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Ushers at Annual Conference
Ushers Needed for Annual Conference. If you are looking for a way to be involved at Annual Conference, here’s your opportunity. Ushers distribute materials, collect offerings, and assist (as needed) members of the Conference staff.
read moreAnnual Conference Mission Projects!
There’s already lots of excitement about the new way of supporting this year’s mission projects. To contribute towards your church's giving campaigns the resources below are for your ministry use. Our Conference is anxious to help further the good work of...
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Silent march planned for June 2, National Gun Violence Awareness Day
The Desert Southwest Conference and its community partners are holding a silent march to commemorate National Gun Violence Awareness Day on Saturday, June 2, 2018, at 8:00 AM at the Arizona State Capitol. The silent march will display shoes collected from gun violence...
read moreAFN invitation to annual meeting
Dear Pastors, Clergy and Laity: We are grateful for the support of the Desert Southwest Conference of the United Methodist church over the years for Arizona Faith Network (formerly Arizona Ecumenical Council). Please join us on Tuesday, May 1 as we cast the vision for...
read moreExodus 18 Leadership Initiative
EMC3 is offering a free 30 day trial of the Exodus 18 Leadership Initiative which gives you access to valuable online resources. Utilizing this trial will show you how to lead the way to having a church that is fully aware of its potential and is effective in its’ ministry.
read moreHow can your church increase vitality by touring the Maricopa Re-entry Center (MRC) on May 8th?
By Dean Richardson, Prison Reform Committee Chair for the Desert Southwest Conference Our current Conference vision asks us to be a Courageous Church: loving like Jesus, acting for justice, united in hope. We have multi-faceted opportunities to live these attributes...
read moreERT Pastor Mission to Puerto Rico
Seven pastors, a seminary student and a certified lay minister from the Desert Southwest Conference have been preparing to serve on a Disaster Relief Early Response Team (ERT), in cooperation with UMCOR efforts. This ‘Pastor Team’ is set to travel on a red-eye flight...
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One Wild Ride
Have you ever been caught in a situation where you didn’t really know what to do? Maybe a situation at work was a problem, or maybe it was your marriage. Maybe your child started telling lies and you didn’t understand why. Or maybe the situation was something altogether different from that. What do you do when you feel trapped and you struggle with the decisions that you need to make?
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Take Advantage of Today
It is easy to convince ourselves that we will always have time to get together, but that is not true. We need to take advantage of the time that we have right now. Is there someone that we need to call or visit? Is there something that we have always dreamed of doing? Is there an apology that we need to make? Is there someone that we need to let know that we love them? This is the day that we have. We don’t know what tomorrow will bring.
read moreLay Servant Ministries…”a very good place to start”
Over the past several years, Lay Servant Ministries (LSM) has undergone changes in its form, but not in its mission to equip laity for their role in ministry as disciples of Jesus Christ. North District Lay Servant Ministries Team takes its responsibility for bringing that opportunity to laity very seriously. How do we do that?
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