by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 10, 2023 | The Church
To: Cathy Sunday, September 10, 2023 Regarding first ordination of clergy by Alabama-Emerald Coast Conference of The Global Methodist Church at St.James Methodist Church, Montgomery, AL “I thought of you many times this weekend. Almost every one of us had a...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 18, 2023 | ordination, story
Scandalous…… Pastors seem to be only somewhat less likely to be involved in scandals these days than anyone else…….as attested to by some statistics in a recent sexual ethics workshop for clergy. People are still people, subject to the same...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 21, 2022 | ordination
From Nov 21,2017……. For those who have followed my ministry in Bay County over the last 10 years and longer, I am continuing my pursuit of deacon ordination through a non-UMC route. I am studying under an Ordained Deacon Ministry program by Christian...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 16, 2022 | Ministry
3/16/17- Once again, I can only marvel at what a sense of humor and irony God has! Last year at the same time that the Alabama West Florida Conference Board of Ministry notified me that I was discontinued from provisional status as a deacon, the UMC...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 16, 2021 | God's call, ordination
3/12/17 by Cathy Byrd Some know that I received a second letter of discontinuation in as many years by the Board of Ministry of the Alabama West Florida on 3/8/17 after having gone once again before them to request ordination as a deacon. A number of people have...
