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Shepherding 21st Century Sheep: Cyberspace, Cyberministry
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Cybersafety
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 EVENT
LOCATIONS AND DATES
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September 6th—Haymount UMC, Fayetteville
(convenient to the Fayetteville, Rockingham, Sanford Districts)
September 20th—White Plains UMC,
Cary (convenient to the Burlington, Raleigh, Durham Districts)
September 27th—Wesley Memorial UMC,
Wilmington (convenient to the Goldsboro, Wilmington, New Bern
Districts)
November 15th—Edenton UMC,
Edenton (convenient to the Elizabeth City, Rocky Mount, Greenville
Districts)
We encourage you to attend the event that is the most
convenient for your schedule and/or location
TIMES
Registration will be from 9:15—9:30 at each location.
The program will run from 9:30 until 12:30, with one snack break.
Participants will be on their own for lunch.
OUR TOPICS
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The current cyberspace landscape
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New and emerging technologies
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Pornography and sexual sites
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Using technology in ministry
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Issues in cybersaftety
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Training and programming for the local church
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Assessment of your church’s place in
cyberspace
OUR PRESENTER
Paul O’Briant is the Director of Media and Technology
Services for Currituck County Schools. He is also a member of Pilmoor
Memorial UMC, where he is a Certified Lay Speaker, UMM Chaplain and a
Sunday school teacher. He is in national demand for his presentations
on cyberministry and cybersafety, including being the keynote speaker
at the Cybersafety Workshop sponsored by the General Board of
Discipleship in October of 2007. He is the author of Reflections on a
Beach: A Spiritual Parable.
Who's Invited?
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Clergy
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Church Staff
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Safe Sanctuaries Committee Members
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Trustees
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Technology Committee and Technical
Ministries Teams
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Volunteers with youth and children
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Parents
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High School Youth
Attendees are encouraged to bring
laptop computers—wireless access will be available in all four
workshop locations. Participants will have the opportunity to post
questions via the Internet to our presenter during the workshop.
REGISTRATION:
Send the completed
registration form along with $5.00 per person
(nonrefundable checks made out
to NC Conference
UMC) with a postmark of at least 10 days
prior to the event to:
Children and Youth
Ministry
Treasurer—NC
Conference
The United Methodist
Church (Raleigh Area)
P.O. Box 60053
Charlotte, NC 28260
SPONSORSHIP
This event is jointly sponsored by the North Carolina Conference
Sexual Ethics Support Team and the Conference Safe Sanctuaries
Committee.
CLICK HERE to
Download a brochure
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Abuse of Power |
The abuse of power occurs when we use power to
gratify our own needs rather than to carry out God’s sacred
trust. It happens when we refuse to own the responsibility of
guardianship that comes with the privilege of power…until we
understand that power is the responsibility to give, instead of
the opportunity to take, we will continue to abuse it.
--“Sexual
Ethics within Ministerial Relationships in the United Methodist
Church” The General Conference of the UMC, 2000
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