2009 School of Christian Mission
The 2009 School of Christian Mission opened July 13 at at Grove City College for the four-day session with programs for children, youth and adults. A weekend school for adults and children followed.
WPAUMC images by Mary Agnew and Jackie Campbell.

Food and Faith was the Spiritual Growth study at the 2009 School of...

Food and Faith was the Spiritual Growth study at the 2009 School of...

Conference UMW officers Mary Agnew of Trinity UM Church in McMurray and...

Karen Luccarelli, 17, of First Bethel UM Church led a 2009 School of...

Rev. Chris Kindle, the new pastor of First UMC in St. Marys, and his wife...

Shown at lunch at the School of Mission are, left front to back,...

Conference UM Women President Donna Burkhardt drives a golf cart shuttle...

Sue Reitz, right, and Barbara Lynn of First UMC in Franklin, prepared...

Rev. Clayton Childers, center, of the UMC Board of Church and Society led...

Linda Beher, right, who served on the staff of UMCOR, talks about...

Three generations of the Magnuson-Long family of First UM Church in Kane,...

2009 School of Mission participants made neck coolers to send to U.S....

Children enrolled in Mission Expedition at the 2009 School of Mission...

The Rev. Deb Dennick-Ream, an ordained deacon serving at First Bethel UM...

Children and adults at the School of Mission used a giant board game to...

Children and adults at the School of Mission became pieces on a giant...

A Love Feast was part of the intergenerational activities at the School of...

The Rev. Kenneth Haines, secretary of global ministries for Western PA,...

The Rev. Pam Gardner, left, pastor of Slippery Rock UM Church, served as...

A Poverty Simulation, in which participants stepped into the shoes of...

The Rev. Lyda Pierce, who as a Mission Interpreter travels throughout the...