What we're reading
"Prairie Wisdom"
By Bishop Michael Coyner
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The
book was inspired by Bishop Coyner’s work with the rural people living
in North and South Dakota. The discussion group is sponsored by the
United Methodist Women and will begin meeting on Wednesday, July 30,
at 7:00 pm in the church library. You don’t have to belong to a Circle
to participate! For a copy of the book or more information contact
the church at 812-332-5788.
Monthly Church Calendar
Upcoming Events
July 2008
As of 07/17/2008
POSTPONED UNTIL FALL 2008
IU Students
Sunday Lunch & Discussion
Sunday Morning Worship
Our Pastors
9:30 & 11:00 a.m.
Senior Pastor
Children's
Church 9:30 a.m
Associate Pastor
Children 11:00
a.m.
Devotionals
Adults 9:30 & 11:00 a.m.
Upper Room Online
Sunday Fellowship and Coffee
Find a Bible Verse
10:30-11:00 a.m.
ST.
MARK'S NURSERY SCHOOL
SHORT-TERM CLASSES
Our Special Guest Speaker for July 27 Sunday Worship is Rev. Jim Wood
Rev. 
Jim Wood
is
Professor
Emeritus of Sociology at Indiana University, where he had served
as Chair of the Department of Sociology, Budget Dean and then
Acting Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, and founding
Director of Research of the Indiana University Center on
Philanthropy. Dr. Wood is an active member of St. Mark’s UMC in
Bloomington where he has chaired several committees, including
Church and Society, and Outreach and Evangelism. On Sunday
mornings, Jim can sometimes be found caring for Toddlers and
Twos. He received the Master of Divinity degree in Pastoral
Ministry from Yale Divinity School in 1958, and the Ph.D. in
Sociology from Vanderbilt University in 1967 (where he had
received the B.A. in Philosophy in 1954). A fourth generation
Methodist and an ordained United Methodist minister, he was
founding pastor of Edgemont United Methodist Church in Florence,
Alabama. He also served as pastor of Druid Hills United
Methodist Church in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Much of his research
has focused on leadership amidst controversy, especially in
churches and other voluntary organizations. Publications
relevant to this focus include “Authority and Controversial
Policy: The Churches and Civil Rights” (American Sociological
Review 25, December 1970); “Leadership in Voluntary
Organizations: The Controversy Over Social Action in Protestant
Churches” (New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1981);
and “The Role of Church Assemblies in Building a Civil Society:
The Case of the United Methodist General Conference’s Debate on
Homosexuality” (with Jon Bloch, Sociology of
Religion 56, Summer 1995). Jim’s third book, “Where the Spirit
Leads: The Evolving Views of United Methodists on
Homosexuality”, was published by Abingdon Press in January 2000.