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April 2005 |
Foundation seeks funds for ordinands study tour to Europe
By Clyde Fields
INDIANAPOLIS - Your help is needed to fund a valuable study tour for newly ordained ministers in Indiana.
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Your individual contribution will acknowledge support and your vote for continuation of this valuable program to prepare each ordinand for informed and effective ministry. |
During his tenure as Bishop of the Indiana Area, Bishop Woodie White had the vision that some day every newly ordained minister would be able to travel to the Holy Land with him or a successor bishop. Thanks to the commitment of the Indiana Area Foundation, beginning with the class of 2001, each new pastor entering the Order of Elder or the Order of Deacon has received the gift of a post-seminary ordination trip with the Indiana Area Bishop.
Due to the risk of travel to the Holy Land, the Foundation has made exceptions to Holy Land travel for those holding these travel awards. In summer 2003, the Wesley Heritage Tour of England was made available, and 17 ordinands from 2001 and 2002 classes made the trip with Bishop White to England.
The Indiana Area Foundation is now making a 10-day trip tracing the fourth missionary journey of the Apostle Paul, to be led by Bishop Michael Coyner beginning Nov. 11, available to the remaining ordinands from the 2001-2004 classes. This Educational Opportunities Tours Cruise with visits to Athens, Rome, Naples, Pompeii, Malta, Sicily and Corinth, including a lecture series, "The Studies of Paul's Life and Teachings" is worth two units of continuing education for each minister.
With the issuance of Travel Award Certificates to 65 ordinands in the 2001-2004 classes, the Indiana Area Foundation has committed all the funds available to it for this program. If we are to extend this gift of a post-seminary ordination trip with the Indiana Area Bishop to the 2005 class of ordinands, the foundation needs an additional $34,000 this year. There are 17 ordinands in the 2005 class whose inclusion is dependent on the generous contributions of Indiana United Methodist churches, pastors and lay members. Your individual contribution will acknowledge your support and vote for continuation of this valuable program to prepare each ordinand for informed and effective ministry.
Contributions for the Ordinand Travel Awards Program can be sent directly to the Indiana Area Foundation of The United Methodist Church, 1100 West. 42nd St., Suite 210, Indianapolis, IN 46208. Your gift of $2,000 will sponsor one ordinand. Gifts in any amount will help secure the continuance of this program. All gifts are tax deductible.
Clyde Fields serves as executive director of the Indiana Area Foundation of The United Methodist Church.
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