January 11, 2019
NEWS
Life Lessons for a New Year

It's the beginning of a new year, a time when many of us stop to ponder our lives, where we have been and where we are headed. It is also an opportunity to make "New Year's Resolutions," promises that we make to ourselves about how we will live...

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Church shelters displaced residents during Fort Dodge fire

A north-central Iowa church has opened its doors for residents temporarily displaced by a massive apartment blaze that injured six people. Firefighters were sent just before 7 a.m. Thursday to the Biltwell Apartments building in downtown Fort...

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Rev. Moody Colorado appointed Superintendent of SC District

Bishop Laurie Haller announced that Rev. Colorado's new appointment will begin on July 1, 2019. "I am delighted that Rev. Moody Colorado will be ...

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Kennedy's 1968 telegram to The United Methodist Church...

In this letter from the Council of Bishops, COB President Kenneth H. Carter Jr., explains why this telegram sent by Robert F. Kennedy on the occasion of the merger of...

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RESOURCES
Praying our Way Forward

Praying Our Way Forward is a movement in response to the Council of Bishops initiative called Praying Our Way Forward. We are called to a posture of ...

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Seeing a Way Forward Series | United Methodist News Service

Many United Methodists feel uncertainty as the denomination heads toward the special General Conference on Feb. 23-26, 2019. United Methodist News Service is featuring different perspectives of church leaders on the work of the Commission on a...

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EVENTS
Budget Team Listening Session: North Liberty

Watch the Livestream on 1/13/19 at 2:45 pm from here: https://vimeo.com/310444847

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2019 Advocacy Day with Bishop Laurie Haller

Monday, January 28, 2019 9:15 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Wesley UMC | 800 E 12th Street, Des Moines, IA Who should attend? United Methodist UMW and other ...

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2019 Special Session of the General Conference

The Special Session of the General Conference of The United Methodist Church will be held February 23-26, 2019 in St. Louis, Missouri where hundreds of delegates from around the world will gather to receive and act upon a report from the...

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Youth 2019 - The National United Methodist Youth Conference

The YOUTH Event is the National Gathering for United Methodist Youth, it will be in 2019 and traces its' roots all the way back to the first YOUTH event of 1988. YOUTH 2019 will provide youth and their leaders with chances to connect with each...

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