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Western North Carolina ConferenceThe United Methodist ChurchPO Box 18005Charlotte NC 28218
Nonprofit Organization
US Postage PaidCharlotte NC
Permit No. 2557
Friday - April 24 2:00 Check-in/Registration .......................................................... Lambuth Inn 5:00 Dinner ..................................................................................On your own 7:00 Local/District Training Session ...............................Dick Strachan, Others “Church Vitality” ........................................................Rev. Gary Shockley 8:00 Executive Committee Meeting
Saturday - April 25 – Morning 7:00 Wake-up & Morning Coffee 7:30 Breakfast .............................................................. Lambuth Dining Room 9:00 Welcome, Rally Opening Presentation 10:00 – 12:00 Stop Hunger Now Mission Event ...............................Kern Youth Center Prayer Line (time to be confirmed) 12:00 – 2:00 Lunch .................................Cookout with Scouts at Campground 2:00 – 3:00 Workshops: 1. “Church Vitality” .............................................. Rev. Dr. Gary Shockley 2. “Congregations for Children” ............................. Rev. Dr. John Boggs 3:30 – 4:30 Seminar ..............................................“Diverse Connectionalism” Rev. Emmanuel Morris and Rev. David Ortigoza
Saturday - April 25 – Evening 5:30 Dinner .................................................................. Lambuth Dining Room 6:30 Evening Session ..............................................................with Boy Scouts Special Music UMM Awards & Scouting Awards Offering (for Rally expenses) Scripture & Prayer ...................................................................Neil Brown Introduction of Speaker ..........................................................Neil Brown Speaker .................................................................... Rev. Dr. John Boggs 8:00 Sharing Groups
Sunday - April 26 6:30 Wake-up & Morning Coffee 7:30 Breakfast .............................................................. Lambuth Dining Room 8:45 Thanks to Volunteers & Announcements 9:00 Morning Worship Scripture & Prayer Music & Offering* Sermon .................................................................... Rev. Dr. John Boggs Holy Communion & Sending Forth *Offering benefits Upper Room Prayer Line
2015WNCC UMM
Spiritual Rally
Western North Carolina Conference
35th Annual Spiritual Rally
2013-2015 UMM Conference Officers
Join Us for a
Mission Project
What a Fellowship...Mission, Ministry
& Outreachfeaturing
Rev. Dr. John BoggsRev. Dr. Gary Shockley
Rev. Emmanuel Morris, Sr.Rev. David OrtigozaRev. Terry Duckworth
Western North Carolina Conference
President – Neil BrownVice-President – William WaddellVice-President – James Russell
Vice-President – Don IronsTreasurer – Dr. Ron Patterson
Secretary – Don IronsEvents Coordinator – Ray Hiatt
MMS Coordinator – Dick Strachan
Rally Chairperson – Henry ‘Hank’ DozierScholarship Chairperson – Dr. Ron PattersonScholarship Coordinator – Coley Hooker, Jr.
Past President – Henry ‘Hank’ DozierPrayer Advocate – Don Hyler
Scouting Coordinator – Elwood Mabe Technology Coordinator - Walter VaughanConference Lay Leader – Robert Upchurch Visit our website: www.wnccumm.com
WNCC UMM Spiritual AdvisorRev. Dr. John Boggs
Blue Ridge District Superintendent
District Presidents - see inside
FeaturingRev. Dr. John Boggs
Rev. Dr. Gary Shockley
Rev. Emmanuel Morris, Sr.
Rev. David Ortigoza
Rev. Terry Duckworth
what a fellowship...Mission, Ministry & Outreach
April 24-26, 2015Lambuth Inn • Lake Junaluska
Prayer Line • Special MusicWalk Around the Lake
UMM & Scouting AwardsWorkshops & Seminar
35th Annual WNCC UMM Spiritual RallySpecial Music: Rev. Terry Duckworth
WNCC United Methodist Men will pack meals on Saturday, April 25, for the
hands-on ‘works’ portion of the Spiritual Rally. Please help fund our project.
Our goal is $2,900 for 10,000 meals.
o $10 o $25 o Other $________
Name:_________________________________
Address:_______________________________
E-mail: ________________________________
Church: ________________________________
District: _______________________________
Make check payable to WNCC UMM and mail to:
Dr. Ron Patterson2302 Lakeshore DriveGreensboro NC 27407
35th Annual United Methodist Men’s Spiritual Rally
lodging & meal reservations at lambuth innWNCC UMM Rally • April 24-26, 2015 • Lake JunaluskaMake lodging reservations & meal arrangements directly
with Lake Junaluska by March 25. Use Group Code 28810107119 Email [email protected] or call 800.222.4930
Lambuth Inn: Single $88 Double $54 Triple $37 Quad $31Meals: Breakfast $9 Lunch $11 Dinner $13
Our RallyThe UMM annual rally offers inspiration and direction to United Methodist Men’s Fellowships and individual participants, as they seek God’s will for their common and individual lives to respond to that call in obedience. It is hoped the experience of this rally will encourage participants to work faithfully to make United Methodist Men an even stronger influence in United Methodism.
rally registration onlyName:______________________________________________________________________
Address:____________________________________________________________________
E-mail: _____________________________________________________________________
Church:___________________________________ District: __________________________
Enclosed: $_______________ Questions: 336.299.6040Make $25 registration fee check payable to WNCC UMM and mail to:
Dr. Ron Patterson, 2302 Lakeshore Drive • Greensboro NC 27407OR Register via PayPal. Email: [email protected]
Our EmphasesWestern North Carolina United Methodist Men have been faithful in their continued financial assistance of our major emphasis programs. We continue to solicit the support of members of United Methodist Men, as well as local churches, in funding these areas:• Upper Room Prayer Line – 800.251.2468: Available 24/7 to everyone needing
someone to pray with them. It answers more than 30,000 requests each month. We have witnessed changes in lives from the power of pray through the prayer line.
http://prayer-center.upperroom.org/request-prayer• Scouting: United Methodist Men nurture children, teens, and families through
outreach and evangelism and incorporating them into the life of the church may have tremendous, eternal results for the youth, their families and the Church. The overall focus is on five organizations: Boy Scouts of America, Girl Scouts of the USA, Big Brothers/Big Sisters (Amachi Partnership) Camp Fire USA and 4-H.
http://www.gcumm.org/ministries/scouting/• The Children’s Home: A safe haven for children and their families for more than a
century, The Children’s Home continues to transform lives based on the changing needs of children, families and society. www.tchome.org
• Scholarships for Second-Career Pastors: Men and women called into ministry often have a hard time supporting their families and paying seminary expenses as they work to become fully-qualified pastors.
• Missions: Our main focus is on disaster response, due to the accelerating wake of devastating natural disasters, but we encourage wide support and participation. More: http://www.wnccumc.org/mission-outreach and http://www.umcmission.org
Stop Hunger Now Vision: “To end hunger in our lifetime
by providing food and life-saving aid to the world’s most vulnerable
and by creating a global commitment to mobilize
the necessary resources.”
• Since 1998, this international hunger relief agency has fulfilled its commitment to end hunger by coordinating the distribution of food and other lifesaving aid to children and families worldwide.
• The meal packaging assembly program combines rice, soy, dehydrated vegetables and a flavoring mix, including 21 essential vitamins and minerals, into small meal packets.
• Each meal costs only 25 cents. The food stores easily, has a shelf-life of two years and transports quickly.
• One SHN packaging event can result in the more than 1,000,000 packaged meals. International partners help Stop Hunger Now ship/distribute them in-country.
• Learn more about this ministry at http://www.stophungernow.org.
2015 District PresidentsAppalachian – Jerry Dale Sherrill 3377 Millersville Rd., Taylorsville, NC 28681 • (h) 828.632.5739 • [email protected] Ridge – Neil L. Brown PO Box 406, Spruce Pine, NC 28777 • (h) 828.765.6704 • (c) 828.766.5922 • [email protected] Valley – Darryl Wilburn 8260 Blades Trail, Denver, NC 28037 • (h) 704.966.1158 • (c) 704.654.1332 • [email protected] – Donald Irons, Jr. 8200 Willow Lake Ct., Charlotte, NC 28227 • (h) 704.563.1958 • (c) 704.995.7213 • [email protected] Piedmont – William Waddell 5715 Wrenwood Dr., Greensboro, NC 27455 • (h) 336.312-3992 • [email protected] Mountain – Phil Keller 5374 Hwy 141, Marble, NC 28905 • (h) 828.837.0011 • (c) 828.837.0011 • [email protected] – Monty Clark PO Box 696, Albemarle, NC 28002 • (h) 704.986.0205 • (c) 704.576.4698 • [email protected] Valley – Danny Garrett 2090 Lake Dr., Winston Salem, NC 27127 • (h) 336.784.5700 • (o) 336.414.6806 • [email protected]
Please help fund our emphases. o $10 o $25 o Other $________
Name:_________________________________ Address: _____________________________
E-mail: ________________________________ Church: ______________________________
District: _______________________________
Make check payable to WNCC UMM and mail to: Dr. Ron Patterson, 2302 Lakeshore Drive, Greensboro NC 27407
Rev. Dr. John Boggs
The Rev. Dr. Boggs is passionate about empowering laity for ministry, developing partnerships between local churches and public schools to work with children in poverty, and cultivating a missional imagination of the clergy and laity of the Blue Ridge District. He will “lift up the state-wide United Methodist movement called, ‘Congregations for Children (C4C),’ which works with children and families in poverty through relationships with our public schools.” With whom should I talk about having information, workshop, or brief plenary time for this opportunity? Dr. Boggs said, “I really believe we need more men doing mentoring, reading buddies, basic school volunteering,” and will provide information for this opportunity.
John Sherrod Boggs grew up in Brevard and is the son of Mrs. Peggy Boggs and the late William Grayson Boggs, Sr.
He graduated from Brevard High School in 1972 and earned his Associate of Arts degree from Brevard College in 1974, and went on to earn the Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Vincent College; Master of Divinity degree from Candler School of Theology, Emory University; and Doctor of Ministry degree from Drew University.
Dr. Boggs has served churches in the Western NC Conference in Etowah, Cullowhee, Lake Junaluska, Charlotte, and Shelby. In 2008, he was appointed Superintendent of the Asheville District, which later to the expanded Blue Ridge District.
John and his wife, Anita, have been married for 31 years and they live in Arden. They have two daughters, one married with three children, and one engaged.
Blue Ridge distRict supeRintendent
Rev. Emmanuel Morris, Sr.The Rev. Emmanuel S. Morris, Sr., of the Liberian community, is senior pastor of Spencer Memorial UMC in Charlotte. The Rev. Morris earned his Associate of Arts
degree at the College of West Africa, 1987; Bachelor of Arts at Cambridge International, 1989; a second Associate of Arts degree at Kasoa Bible Institute, 1993; and his Master of Divinity degree at Hood Theological Seminary, 2013.
Rev. David OrtigozaThe Rev. David Ortigoza transferred to the Western North Carolina Conference from the Methodist Church of Brazil, and specializes in Hispanic/Latino ministries.
A United Methodist minister in full connection, he has served the Southeastern Jurisdiction, the Waynesville District, the Western North Carolina Conference, and churches in Canton and Charlotte.
The Rev. Dr. Gary Shockley serves as the Conference Director of Church Vitality. He has been in ministry since the age of 18 and has served churches in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Florida and Colorado. In addition to leading some of our denomination’s largest membership churches, Gary has planted two new communities of faith and led our denomination’s national church planting movement (Path 1) helping to start over 700 new churches in four years. Gary is a graduate of Ashland Theological Seminary in Ashland Ohio and completed a master’s degree and doctoral work in Formative Spirituality from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pa.He is the author of several books: The Meandering Way: Leading by Following the Spirit (Alban); Imagining Church: Seeing Hope in a World of Change (Alban); Eye of the Beholder (Amazon); Everywhere God: Ordinary Expressions of the Divine (Amazon) and Becoming More–Devotional Guide for Christian Stewards (Amazon)In addition to ministry and writing, Gary is a resident artist at Arts on Main in Gastonia, NC, where he works from his studio creating opportunities for “visio-divina” (divine seeing), inviting people to encounter God through visual creativity. Gary and his wife, Kim, live in Gastonia. They are the proud parents of Aaron and Jacob who reside in Denver, Colorado.
Rev. Dr. Gary Shockley WesteRn nc confeRence diRectoR of chuRch Vitality
Rev. Terry DuckworthGeneral Evangelist the Rev. Terry Duckworth returns as music leader for the UMM Spiritual Rally. The Rev. Duckworth was appointed Western North Carolina
Evangelist in 2000. He offers revival/renewal services, youth rallies, Bible studies, a one-night revival program and Everyday Evangelism for Everyday people. Learn more at http://terryduckworthministries.org.
