| UF study: female ministers
face pettiness, patriarchy, pressures |
| GAINESVILLE
— The ordained ministry remains one of the most male-dominated of all professions,
with women making up no more than 14 percent of the clergy in any major religious
denomination in the United States. And those women who have entered the ministry have hit
the stained glass ceiling. Those findings and others come from a new University of Florida
(UF) study by Jesse Schultz, a UF sociology graduate student who completed the study for
her thesis. Full Story |
Sea
planes, kayaks replace pews at Beymer's dockside service
WINTER HAVEN - Jesus walked on water, and part of the
congregation at Beymer Memorial United Methodist Church here worships on water. The
church, which is located on the shores of Lake Howard, is holding a half-hour dockside
service every Sunday morning from Memorial Day to Labor Day that's attracting boaters,
kayakers and even the occasional sea plane pilot.
Full Story |
Bishops'
Initiative awards 28 new grants
LAKELAND - While the United Methodist Council of Bishops voted May 6 to
continue its Initiative on Children and Poverty (BICAP)
for another four years, the Florida Conference's response to the initiative may be losing
momentum. After awarding $76,000 in grants June 15 to 28 ministries across the conference
that are geared toward helping children and impoverished people, the Florida Conference's
BICAP task force now has about $10,000 left and another round of grants scheduled for this
fall. Full Story |
Church
helps kids make school honor roll
 GAINESVILLE - Last fall, teachers at Lake Forest Elementary School in East
Gainesville believed the 19 children registered for the Prime Time after-school program at
Christ United Methodist Church here didn't have much chance of advancing to middle school.
Last month, all 19 children graduated, 10 of them with honors. Full Story |
Florida
clergywomen respond to UF study
LAKELAND - The Florida Conference ranks slightly
behind the national average of the number of clergywomen serving the conference with 11
percent in 1997, according to the Rev. Debbie McLeod, associate pastor at Christ Church
United Methodist in Ft. Lauderdale and chairwoman of the Florida Conference Board of
Ordained Ministry. How does the conference rank in terms of accepting women as pastors?
Florida's clergywomen were invited to respond to the UF study and share their experiences.
Full Story |
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