Summer Camps at Mingus Mountain & Potosi Pines Camps
The Desert Southwest Camp and Retreat Ministries offers a variety of summer camps for elementary age children through just graduated seniors.
Our Journey Forward Together
There are a lot of highway miles across our North District. Beautiful vistas and wonderful communities to cruise through. Because I have driven down the same roads; taking the same route time after time, I can easily cruise by a spectacular site or not even see the people who make their lives and homes in small and unassuming places. Getting from point A to point B is all too often the point of the travel.
Endless Possibilities
As I write it is Epiphany, January 6. It is the day to celebrate the gifts of the Magi and their commitment to the long slow journey in search of the Messiah.
Register for Winter Camps at Potosi Pines
Register now for Winter Camp at Potosi Pines!
Tis the season to reflect on Emmanuel — the indwelling of Holy Mystery.
Through this 2019 season of local church conferences, there have been glimpses of Emmanuel. Phyllis Murray, our District Lay Leader, and I have made the circuit, visiting each of our churches. We engaged in conversations about what is truly at the heart of the ministry of each church. One of the questions we have asked is — Where and how have you recently experienced the Spirit of God?
North District Office Holiday Hours
The North District will be closed for the Christmas and New Year Holiday: Tuesday, December 24 – Sunday, December 29th, and Wednesday, January 1, 2020.
Called Anew to Follow — the Light in Darkness
On the Christmas Eve of 1966, when New York TV station WPIX first aired the 17-second loop of 2-hours of crackling logs in a fireplace, it was considered to be a ridiculous idea, a waste of airtime, and of interest to no one. However, so many people tuned in that the station continued the Christmas Eve fireplace scene for 23 consecutive years. The fireplace scene then became a VHS tape classic and there are now hundreds of virtual fireplaces on the web.
Friday Night Lights, St. John’s Style
What United Methodist Church wouldn’t like to have their fellowship hall filled with enthusiastic teenagers every Friday night? St. John’s UMC in Kingman has a great ministry doing just that! Several months ago, one of the members whose son plays on the local high school football team mentioned to another member that she was aware some of the student-athletes did not have a Pre-game meal on Fridays. Was there anything the church could help with?
North District Leadership Training Conference February 1, 2020
Be sure and mark your calendar for the North District Leadership Training Conference on February 1, 2020.
What are you looking forward to?
The Holidays are filled with times of gathering to share good food and conversation. Sometimes the gathering is with family and friends with whom conversation comes quick and easy. At other times, it is a schmooze kind of get-together in which people try to invent conversation or there is a kind of competition about who can out-best the others in the most interesting or cool thing.
Celebrations in Mesquite
This year has been an exciting year for Mesquite United Methodist Church. The church celebrated its 25th Anniversary and also launched small group ministries in a BIG way! Well over 100 people engaged with Connecting Circles and new groups continue to form.
What you missed 11/5/2019
Make sure you view upcoming events from information on the North District Leadership Training Conference in 2020, and the Grief Workshop in November, to the November – December Prayer Focus.
A Church Conversation with your District Superintendent and Lay Leader
I continue to reflect upon and be inspired by an article by Parker Palmer about heartbreak and standing in the tragic gap. Though he wrote the article in 2008 as a continued reflection on the tragedy of planes plunging into the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, it is still relevant today. It was then that the culture and community of our nation significantly shifted. We are still shifting and trying to find a balance.
The Well-Read Laity
As I communicate with local churches in the North District I am always pleased to hear about small groups centered on reading. As a book-lover, I take note of what people are enjoying, or finding stimulating.
North District Men’s Retreat at Potosi Pines Camp
Register now for fall retreats at Mingus Mountain!
It’s Not Too Late to Register for Fall Retreats at Mingus Mountain Camp & Retreat Center!
Register now for fall retreats at Mingus Mountain!
Called Anew to Follow
In her high school years, my youngest daughter and I were a part of a venture crew. Our crew of high school girls and boys dreamed and planned our risky and daring ventures months ahead.
C4C – Counselors 4 Christ Program
At a time when many of our local churches cannot provide leadership training for our youth, the DSWC Camp and Retreat Ministry at Potosi Pines steps in and steps up to fill the gap. For 10 years the C4C – Counselors 4 Christ program has engaged youth from the North District, including from the Foster care system, in learning to lead service, fellowship and spiritual formation activities.
North District Lay Servant Academy
The North District Lay Servant Academy will be hosted by Mohave Valley UMC at 1583 Lipan Blvd., Ft. Mohave, AZ 86426, Friday, September 20 -21.
Fall Retreats at Mingus Mountain Camp & Retreat Center
Register now for fall retreats at Mingus Mountain!
