Hoosier United Methodist, June, 1979

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NATION
& WORLD
Plan Holy Spirit'
conference in Aug.
NASHVILLE. Tenn. (UMC) -
Final plans are being made for a
national conference on the work of
the Holy Spirit expected to attract
from 3.000 to 5.000 United Methodists
in Louisville. Ky.. this summer.
"Aldersgate 79" will be held Aug. 9-
12 at the Commonwealth Convention
Center under the auspices of the
United Methodist Renewal Services
Fellowship (UMRSF). a group
which has a liaison relationship with
the denomination's Board of
Discipleship. "This is not a meeting
planned officially by the
denomination." said Ross Whet-stone.
Nashville, executive director
of UMRSF. "It is a conference in-itiated
by the Fellowship which is
open to all United Methodists."
Coalition formed
MADISON, Wis. (UMC) - In
preparation for 1980 General
Conference, 47 United Methodists
concerned about "genuine faith and
social justice" have formed the
"Coalition for the Whole Gospel." In
its early stages the group was
referred to as a coalition for social
progress at General Conference. Of
the 47 attending the meeting here in
February, 13 were lay persons and
20 were women. Participants came
from 14 states and four jurisdic-tions.
The group named a 16-
member steering committee and
asked the Rev. John A. Collins of
New Rochelle, N.Y., to convene the
first meeting. Collins is a staff
member of the Interfaith Center for
Corporate Responsibility, which is
related to the National Council of
Churches, and a co-president of the
Methodist Federation for Social Ac-tion
(MFSA).
" Vote single priority
DAYTON, Ohio (UMC) - The
», United Methodist General Council
on Ministries (GCOM) has made the
Ethnic Minority Local Church
(EMLC) its first-round choice for a
single Missional Priority for the
denomination in the 1981-84 quadren-nium.
The recommendation is to be
circulated in the church for reaction,
with the GCOM making a final
recommendation in November for
transmittal to the 1980 General
Conference for its decisive action
next April. Recommended ten-tatively
to accompany the priority
in 1981-84 are five "special"
' programs, a new category.
Gifts reach
$2 million
A gift of $34,000 from a person who
does not wish to be identified has
enabled the Franklin United
Methodist Home to reach its phase-one
goal of $2 million a year ahead
of schedule.
The home, with this gift, has now
raised enough in cash and pledges to
match the $1 million challenge gift
of the Krannert Charitable Trust
toward construction of the new 102-
bed health center.
Completion of the new facility will
cost about tS million and is expected
to be ready for use in 1980.
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Distribute Christmas
funds to aid children
LIFE LINE, a new helicopter emergency care system that will operate from
the heliport atop the Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, will begin service July
1. The Bell Long Ranger II demonstrator model (shown above) was at the
hospital recently to give practice flights to staff personnel. The helicopter also
made an appearance at the South Indiana Annual Conference. The advanced
concept of emergency care, first in the United States, will transport
equipment, a doctor, a nurse or paramedic, and carry ill or injured patients to
definitive care hospitals.
Funds totaling $76,575 from the
1978 Indiana Christmas Offering for
Children Around the World have
been authorized for distribution to
25 projects in the United States and
overseas to improve the quality of
children's lives.
The distribution will be made by
an Area committee of clergy and lay
leaders chaired by Bishop Ralph T.
Alton which met in Indianapolis
May 10. The committee is respon-sible
for promotion of the Christ-mas
offering and the Thanksgiving
Hunger relief offering received an-nually
in the North and South In-diana
Conferences.
The committee also set guide-lines
for receiving gifts in the 1979
Christmas offering and Thanks-giving
hunger offering which will be
credited as Advance Special giving.
'Alton Trust Fund' to be established
An "Alton Trust Fund" to be used
"annually for missional projects
within the Indiana area" will be es-tablished
next year to honor Bishop
and Mrs. Ralph T. Alton in connec-tion
with his retirement from the ac-tive
episcopacy.
The announcement was made by a
special 10-member area committee
in a memo to members of the North
and South Indiana Annual Con-ferences
and following the spring
meeting. May 1, of the Indiana Area
Episcopacy Committee.
The special 10-member com-mittee
is making plans for cele-bration
and farewell ceremonies
honoring the Altons as well as the
love gift to establish the trust fund.
Committee members reported that
setting up the mission trust, instead
of a personal monetary gift, was in
accordance with the wishes of the
Altons.
The farewell celebration for
Bishop and Mrs. Alton is scheduled
to take place at the Indiana Con-vention
and Exposition Center in In-dianapolis
on July 6, 1980, accord-ing
to the announcement, from 4:00
to 7:00 p.m.
The program being planned calls
for a reception beginning at 4:00
p.m.. a service of celebration 5:00
p.m.. and continuation of the receiv-ing
line at 6:15 p.m.
Bishop Alton will have reached
the mandatory age of retirement in
1980 and will complete his service as
administrative and spiritual head of
the Indiana Area following the
quadrennial session of the North
Central Jurisdictional Conference.
A new bishop for Indiana, who will
be named at that conference, will
begin his duties as Indiana Area
leader Sept. 1. 1980.
The "Alton Trust Fund" will be
established within the Indiana
Foundation of the United Methodist
Church, and proceeds will be used
annually for missional projects
determined by the foundation.
Contributions to the fund will be
received throughout the 1979-1980
conference year through the district
superintendents of the Area, the
committee announced.
Plan for youth visit to
General Conference in 1980
INDIANAPOLIS (UMC) - Plans
are underway to have youth from
across the United Methodist Church
attend the General Conference
sessions here April 15-25, 1980.
Meeting here recently to lay the
foundation for the youth visitation
program, were representatives of
the National Youth Ministry
Organization (NYMO), coordinators
of youth ministry from several an-nual
conferences in the North Cen-tral
Jurisdiction, and staff members
of the Board of Discipleship youth
department.
Board of Discipleship staff
member Don Cottrill said initial
plans call for providing housing,
orientation sessions, feed-back op-portunities
and time for fellowship,
worship and sharing.
He said special efforts will be
made to have youth visit the con-ference
over the middle weekend of
the two-week meeting. This would
provide opportunity for them to see
the conference in business sessions,
legislative sessions, and would also
allow them to participate in major
events such as worship services,
celebration of the Bicentennial of
the Church School and "Indiana
Night."
Mr. Cottrill said the visitation
program is not to be construed as a
"youth caucus." "The purpose of
our program is to expose youth to
the highest legislative body of their
church and to reflect on that
process." he said. "It will also give
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Current distributions include a
gift of $5,000 to the Dilkusha
Children's Home in Suva, Fiji Is-lands,
at the request of Bishop
Alton, who visited the home during
his episcopal visitation to the south-ern
Pacific Area last year.
As in previous years, the 1979
offering will be distributed in equal
parts to Indiana, national, and world
projects to aid children.
The 1980 meeting of the Area
offering committee was set for June
23 in Indianapolis.
Receipts from the 1978 offering
were distributed as follows:
Indiana
$4,000 — Indiana Council of
Churches migrant ministry
$8,000 — North Indiana camping
programs
$8,000 — South Indiana camping
programs
$3,587 - Indiana United Methodist
Children's Home. Lebanon
$1,937 - Bashor Home. Elkhart
County
National
$2,500 - UMCOR hunger relief
projects
$5,000 - John's Island. S.C.
$1,500 - Native Children's Camp-ing
Fund. Alaska
$2,500 - Red Bird Mission.
Beverly. Ky.
$2,500 - Henderson Settlement.
Frakes. Ky.
$2,500 - McCurdy Schools.
Espanola. N. Mex.
$1,000 - Vashti School. Thomas
ville. Ga.
$3,000 — Minority scholarships.
U.S.A.
$2,000 — Special scholarships
Puerto Rico
$3,025 — Navajo Mission. Farm
ington. N. Mex.
World
$2,500 - UNCOR hunger reliei
projects
$3,500 - Women and child care
Mozambique
$3,500 - Home for Iban children
Kapet. Sarawak
$5,000 - Dilkusha Children':
Home. Suva. Fiji
$1,000 - Harris Memorial Collegi
scholarships. Philippines
$2,500 - Center for Retarded ChH
dren. Santiago. Chili
$2,500 - Ministry to youths an
children. Sierra Leone
$550 — Sierre Leone maternit
project
$2,000 - Public health services fo
children. Zaire
$2,475 — Piper Memorial Hosp
tal care. Zaire