Camp & Retreat Ministries: Coping During Covid
Covid-19 has impacted us in many ways and many of them aren’t good. With the cancellations of school years, birthday parties, events and even camps our children and youth are grieving these losses just as adults are experiencing grief around the changes. If you or...
Wait Until
Growth, I believe, is an intentional process. The disciples were just getting used to a new normal, when forty days into things Jesus let them know that more change was ahead, “Wait here, until…”
I don’t know about you, but who wants to listen to, “wait here until…”
You Are Loved!
It’s always nice to be reminded “You ARE loved”!
Water for the Reservation – AC 2020 Mission Project
Imagine. For just a moment, walk with me, through more than 27,000* square miles in Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. 27,000 square miles of many homes without running water or other infrastructure that many of us simply live with daily as part of our “normal”. A place...
Camp Times are the Best Times!
Get regular updates from your favorite camps by subscribing to our newsletters! To subscribe to the Mingus Mountain Camp newsletter, click here and to subscribe to the Potosi Pines Camp newsletter, click here. Click inside today for updates about camps and covid-19...
In Such a Time as This
If, during this COVID 19 time, you have walked into a grocery store and left without everything you needed – you have now experienced what many people experience every day. They walk into a grocery store; consider how much money they have and often leave without everything they need for their families.
7 Ways to Keep Revenue and Donations Flowing During the COVID-19 Crisis
Your congregation may have curtailed in-person services and activities because of the coronavirus, but there’s no stopping your congregation’s payroll, mortgage, and other financial obligations. Stewardship expert Rob Blezard outlines steps your church can take to address the financial challenges created by the COVID-19 crisis in this article posted by the Lewis Center for Church Leadership.
A Word from Your Camp & Retreat Ministries Family
The staff at Mingus Mountain and Potosi Pines are holding you in our thoughts and are praying for your continued health and well-being during these chaotic times. With the many changes happening on a day-to-day basis we also wanted to bring a message of hope for...
I Believe – What About You?
The tune Mark Miller wrote haunts me still. We used his song, I Believe, as the entrance into worship during Lent some years ago. The words to the song were found written on a wall in Auschwitz:
Dayspring UMC tackles Homelessness
Homelessness is headline news on a daily basis throughout the country, and unfortunately, our community too. Dayspring UMC in Tempe is helping to change that
Summer Camp Registration Open
The Desert Southwest Camp and Retreat Ministries offer a variety of summer camps for elementary-age children through just graduated seniors. Click here to find out more.
UMCOR turns 80!
“For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me.” — Matthew 25:35, NRSV Dear friends in Christ, United Methodists will celebrate UMCOR Sunday on March 22, 2020. Eighty years ago, World War...
A New Paradigm I Give You – at least for Lent
“Remember who you are.” Those words echo through my soul during the season of Lent. This year the challenge to remember who I am is coupled with the vision of the Desert Southwest Conference. You know the vision statement: We are called to be a courageous church: loving like Jesus, acting for justice, united in hope.
Engaging your community through Lent
Congregations often turn inward as we journey through the lifecycle of the congregation. We become satisfied with maintaining the comfort of those who are already here and lose sight of the mission that we are called to be stewards of, the mission to go and make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. The season of Lent leading up to Easter is a season of preparation, readying ourselves for the celebration of Resurrection. It is also a time to focus on growing as disciples and extending ourselves outward into our neighborhoods and engaging the community around us in a way that builds meaningful relationships.
District Training available online through DSC University
Last week we completed the third of our District Administrative Committee Training Webinars. You do not need to attend a workshop to use the training videos. They are available any time you wish to view them or share them.
Summer Camps at Mingus Mountain & Potosi Pines Camps
The Desert Southwest Camp and Retreat Ministries offer a variety of summer camps for elementary-age children through just graduated seniors. Click here to find out more.
The Value of One Life – Focus on Mission and Ministry
As our denomination focuses on decisions to be made at General Conference in May, our churches have set their attention firmly on the call of God to be in ministry with the least of these. What follows is a powerfully touching story about the value of one life and the congregation that surrounded him.
New Mailing Address for District Office
The East and West District Office has a new mailing address. Please send all mail to PO Box 32830, Phoenix, AZ 85064.
Register for District Training Webinars
Next Tuesday, January 28 is the District Single Board Governance webinar. This is the second in a series for of training webinars for the new year.
Opportunity for Learning and Inspiration
Reserve these dates for an opportunity for learning and inspiration from the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection.
