Small vital congregations are growing through missional outreach and nurturing people. How does the N.O.W. ministry model work in your congregation? This webinar shares “vitality on the journey” from the lens of helping congregational leaders walk through the steps of making changes to increase missional-focused outreach.
Vista de la Montana UMC is involved in two amazing projects at the present time. First is we are developing a “Live Streaming” worship ministry. Our services are live streamed for anyone to see at 10 am on Sunday mornings.
Camp and Retreat Ministries of the Desert Southwest Conference offers a number of fun and meaningful summer camps for children and youth at our two locations – Mingus Mountain Methodist Camp & Retreat Center in Prescott and Potosi Pines Methodist Camp in Las Vegas.
Lent is an invitation to unburden ourselves from the times we have not lived up to our highest Christian ideals, and then to be free to fully live as Christ would have us live. The Vision of our Annual Conference challenges us to embody Christ in our churches in ways that are courageous. In ways that are loving like Jesus, acting for justice, and united in hope. This past Sunday I had the opportunity to witness how a group of people came together to experience the shared vision in a way that was holy and exciting all at the same time. Below is a little bit of that story.
Whether or not you are aware of it domestic violence and abuse is happening in
your congregation! Save October 2 for this important workshop.
In my last newsletter article, I invited you to share stories about how you were living into the Vision of the Annual Conference. Never did I dream such a personal witness would be shared. Below is the story of one of our pastors and his wife. What I want you to read in the story is just how powerfully one act of love led to a commitment to live united in hope. Read the story – you’ll understand.
How can leaders “See All the People” in your community? Build ministry teams to address the concerns and needs of the community while growing disciples. Gain insights about ministry models that can help leaders evaluate, plan and implement new ways of moving forward with fulfilling the church’s mission of transformative disciple-making.
For the last 3 years, UMVIM Coordinators for Desert Southwest Conference have slowly learned that many Desert Southwest Conference congregations conduct and participate in many mission trips. Trips go from DSC churches almost every year to Nicaragua, Kenya, Mexico,...
Have you ever read anything that simply captured your imagination? Last week in our appointive cabinet meeting, Rev. Dan Morley placed before us a quote from John Wesley, the man credited with creating the Wesleyan movement, as part of our devotional time. The words have stayed in my heart and mind, so much so that I wanted to share them with you as we prepare to enter into our Lenten journey together. Here they are:
Discipleship Ministries has a series of free Leadership Development Webinars available These training sessions provided by Discipleship Ministries are made possible by support given to the World Service Fund. Register for one or all of the webinars by clicking on the title.
