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North District
From Rev. Dan Morley
North District Superintendent
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From the Lay Leader
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Events
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Contact the North District office via email at gwatson@dscumc.org or call (702) 369-7055.
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East District
From Rev. Susan Brims
East District Superintendent
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From the Lay Leader
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Events
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Contact the East District office via email at cwhitmire@dscumc.org or call (602) 798-8236.
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West District
From Rev. Nancy Cushman
West District Superintendent
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From the Lay Leader
Click here to read the articles from Keith Roberts, Lay Leader, or the Associate Lay Leaders, Sandy Kerr and Jeannie Ward.
Events
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Contact Us
Contact the West District office via email at cwhitmire@dscumc.org or call (602) 798-8236.
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South District
From Rev. Matt Ashley
South District Superintendent
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From the Lay Leader
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Events
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Contact the South District office via email at cholly@dscumc.org or call (520) 325-2775.
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Camp & Retreat Ministries: Summer Events
Although we are not currently able to hold summer camps and retreats, your Camp & Retreat Ministries staff has been busy planning activities to make your summer fun! July 1 kicks off our Tied Together fundraising campaign. For each gift of up to $25, we will...
May 2020 Apportionment Receipts Improve Slightly Despite COVID-19
Thanks to the great connectional commitment demonstrated by so many of our churches, May 2020 apportionment receipts amazingly increased a little despite the continued operational and financial impact of COVID-19. For the first five months of 2020, our churches...
Youth Groups & The 2020 Mission Project: Water for the Navajo
Recently Rev. Jen Lambert from Red Mountain UMC shared some exciting news about her youth group that I wanted to share with you. How great are the hearts of our young people! Jen shared: Summer usually means a new rhythm for our youth: a reprieve from schoolwork,...
Gratitude
Annual Conference Mission Project: Water for the Navajo Each day in my prayer life I center on gratitude. I know that I am immensely blessed in so many aspects of my life. I have my sons and their families. I can’t hug them right now, but we can be in virtual contact...
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...
A Note from DSC DisAbility Ministry Committee
by Howard Guetherman, Chair of disAbilities and member of Health & Caring Committee How many United Methodist Churches of the Desert Southwest Conference have found a new way to continue worshiping together electronically during this current COVID-19 Virus...
Engaging Our Vision
Peace with Justice Grant Application
Peace with Justice grants, funded by the annual special offerings from the local church, are available for ministries that work towards change in policies and systemic injustice. If money is holding back the good work of your church, don’t miss this opportunity. Apply...
Annual Conference News
Send your questions about Annual Conference to . Below you'll find the answers to some of the frequently asked questions about this year's online Annual Conference session. Is it too late to participate in a practice session? It's not too late...
Resources for all conference worship service June 14
Leading worship following Annual Conference can be daunting. For that reason, the Annual Conference worship team is providing a Conference-wide resource to be used on Sunday, June 14. Like the Pentecost service resources, local church worship leaders will be able to...
Don’t Return to Normal! Re-Launch Instead!
COVID 19 has changed the way we do church. Church leaders have had to learn new ways of being together. For many, this has been a gift. New tools for worship, meetings, and how to make giving easier have been discovered, improved upon, and celebrated. There have been...
Facebook the Connection in Mission & Justice
Billie K. Fidlin Director of Outreach & Justice While COVID-19 has been dominating our sharing from statistics to empty pews, as we all know the news marches on. Unemployment figures on the rise, businesses reopening in a “new normal” fashion. People who have lost...
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Introducing The Bishop’s E-Lumination. Bishop Bob Hoshibata in collaboration with Christina Dillabough, Director of Communications for the Desert Southwest Conference, is publishing a bi-weekly news blast to share some quick notes and helpful information for our...
UMC News
Standing against racial injustice: Global Ministries offers grants through the United Methodist Voluntary Services program
ATLANTA - Many cities around the country have hosted protestors in response to the death of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and too many others to name. Some cities have also been adversely affected by negative acts such as riots and looting. In response,...
United Methodist Bishops: Act now to end racism and white supremacy
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In the aftermath of police killings of unarmed Black people, the bishops of The United Methodist Church today called on all United Methodists to act now by using their voices, pens, feet and hearts to end racism. In a statement released by Council...
UMC Bishops announce dates for postponed 2020 Jurisdictional Conferences
May 26, 2020 | Council of Bishops WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Council of Bishops (COB) has announced new dates for the 2020 Jurisdictional Conferences in the United States which have been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Jurisdictional Conferences in the United...
