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As the Bishop and Appointive Cabinet for the Desert Southwest Conference prepare of the appointment year 2022, the Cabinet has agreed to use a practice that Bishop Grant has used for most of his episcopal career. This is the practice of posting clear opening of...
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2021 GBHEM Scholarship Report for the Desert Southwest Annual Conference
By Allyson Potts, Executive Director, Loans and Scholarships at the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry of The United Methodist Church We celebrate that the Office of Loans and Scholarships will be awarding over 2,100 students a total of $5 million in...
Call for disaster supplies – It’s Fire and Flood Season
By Mike Eyer and Tom Mattick Download the items from this post and share this request with your friends, family, and in your church news. Ash Sifter Diagram Fire Relief Buckets Instructions Photo of ash sifter assembly Photo of fire relief buckets PDF of this article...
Las Vegas Boldly Expands Grass Ban
By Billie K. Fidlin, Director of Outreach & Justice As we know, Southern Nevada and Arizona continue to be affected by the ongoing drought, which has been in process for over 20 years. January of 2022 found us all facing new federal restrictions on our water...
Engaging Our Vision
Leadership In the Church: Spirituality, Work Ethic, and a Love of People
This month’s event features “Leadership In the Church: Spirituality, Work Ethic and a Love of People” on Monday, February 14 at 7:00 PM with Rev. Garry Kennedy, senior pastor Willowbrook UMC.
Feb 20 is DSC Campus Ministry Sunday
The third Sunday in February (Feb 20) is DSC Campus Ministry Sunday! Contact the campus ministry nearest to you and invite a guest speaker for any Sunday in February to offer highlights about campus ministry. Find other ways to celebrate and highlight Campus...
Will 2022 be normal?
By Alberta Farnsworth, Desert Southwest Conference Lay Leader What will 2022 bring? This is a question I ask at the beginning of each year. Every year is different, of course, but the last two years have been so unique that I am hoping this year gets back to a more...
UMC News
Annual conferences to raise funds for Survivor Trust Fund
Pending court approval of a settlement agreement in the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) bankruptcy case, United Methodists have agreed to contribute $30 million to a $3 billion Survivor Trust Fund that will receive contributions from the Boy Scouts of America (BSA),...
United Methodist bishops pay homage to Archbishop Tutu
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The bishops of The United Methodist Church are joining the world in mourning the death of Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu, their Anglican colleague, who will be buried tomorrow in Cape Town, South Africa. “In the midst of grief, we also celebrate the...
Former COB President Bishop Choy dies at age 103
Originally published by The Council of Bishops at https://www.unitedmethodistbishops.org/newsdetail/former-cob-president-bishop-choy-dies-15835897 The Council of Bishops is saddened to announce the death of Bishop Wilbur Wong Yan Choy, a retired Bishop of The United...
