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Location:
6425 Jefferson Rd. For
directions, click here.
THE
METHODIST
CONNECTION From The
North Georgia Conference is the largest
conference in our denomination, with
more than 900 churches and nearly
350,000 members. Held
each June, Annual Conference sessions
are a cross between a business meeting
and a family reunion. Delegates
to a Conference session have the right
to vote in certain matters affecting
the church, such setting the Conference
budget,adopting Conference goals, and
electing delegates to the 2008 General
Conference (the quadrennial meeting of
United Methodists from around the
world). An
annual conference session also includes
times of worship, testimony, and Bible
teaching. The
theme
of this year North Georgia gathering is
"We Are Called to Walk Humbly With
God," based on a text
from the Old Testament book of
Micah. The
presiding officer of the 2007 session
will be North Georgia's resident
bishop, Lindsey Davis. Audio/video
streaming will be available
here.
Gateway
Church gathers
for worship
Sundays
at 10:30 a.m.
(Hwy. 129) in Athens,
Georgia.
Ministry
of the
Word:
Recent
sermons
Our quarterly e-magazine
Gateway
Today
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Pastor
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Today
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e-magazine of
Gateway Church
SPRING
2007
Methodists
to invade Athens!
The
Classic Center is again site of annual
gathering
United
Methodists from across North Georgia --
including Gateway's pastor Jerry
Varnado and our lay delegate Nancy
Fajardo -- will gather at the Classic
Center June 11-15 for the
2007
Session
of the North
Georgia
Conference.
In the United Methodist Church,
Conferences
(technically called "Annual
Conferences") are made up of all the UM
churches in a certain geographical
area.
the Classic Center's Grand
Hall
On Wednesday, June 13, conference
delegates and members of area UM
churches will disperse around Athens
for the annual Great
Day of
Service,
which will include work on various
mission projects, ranging from nursing
home visitation to doing cleanup in
area parks.
