Greater Northwest Area Bishop Elaine JW Stanovsky invites us all to a season of renewal through a year-long exploration of the bible and faith centered around the book, We Make the Road by Walking by Brian McLaren.

Participants will receive weekly blog posts to expand their study, with reflections and prayers. There will also be a place for comments and conversation.

The study will begin on December 2, 2018.

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We warmly invite you to the 2018 Birchwood Camp Auction on October 27, 4-7 pm! It will be a time to reflect on all the amazing work that has been done in the past year, have some fun bidding on exciting live and silent auction items, enjoy some great food and reconnect with old friends and make some new ones!  Since it's fall, dress up in your favorite flannel or sweater and your Bogs or XtraTuffs! Click this link to learn more about this event and to preview the auction items.

 

Dinner is provided but seating is limited so please RSVP to the Camp office (907) 688-2734 or [email protected] by October 15th, or click  here to register online!

Join us January 18-19, 2019 as we explore what it means to be a servant of God through service to others. This Mission Immersion Weekend will offer opportunities to grow in our faith as we serve our local community. We will gather in fellowship with youth from across Alaska for this Mission Immersion Experience. Some of the places we've served at in past Mission Immersions include Habitat Restore, FISH, Pioneer Home, Anchorage Rescue Mission, Beans Café & Habitat for Humanity. We'll meet on Friday night and have a time of worship & fellowship. We stay overnight at St. John and then go out into Anchorage and serve all day Saturday! Cost is $30; scholarships are available!  All youth and their friends are invited to join us. We also need adults to help on Saturday as we go out into the community.

Please contact Robbie at [email protected] to register or for more information.

A final round of edits of "A Gift to the World: Co-Laborers for the Healing of Brokenness," a proposal for full communion between The United Methodist Church and The Episcopal Church, will be going to the November meeting of the United Methodist Council of Bishops.

 

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October

21: Charge Conference - St. Peter the Fisherman UMC

21: Charge Conference - Seward Memorial UMC/Moose Pass UMC

22: AUMC General Conference delegation meeting

28: Charge Conference - Christ First UMC

29: Charge Conference - Community UMC

November

3: Charge Conference - Ola Toe Fuataina UM Samoan Fellowship

4: Charge Conference - Willow UMC

7: Charge Conference - Girdwood Chapel UMC

8: Charge Conference - UMC of Chugiak

10: Charge Conference - Homer UMC

10: Charge Conference - North Star UMC

11: Charge Conference - Kenai UMC

11: Charge Conference - Soldotna UMC

11: Charge Conference - Jewel Lake Parish

14: Charge Conference - Palmer UM Fellowship

15: Charge Conference - UMC of Sitka

16: Charge Conference - First UMC Ketchikan

17: Charge Conference - Douglas Community UMC

17: Charge Conference - Aldersgate UMC

25: Charge Conference - Anchorage Korean UMC

December

1: Leadership Team meeting via Zoom

4: Charge Conference - Anchor Park UMC

January

6: Charge Conference - Turnagain UMC

7: Charge Conference - First UMC Anchorage/First Samoan UMC of Anchorage (tentative)

13: Charge Conference - First UMC Fairbanks

22: Charge Conference - St. John UMC

The Conference Office hours are:

 

Monday - Thursday: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm

Friday: 9:00 am - 11:30 am 

Submissions - If you have an article or event that you would like to share with the rest of the conference, submit it to the conference office by Monday evening for consideration.

Mission Statement:

The mission of the United Methodist Church is to make disciples of Jesus Christ.  Held and supported by the transforming relationship with God through Christ, we of the Alaska United Methodist Conference seek to be a community that creates a home for all peoples, finds our hope through grace and journeys together into God's preferred future.