http://www.druidhillsumc.org The Church at the Crossroads Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:36:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In their first joint appearance of the Presidential campaign, Senators John McCain and Barack Obama answered questions from Rick Warren, Pastor of Saddleback Church and author of many best-selling books including The Purpose Driven Life. For the next four Sundays (beginning August 24), the Discovery Class will view and discuss ... http://www.druidhillsumc.org/2008/08/20/discovery-class-update/ Young Adult Gathering Are you a 20 something? Maybe a 30 something? Married, single, whatever -- you're invited to get together with your fellow Druid Hills Young Adults this Friday, August 22nd at 6:30 to get to know one another. We'd like to invite members, long time visitors and first timers ... http://www.druidhillsumc.org/2008/08/15/young-adult-gathering/ Your Druid Hills UMC softball team surprised itself and its hoards of fans with a storybook comeback win last night over the 2nd seeded team in the league. After a bruising of a 1st inning (I believe the other team was up 4-0), the team, lead by pitcher Greg ... http://www.druidhillsumc.org/2008/08/01/on-to-the-finals/ Yeah, OK, so that's a phrase more common to our Roman Catholic sisters and brothers, but I thought it was cool to throw in a little "high church". For those of you who don't recall your high school Latin classes, habemus episcopum roughly translates to "we have a Bishop" - a ... http://www.druidhillsumc.org/2008/07/19/habemus-episcopum/ Boston University has chosen our own Mary Elizabeth Moore as the new Dean of their School of Theology, effective January 1. Here's a link to their own news story. We are excited for this new calling in Mary Elizabeth's career, although we already anticipate the loss to Druid Hills UMC. ... http://www.druidhillsumc.org/2008/07/09/congratulations-to-mary-elizabeth-bostons-gain-is-our-loss/ Today’s proceedings began too early (for me, at least – but I’m not used to early mornings) with the MFSA breakfast at which our own Beth Corrie addressed a gathering of about 30 kindred spirits. She discussed her personal story of growing awareness of peace and justice issues, particularly as ... http://www.druidhillsumc.org/2008/06/19/ac-day-three/ Wow, another relatively unremarkable day at AC. Here’s your recap: The morning session included a great presentation from Emory Healthcare (no, really!). Emory’s representative highlighted their advances in various medical research fields, and briefly discussed the plans to expand the clinical campus. Some of the research they’re doing there is quite ... http://www.druidhillsumc.org/2008/06/18/ac-day-two/ Please note: This is my "official" report on Annual Conference (AC). If you'd like the more "unofficial" version with more opinionated commentary after you read this, feel free to browse over to my personal blog site, http://danbrowning.blogspot.com. As promised, here’s your update on the North Georgia Annual Conference proceedings from the ... http://www.druidhillsumc.org/2008/06/17/ac-day-one/ Your Druid Hills coed softball team acquitted themselves well tonight, despite losing their first game of the season 10-9. I’d rather not say we lost the whole game – I prefer to think of us as having lost the first half 6-0, while winning the second half 9-4.  We clearly ... http://www.druidhillsumc.org/2008/06/12/druid-hills-softball-opening-night/ Darryl Stephens presented a recap of General Conference highlights, including our UMC quadrennial budget, study committees, ecumenical partnership with the ELCA, statements on social issues (including homosexuality), and worldwide structure. Details can be found in articles at the following sites: http://www.umc-gbcs.org/site/apps/nlnet/content.aspx?c=frLJK2PKLqF&b=4122887&ct=5325129&tr=y&auid=3652692 http://www.umc.org/site/apps/nlnet/content3.aspx?c=lwL4KnN1LtH&b=2072505&ct=5329847&printmode=1 http://www.ngumc.org/communications/general_conference_2008/news/detailed_summary/ http://www.druidhillsumc.org/2008/05/16/wnp-general-conference-recap/