Our Learning Event will be February 16-17, 2017 (Thursday 1:00 pm - Friday 3:00 pm) followed by the Winter Rendezvous (Conference committee meetings) on February 17-18, 2017 (Friday evening - Saturday afternoon). The Learning Event will focus on Creating New Places for New People and Nurturing Vital Congregations with Rev. Dr. Bill Gibson and Rev. Steve Ross as our main resource people.  You can find the event flier here.  You can register for the event here.  A few people have asked for the event schedule.  You can find the schedule here.

Please register by February 9th!

To prepare for the learning event, here's some homework for you:

1. Form a Vitality Team in your local church.

2. Read and study the following documents together

a.  Northwest Adventure: New Church Development in the Greater Northwest Episcopal Area ( click here to download)

b. Renewal Northwest: Congregational Vitality in the Greater Northwest Episcopal Area ( click here to download)

3. Access and study your mission field's demographics through  MissionInsite. Each church in the Alaska Conference has access to this demographic service. For more info on how to log-in, contact Crystal Feaster at the Conference Office.

4. Test the results of your demographics study by interviewing key people in your community. Guide questions for this will be made available soon.

WINTER RENDEZVOUS
You can register for the Winter Rendezvous committee meetings here.  For specifics about the Rendezvous schedule, look here.

Please register by February 9th! 

Housing
There are currently 3 people that have registered and will need housing when they are in Anchorage attending conference meetings next week.  If you are able to house one of these individuals, please contact the conference office at 333-5050 or email.  They would likely need housing Thursday and Friday evenings (February 16-17).  We appreciate the hospitality of those in the Anchorage area that are able and willing to help.

Child Care Workers
We are looking for two people who would be willing to entertain 5 elementary aged children during the conference meetings on Thursday and Friday of next week (February 16-17).  The workers will be compensated for their time.  If you are interested or know someone who would be, please contact the conference office at 333-5050 or email.

Thank you!

After 20 years of ministry to Willow, Anvik, and Grayling, Fran Lynch retired on February 2nd. The congregation of Willow United Methodist Church would like to invite you to a Celebration of Ministry on Sunday, February 12th, from 2:00-5:00pm at the church, mile 67.5 Parks Highway in Willow.

This will be an open reception time, with a brief program at 3:30 pm. Whether you can attend or not, we invite you to send notes of thank-you, memories, or stories to WillowUM@mtaonline.net,

The Alaska United Methodist Conference was one of 27 Annual Conferences which paid 100% of their 2016 General Church apportionments thanks to the commitment of local churches across the conference.

5 of the 8 conferences (or 63%) that comprise the Western Jurisdiction paid their GC apportionments in full. Across the denomination, only 48% did the same.

Read the rest of the article here. 

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