October 11, 2017

Connecting communities to enable disciple making.

Features.

An important message from Bishop Laurie The entire country woke up on Monday morning to the shocking news that a lone gunman unleashed hundreds of rounds from high-velocity semi-automatic weapons from the 32 nd floor of a Las Vegas hotel onto a crowd of 22,000 people at an outdoor... Read more www.iaumc.org

Discipleship Pathways presentations offer challenges, hope In the opening days of October, Ken Willard led "Discipleship Pathways" presentations in the Southwest, North Central, Northwest and South Central districts. Designed in part to further the conference's "Wildly Important Goal" to see every... Read more www.iaumc.org

Clean-up buckets on the way to help On Monday, October 2, Addison Gaskin and Barbara Hartsock, two drivers for the family-run Weinrich Trucking business, stood in the parking lot of Altoona United Methodist Church, waiting to have their rig filled with nearly 400 clean-up buckets,... Read more www.iaumc.org

Faith. Fruit. Fire.

God's hope for the world made real through faithful leaders, fruitful communities, and fire-filled people.

Waterloo Kimball receives award Waterloo Kimball UMC  has received The State of Iowa Governor’s Volunteer Award for their Partner in Education program with Orange Elementary School. Read More

Detroit formerly homeless to make solar panels for Puerto Rico Formerly homeless men and women from Detroit will work to literally empower the people of hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico, building portable solar panels that are to be delivered to the island. Read more

West Des Moines UMC builds house panels for Habitat for Humanity On Saturday, October 7 West Des Moines UMC hosted a Habitat for Humanity Panel Build Event in the parking lot. They built all the walls for a new home for a low-income Des Moines area family. See more

Discipleship Pathways.

Helping United Methodist Churches in the IAUMC to have a Discipleship Pathway in place by 2020.

Healthy Church Initiative (HCI) Next Retreat: Deepening Discipleship Pathways This retreat is designed for all churches who are looking for an intentional weekend to continue to develop and deepen their Discipleship Pathway process. Open to all churches, (even those who have not formally participated in HCI), this will be a weekend of spiritual renewal, worship, workshops on best practices, peer learning and connection with other churches, and hands-on coaching from the Field Outreach Minister team. Learn more

Inspire. Equip. Connect.

Events and trainings to inspire, equip and connect communities of faith to cultivate world-changing disciples of Jesus Christ.

Iowa United Methodist Women's Fall 2017 Mission u October 20—22, 2017  Fall Mission u is wonderful opportunity to study current issues impacting society based on recent mission study topics. Whether you are young or old, laity or clergy, a UMW member or not, a first timer or attend every year, you are invited.  Spiritual Growth Study: Living as a covenant community examines major covenants through-out the Bible and what they reveal about God’s character and eternal love for us.  Children and youth study also available.

Disaster Response Spiritual Care Training October 23 , 2017  Topics will include: What is a crisis?  What is a disaster?  How can we cope with disaster and crisis?  How can we help one another in times of crisis or disaster?  How can we become an empathetic listener?  Plus other practical skills used during a crisis or disaster.

Thanksgiving Ingathering November 4, 2017 Multiple sites around Iowa Projects supported by Thanksgiving Ingathering donations include: Self-Help International Heifer Project International Church World Service UMCOR-United Methodist Committee on Relief Mobility Worldwide (formerly PET- Personal Energy Transportation) Local food pantries across Iowa

Iowa UMC Clergy Women's Convocation November 12, 2017 Great Women Preachers of Iowa lead us through the scriptures of Advent & Christmas as we worship together, enjoy fun and educational workshops and reconnect to support each other in ministry. Bishop Laurie Haller will be preaching.

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