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  • Scouting ministry training available at gathering

    April 26th, 2013

    Photo: Reginald Grant, former NFL defensive back, will lead a workshop on mentoring during the National Gathering of UM Men. NASHVILLE, Tenn.––UM Men attending the National Gathering in Nashville may attend a 3-hour scouting ministry training event on Friday afternoon, July 12, the opening day of the conference. Prior to the workshop, the … … read more

  • Staff executive named Big Brother of the Year

    April 26th, 2013

    Photo: Calvin, the little brother of Larry Coppock, holds a certificate from Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee naming Coppock as Big Brother of the Year. The award was presented by Diane Fry (left), a staff executive with the organization, and Howard Gentry (right), mayor of Springfield. Larry Coppock, director of scouting and youth-serving … … read more

  • Chaplains train for jamboree

    April 24th, 2013

    NASHVILLE, Tenn.--United Methodist clergy volunteering to serve as chaplains during the 2013 National Boy Scout Jamboree in West Virginia met April 15-16 at the Nashville office of the Commission on UM Men to train for the event.     … … read more

  • United Methodist Men support book of daily devotions for first responders

    March 4th, 2013

    First books to be given in Newtown, Connecticut “I see so much of the bad that goes in a community––sickness, injuries and death––it’s every day––and it piles up on you.” That’s what Dan Ramsey, a 30-year veteran of the Houston Police Department, told leaders of United Methodist Men attending… … read more