All are welcome to join the Anchor Park UMW in their annual Holiday Auction & Luncheon.

For $17 you can come and enjoy a wonderful meal (appetizers, salad, chicken, potatoes, vegetables, home made bread, a variety of desserts, coffee and tea) with a great group of women who want to support mission with women, children and youth locally, statewide, nationally, and internationally through the work of United Methodist Women. 

Donations of all kinds are welcome but we particularly welcome home crafted and baked items.  All donated items should be accompanied by a donation form.  All items should be received by Wednesday, November 7th unless other arrangements have been made.

Money raised from the sale of sale items, silent auction items, and live auction items goes toward mission.

Phone reservations can be made through the Anchor Park office at 277-0152.  Please name the persons attending when you call.  Reservation are welcomed through Thursday, November 8th at 1pm.  This will enable us to set enough places at the tables as well as prepare enough food.  If you have any questions, please contact Jo Anne Hayden at 903-5025.

It is time to start thinking about what UMVIM work teams are needed for Summer 2019.  Several teams have already indicated an interest in serving in Alaska next year!  If your church is looking to host a team, please contact Dan Wilcox, [email protected] with information about what your needs are, and what types of teams you might host.

A review of possible plans for the future direction of The United Methodist Church found the One Church Plan to be largely constitutional, said a decision released Oct. 26 by the denomination's top court. In Decision 1366, the United Methodist Judicial Council found more problems in the Traditional Plan petitions that would need to be addressed before that plan could pass a constitutional test.

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Decision 1366
Council of Bishops' statement on ruling
Way Forward Commission moderators' statement
Read UMNS story on oral hearing 

The United Methodist Church's top court has clarified what parts of legislation heading to the 2019 General Conference pass constitutional muster. Advocates for various plans are now looking at how to change the plans to address the Judicial Council's ruling.

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Read all of the courts decisions 

A delegation from the United Methodist Board of Church and Society's board of directors walked across the International Gateway Bridge to meet with men, women and children fleeing violence in their home countries. The bridge crosses the U.S.-Mexico border between Matomoros, Mexico, and Brownsville, Texas. After the trip during their meeting, the board adopted a statement opposing the decision by the U.S. government to send troops to the border in response to the group of migrants traveling through Mexico to try to reach the U.S.

Read the press release 

United Methodists remember the Rev. Eugene Peterson, the scholar and Presbyterian pastor whose paraphrase, The Message, helped millions look at the Bible anew. 

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 - North Star UMC

10: 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

25: Charge Conference - Homer UMC

27: Charge Conference - Northern Light United Church

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.