Bloomington District United Methodist Church Records
MC 526, 958

Size: 2 record storage boxes, 2.4 cubic ft.

Restrictions: none

Accession #: UM91-64, M995.070, M997.056, M000.056, M003.008, M004.015, M007.007, M007.037

Provenance: donor

Processed: Jenney J. Taylor, March 2007

Historical Sketch:  The Bloomington district includes the counties of Morgan, Owen, Greene, Monroe, Brown, Jackson, Lawrence and Orange.

Collection Statement:  The collection consists of a wide variety of records ranging in date from 1899 to 2005. It includes Bloomington District Conference minutes 1899-1994, Committee on District Superintendent records, Council on Ministries 1972-1994, Mission Work Projects, Bloomington District Newsletters 1990-1994, Missionary and Church Extension Society, Program Council Minutes, 1959 Bloomington District Studies and various other records.

MC 526  Bloomington District

Folder 1: Board of Church Locations 1966 - 2003

2: Board of Ministerial Training and Qualifications 1945 - 1960

3: Church Growth Task Force 1989 - 1990

4: Committee on District Superintendent 1978 - 1998

5: Conference 1931 - 1998

6: Council on Ministries 1972 - 1982

7: Council on Ministries 1983 - 1990

8: Council on Ministries 1991 - 1998

9: Epworth League

10: Finance Committee 1988 - 1994

11: Lake Monroe Summer Ministry 1968 - 1983

12: Leadership Rosters 1975 - 1994

13: Leadership Training 1979 - 1990

14: Martin Luther King Jr. Service 1990 - 1996

15: Ministers and Spouses 1987 - 1998

16: Mission Saturation Task Force 1986

17: Mission Work Projects: John’s Island, South Carolina 1979 - 1996

18: Mission Work Projects: Botone United Methodist Indian Church Carnegie, Oklahoma 1987

19: Mission Work Projects: Cedar Creek Indian United Methodist Church Carnegie, OK 1989

20: Mission Work Projects: Emmanuel UMC, Lubbock, TX July 1991

21: Mission Work Projects: Youth - Camp Mone’to, August 1992

22: Mission Work Projects: Soviet Food Lift - "Food for Russia" 1992

23: Mission Work Projects: Homestead, Florida April 1993

24: Mission Work Projects: Meyer, Illinois Flooding 1993

25: Mission Work Projects: Camp Rivervale April 1994

25a: Mission Work Projects: Project Rebuild, Arab, Alabama May 1995

25b: Mission Work Projects: Kingsport, Tennessee, "Carpenter’s Helpers" July-Aug. 1995

25c: Mission Work Projects: Project Rebuild, Barnwell County, South Carolina 1997

25d: Mission Work Projects: Broken Bow, Oklahoma July-Aug. 1997

26: Missionary and Church - Extension Society, Inc. 1956 - 1998

27: Newsletter 1970 - 1971, 1987 - 1989

28: Newsletter 1990 - 1994

28a: Newsletter 1995 - 1998

28b: Newsletter 1999 - 2004

29: Nominating Committee 1992 - 1993

30: Operation Classroom 1987 - 1998

30a: OUTREACH 1994 - 1998

31: Parsonage Trustees Minutes 1963 - 1967

32: Program Council Minutes 1970 - 1971

33: Stewards 1919 - 1935

34: Study #1 1959

35: Study #2 1959

36: Worship Service Bishop Woodie W. White 1992 - 1995

37: Youth 1987 - 1997

MC 958   M007.037

Audits, 1995-2005

Bloomington District Conference, 1999-2005

Callahan Event, Disciples 2000

Clergy & Spouses, 2000-2005

Committee on Finance, 1969-2005

Committee on Superintendency, 1999-2004

Congregational Development Committee, 1999-2002

Disciples 2000

District Committee on Ordained Ministry

District Council on Ministries, 1999-2005

District Missions Committee

District Nominating Committee, 1999-2004

District Parsonage

District Parsonages: Purchase of Hanks Crossing property

District Parsonages: Sale of Sheridan Property

Lay Speaker Training, 2001-2005

Ministry Appointments & Assessments

Missionary & Church Extension Society, 1955-2005

Russian Work Project, 1999

Youth

Conference Minutes: Meth. Vol. #1733 1899 - 1915

Conference Minutes: Meth. Vol. #1734 1916 - 1930

United Methodist Women, Bloomington District MC 546, 547, 644, 645