Winter camp registration is open!
Download information about the winter camp opportunities for Elementary, Jr High, and Sr High students at Potosi Pines Camp, or visit www.dsccamps.org/winter-camps. Registration is now open. Please start sharing this information in your community.
Simple Gifts in Tragedy
Read about God’s love in action in a city recently stricken by gun violence and find hope in these stories of regular people offering the love of Jesus to the welcomed stranger and becoming friends.
No website? Get a grant!
Apply for a UMCOM Website Development Grant and become eligible for free training on how to edit the website and market the church using the virtual front door (the website). Churches that currently have no website receive priority, but churches wanting to replace...
Creation Spirituality and the Cosmic Christ
Leading Theologian Matthew Fox is Coming to the Valley. Dr. Fox is a preeminent scholar who became an Episcopal priest after being expelled from the Catholic Dominican Order by Cardinal Ratzinger, who later became Pope Benedict. Fox has devoted nearly 50 years to developing and teaching the ancient earth-based mystical tradition of Creation Spirituality and has authored over 30 books on spirituality and contemporary culture,
What it means to serve on an ERT Team
In the midst of tragedy, where is God present? Watch this video and hear from an ERT volunteer in Louisiana. How is God calling you to to be a courageous Church? If you want to schedule a training or find out more about giving and deployment opportunities visit...
Preventing Future Gun Tragedies
Gerry Hills, Conference Gun Violence Awareness Task Force Chairperson of the Desert Southwest Conference and founder of Arizonans for Gun Safety, shares her story and urges clergy to join the new Gun Violence Awareness Facebook Group and start a focused conversation...
Celebrate United Methodist Student Day
Think about the young people in your congregation as you prepare to celebrate United Methodist Student Day on Nov. 26. By celebrating and promoting generosity on this Special Sunday of The United Methodist Church, you are wrapping your arms around tomorrow’s...
Books and National Geographic Magazines Needed
The Wesley Community Center after-school youth have read all of their books, at least once. Thus, they really would like to have more books for their “required” after-school program reading. They are looking for donations of books for ages 6-13.
Finding Common Ground Speaker Series
Salaam-Chai-Paradise and Paradise Valley United Methodist Church announce Finding Common Ground, a lecture series promoting cross-cultural awareness and better understanding of our neighbors and ourselves with speakers from the ASU Psychology Department and Claremont...
Pastor Cheat Sheet RE: Gun Violence
You will likely be discussing this shooting, and responses to it, at church this Sunday and in the coming days. With that in mind, GBCS is sharing the following resource grounded in scripture and in our church statements on gun violence that was created to aid these...
DSCUMC’s Glen Simpson’s Las Vegas Story
Read the first-hand account of what happened in Las Vegas on Sunday, October 1, 2017, from Special Events Manager for Community Ambulance and member of University UMC in Las Vegas, Glen Simpson, in this New York Times article. Dodging Bullets, a Medical Coordinator...
After mass shooting, churchgoers offer hope
By Heather Hahn Oct. 2, 2017 | UMNS Leaders of Desert Spring United Methodist Church in Las Vegas still were waiting Oct. 2 to know if any congregation members were among the city’s injured or dead. But, even as they held their breath, church leaders were holding out...
Responding to the Las Vegas shooting
Dear Members and Friends of the Desert Southwest Conference, I call us together in the name and spirit of the love of Jesus Christ. The sting of violent death and injury have touched our Conference directly. Once again, I ask you to join me in prayer and action. The...
Desert Southwest Conference Team in Victoria, Texas
September 18-30 Rev. Tom Mattick and Rev. George Cushman led a team of 13 people to Victoria, Texas who covered roofs of homes damaged by Hurricane Harvey and removed water damaged wall board covered with black mold. “It was hot, tiring work, but the rewards far outweighed the discomfort,” said Mattick.
Wesley Community Center Christmas Adoption Program
Wesley Community & Health Centers (WCC) appreciates your caring support of their Christmas Adoption program with Christmas gifts for their participants. If you would like to participate in the 2017 program complete the donor form using the link below.
Early-bird registration ends October 9
Churches with vital, growing ministries learn to leverage leadership potential within their congregations. Clergy and lay leaders, in churches both large and small, will discover a more synergistic and fruitful way of being in ministry together at More Church Leaders | Stronger Church Leaders.
What will you miss if you don’t go to this 3-hour workshop?
In less than two weeks Rev. Jody Topping, Russ Morrow, and Rev. Neil Leftwich will lead conversations about church administration related to the Discipline, committees, volunteers, and programs. Leave with the information you need to overhaul the church administration...
Training Update: Website building and marketing
December 8, 2017, United Methodist Communications will be in Phoenix to lead a hands-on workshop for creating a website, transferring an existing WordPress website to UMC Churches WordPress, and marketing principles for effective websites. We have 18 churches...
Sawyer Call & Chainsaw Training
This is a call for sawyers to go to the Victoria, Texas area to clean up hurricane-damaged trees. The initial departure is scheduled for October 18. PLEASE RSVP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. Texas requires us to report trip details, including a rough estimate of the number of sawyers going.
How can United Methodist churches assist refugees in the DSC?
By Tina Olson, DSC Refugee Ministry Chair Have people in your congregation wanted to assist refugees? Have you known which agencies to call for more information?The DSC Refugee Ministry Task Force can help at their upcoming workshop. This workshop will have...
