News & Stories
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2023 Apportionment Reports Sent Via Email
The 2023 apportionment calculation reports, along with related statistical tables from 2021, will be delivered via email today, Tuesday, July 12, 2022. Senior pastors – please check your conference email […] Continue Reading→
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Breakout Session – Impact of COVID on the Gender Pay Gap
On average, women make 79 cents for every dollar a man makes. This number is less for women of color, disabled women, and mothers. In The UMC, women pastors made […] Continue Reading→
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Breakout Session: Innovation in Worship, Discipleship, Mission
Rev. Tim Catlett, Director of New Faith Communities, shared how rethinking our approaches to worship, discipleship, and mission can help churches to be more intentionally innovative as we work to […] Continue Reading→
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Breakout Session – Hope & Healing for Creation: What Christians Can Do for the Earth
“Then God said, ‘Let us make humans in our image, according to our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of […] Continue Reading→
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Breakout Session – Changing the Lens: OPTICS
This breakout session, led by Suzanne Haley, was a thought-provoking workshop that allowed the participants to reflect on racial biases and unconscious assumptions that lead to inequality. Through videos like […] Continue Reading→
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2022 Board of Ordained Ministry Report
In case you missed it or would like to see it again, here is the 2022 Board of Ordained Ministry Report that was shared recently at Annual Conference. The report […] Continue Reading→
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2022-2023 Application for Conference Youth Committee
The Leadership Application for the 2022-2023 Conference Youth Committee (CYC) is now open. We will be electing 11 positions (5 officers, 2 Freshman Representatives, and 4 Junior High Representatives) at […] Continue Reading→
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Annual Conference 2022: Share Your Thoughts
Now that we have experienced Annual Conference 2022 (our first in-person Annual Conference since 2019), we want to hear your thoughts, suggestions, and even your disappointments in how AC 2022 […] Continue Reading→
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New BSA Affiliation Agreement and Facility Use Agreement
United Methodist leaders and the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) have reached an agreement about new Affiliation and Facility Use Agreements between congregations, scouting units, and the BSA. Over the […] Continue Reading→