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NEWS RELEASE - 12/14/2004
For
Immediate Release
Contact: Marianne C. Ferrans
1-877-483-3431
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
www.SimplyChristian.org
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