Florida Conference News

The Empowering Leaders for Health Ministries Health Certification Training Week will be held January 30-February 5, 2005 at the Hilton Orlando/Altamonte Springs on 350 S. North Lake Blvd., Altamonte Springs, FL, sponsored by the North American Division and Inter-American Division Health Ministries Departments. A special feature this year will be evangelism training with Mark Finley each evening.

For registration information, please visit the Plusline event page or call (800) 732-7587. For hotel reservations, call (800) 445-8667.

A Health Summit flyer is available in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.

The Wondrous Gift, Florida Hospital’s 2004 holiday gift to the community, is scheduled to air in Orlando on WLCB Channel 45, December 21 at 8 p.m. and December 25 at 3 a.m.; and on WTGL Channel 52, December 25 at 3 p.m.

The program will also air several times on Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN). The full program will run December 24 at 12:30 a.m. and December 25 at 5 p.m. Also, an edited half-hour version will air December 15 and 22 at 12:30 p.m.

The program features Sandi Patty, Wintley Phipps, Rickey Smith, Ring of Fire, and a 100-voice children’s choir directed by Gale Murphy.

More information at www.floridahospitalchristmas.com

Last year’s Christmas program, God Comes Near, is also scheduled for broadcast on TBN, December 21 at 5:30 a.m. and December 22 at 12:30 a.m. and 11:30 p.m.

Update: The program is now available for viewing online. You may also sign up to possibly win one of 10 videotape copies of the concert.

A small plane crash took the lives of three administrators and a director of the Georgia-Cumberland Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, based in Calhoun, GA, as well as their pilot, just north of Collegedale, TN, on Thursday, December 2, at approximately 1:15 p.m. A sixth person, the copilot escaped with minor injuries.

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A conference on Reconnecting Ministries will take place January 8, 2005, at the Forest Lake Seventh-day Adventist Church, Apopka, FL, for members across the Southern Union. Sponsored by the North American Division, the one-day event will combine inspiring stories and training sessions for those who are interested in reaching out to members who are inactive. In major studies done by Adventist researchers, 72% of active church members say that they have a relative or friend who used to attend the Adventist Church.

“This will be a day to meet with other Adventists who share a passion for reconnecting with members who are taking a break from church,” states Paul Richardson, coordinator of Reconnecting Ministries for the North American Division (NAD). “There is a growing network of people who are working to make their churches safe places to which hurting people can return.”

To get registration details for the Southern Union Reconnecting Ministries training event, contact the Church office at 407-869-0680. Additional information about Reconnecting Ministries in North America can be found on the web site of the Center for Creative Ministry, a resource center for the North American Division. The center also conducts research for various organizations and provides information, consultants and trainers for local churches. Check the center’s web site at www.creativeministry.org or call 1-800-272-4664.