methodists are assisting those displaced by the worst floodwaters to hit Pakistan in 80 years. The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) is coordinating with four partners — Church World Service, Muslim Aid, Global Medic and the Church of Pakistan — “to support whatever relief efforts they’re doing,” said Melissa Crutchfield, the executive in charge of international disaster response. UMCOR is preparing an initial grant aimed at assisting relief efforts by its partners in Pakistan. Donations can be directed to UMCOR Advance #982450, “Pakistan Emergency.”

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Why pray? To understand and do God's will. To gather strength. To lift others up. To follow the example of Jesus and to be a disciple/follower. To seek forgiveness. To thank God. To seek guidance. To reconnect with God after time away. To feel God's love. To reinforce the call to follow Jesus. To increase in wisdom and knowledge. To understand the Bible. And more.

When should we pray? Now. Later. Then. In Between. All the time. On Call. Moment by moment.

Take Time:
To think. It is the source of power.
To play. It is the secret of perpetual youth.
To read. It is the greatest power on earth.
To love and be loved. It is a God-given privilege.
To be friendly. It is the road to happiness.

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