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Advent Greeting 2009
Bishop Ough sends all United Methodists in the West Ohio Conference this video greeting as we enter the Season of Advent. View the video here and download (link below) to play during worship. If you need a copy of the video as a DVD, contact your District Office or Sue Alley at the Conference Center.
Bishop's Advent Video Greeting High Resolution Download (right click and select "save link as")
Keeping Advent Bishop's Advent Letter
Additional Resources & Information
Rethink Church & United Methodist Communications (www.umcom.org)
This Advent season, United Methodist Communications will be airing spots on CNN Headline News, and running complimentary online advertising on www.cnn.com.
To help you connect your church with this national media effort, United Methodist Communications has created additional resources specifically for use in the local church, including sermon starters, UMTV stories, Rethink Church videos, and communication resources. Advent Resources from United Methodist Communications
United Methodist Council of Bishops Pastoral Letter (www.hopeandaction.org)
In a statement that says, “We cannot help the world until we change our way of being in it,” the bishops of The United Methodist Church announced a significant call to all United Methodists, ecumenical and inter-religious partners and people of goodwill around the world. God's Renewed Creation: Call to Hope & Action
The bishops recommend that the pastoral letter be read aloud in worship during the season of Advent in each of 42,600 congregations worldwide. A liturgical setting for the letter offers responsive elements for congregational participation.
General Board of Discipleship Worship Resources (www.gbod.org)
General Board of Global Ministries (www.gbgm-umc.com)
The General Board of Global Ministries today begins a series of online articles and features marking Advent. Several Advent devotionals, one each for the four weeks, have been written by young adult missionaries.