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NEWS RELEASE - 12/14/2004

For Immediate Release                                         Contact: Marianne C. Ferrans
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Press Release
Source: www.SimplyChristian.org

The Western Pennsylvania Annual Conference and Dutilh UMC partner in shared ministry to further children's Christian Online Sunday School™ (OSS)
Tuesday December 14, 5:45 pm ET

CRANBERRY TWP. —  Dec. 14, 2004 — The Western Pennsylvania Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church ( WPAUMC ), Dutilh United Methodist Church of Cranberry PA ( Dutilh UMC ), and Simply Christian® have partnered in a shared ministry effort to provide children's Christian online education.  "The Conference has partnered with Simply Christian® and Dutilh UMC to help make the Online Sunday School™ (OSS) available to UM Conferences and churches beyond Western PA.  The Conference is encouraging other annual conferences in the Northeastern Jurisdiction to use Online Sunday School.  This initiative will enable children across the area to log on to this site for weekly Bible stories and a sense of our connectional relationship", says Kim Shockley, Director of the WPA's Media Resource Center.

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Marianne Ferrans, co-founder of the Simply Chrisitan ministry adds, "Just over 2-1/2 years ago we began providing the children of our local church with a fun interactive way to experience their Sunday school lessons.  As a volunteer ministry, we dreamed of making the OSS available to other churches in our area and later, to as many children and churches as possible.  The shared ministry between the Western Pennsylvania Conference and Dutilh UMC makes it possible for this ministry to reach more children and help further the Sunday school programs of more churches then we could have ever imagined."

Currently WPAUMC is working with several other Conferences and hopes are high that 2005 may bring even further exciting news.

About Simply Christian’s Online Sunday School™ (OSS):
The OSS is a great way for your church to further the
Sunday school experience for churches, parents, teachers, and children. From the privacy of their own home or from any computer, parents and their children can have access to their church's Sunday school Bible readings and a suite of related interactive puzzles, quizzes, and games. Teachers can download lessons and activities.  The Bible reading and activities are updated weekly, providing the children with a new and different experience every week.  The weekly readings are based on the Lectionary Calendar or can be customized.

About Simply Christian®:
Simply Christian® is a shared ministry of the Western Pennsylvania Conference of the United Methodist Church ( WPAUMC ) and Dutilh United Methodist Church of Cranberry Township.  Through a combination of education, consulting, and working closely with Conferences, we help churches further their Sunday school program and Internet presence via the Online Sunday School™.

Contact:
Simply Christian
Marianne C. Ferrans
1-877-483-3431
mferrans@SimplyChristian.org

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What Others Are Saying:


Publications/Articles:

February 2005, UMCatalyst - Online Sunday School: Helping churches bring Sunday school home. 

July 28, 2004 - UMComm: Kids, Church, and the Internet    Simply Christian's® Online Sunday School™ was recently included as part of an UMCom article on Kids, Church, and the Internet.  'Why should religion be any different?'..."

2003-2004 - Testimonials : See what Christian Educators, Pastors, and parents are saying about Simply Christian's® Online Sunday School™.

August 2003 - Western PA Annual Conference InterLink Newspaper :  Read what a group of Sunday school educators had to say after attending a presentation on Simply Christian's® Online Sunday School™.

July 2003 - Bright Ideas Newsletter : Simply Christian's Online Sunday School™ (OSS) was featured in the Bright Ideas Newsletter this summer. 


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