Bishop Palmer held a Town Hall meeting on Tuesday, July 26, 2022 to discuss disaffiliation and the West Ohio Conference process.

You can view that recording through this link:  

 
The Administrative Council of Waterville United Methodist Church will be having a Special Church Council Meeting on August 17 at 7 p.m. to discuss Bishop Palmer's Town Hall. A synopsis of the discussion will follow in another separate eBlast.
BELOW ARE A NUMBER OF RESOURCES COUNCIL IS REVIEW. PLEASE TAKE SOME TIME TO REVIEW THESE ITEMS AS WELL.
RESOURCES TO EVALUATE UMC VS GLOBAL UMC

WUMC Council will be holding a Special Council meeting in the coming weeks to discuss Bishop Palmer’s recent Town Hall meeting. We will be reviewing the following websites in order to gain understanding as to whether to disaffiliate with the United Methodist Church and to go the Global United Methodist Church. Please take the time to review the information yourself so you will be able to make an informed decision when it comes time for a vote during a Church Charge Council meeting.

1. WUMC Disaffiliation: https://www.westohioumc.org/disaffiliation

2. WUMC Book of Discipline: https://www.umc.org/en/content/book-of-discipline-101-general-book-of-discipline

3. Process to Join Global UMC: https://globalmethodist.org/the-process-for-congregations-to-join-the-global-methodist-church/

4. Global UMC Next Steps: https://globalmethodist.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/congregation-next-steps45.pdf

5. Global United Methodist Book of Discipline - https://globalmethodist.org/what-we-believe/

6. 10 Reasons to Join GMC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9tnPAbaVW4&t=473s

7. Understanding Differences between UMC and GUMC: https://www.umarc.org/resourcesumarc

8. To Stay or Not Stay Webinar, April 8, 2022, organized by UMC Retired Clergy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL5-EE7rEj0

9. Four Reasons to Stay UMC:
https://www.ministrymatters.com/all/entry/7359/four-reasons-united-methodists-have-to-stay-together

10.What are the Big Concerns? Stay UMC:
https://www.stayumc.com/concerns/

11. Sermons preached from Venice, FL: www.christvenice.com; 5 sessions, 30 minutes each; Click to “Sermons”, scroll to “Watch More on Vimeo”, scroll to “Different Gospel, One Way”. M&Ms used this as a Bible Study in Spring 2022.

12. Two Methodism’s: A Comparison Chart: https://peopleneedjesus.net/2021/05/24/two-methodisms-a-comparison-chart/

13. Commentary: https://reformedtruths.com/2022/04/27/why-the-global-methodist-church-is-doomed-before-it-starts/

14. Good News 6-part series on Differences that Divide the United Methodist Church:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g48onYSqg0&list=PL0tdBSkYKNUka0KiJ28rSUM1H1hdc3MUs&index=1
QUESTIONS TO ASK OURSELVES

1. Why do we want to leave?
2. What are the advantages to leaving?
3. What are the expectations?
4. What does it mean to be a conservative church?
5. What does it mean to be a traditionalist?
6. What’s our focus?
7. What does community mean to us?
8. Why do you want to go to the Global Methodist Church (with the assumption that’s the leading of the church)?
9. What’s our “go to the moon” statement (J.F. Kennedy)? How do we get there and use our imagination to get there?
10. What are our core beliefs? What are we called to do?
11. Where does our Vision Statement of Share, Celebrate and Teach God’s Love fall in line with “community”?
12. How does Our Mission Statement of Serve, Love, Connect, Give fall in line with Making Disciples Known?
13. How would our property/mortgage be divided up?
14. If we retain our property in the Global United Methodist Church model, what happens if we can’t fulfil our mortgage payment? Will they be able to help us out?
15. If we would move to Global United Methodist Church, are we willing to start over, including the possibility of going through the interview process to finding a new minister?
16. Who do you believe Jesus is?
17. Why are you a Christian?
18. What’s the mission of our church?