Drive-in-worship guidelines, Secure way to receive online gifts, CARES Act, UMC Grants, Good Idea Webinar for next week
April 3, 2020
IOWA NEWS
A Letter from Bishop Laurie regarding Drive-In-Worship
Dear Friends, I want you to know how very grateful I am for the way in which you have been providing creative, vital worship in your communities during this time when in-house corporate worship is prohibited. One way in which some of our...
"We've got to acknowledge that this is Holy Week, and that it's going to be different, but that we're still going to go through it together." That's how Rev. Nate Nims, Senior Pastor of Grace United Methodist Church in Des Moines describes the...
Would your church like to begin receiving online gifts?
Looking for a way for your church members and friends to offer their financial support to your congregation during the current health crisis? The Iowa Annual Conference has set up a way to make an online donation. A link can be created on the...
The CARES Act may save your church during COVID-19
From Discipleship Ministries Church Leaders, When Congress passed legislation to help ease the health and economic impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on our country, they also included $349 billion dollars to assist small businesses, including...
Good Idea webinars - caring for your neighbors & funerals
Looking for ways to connect with your neighbors and be in ministry during this age of social distancing? Looking for some ideas how to show you care? Perhaps you have some ideas to share.
UMW Be Bold Grant for Clergy or Lay Women to Participate in an Educational Event or Class in 2020 The purpose of this grant is for women, both clergy and laywomen, to be able to participate in an educational event or class in the calendar year 2020.
Good Idea webinars are a series of interactive presentations designed to address issues and concerns of pastors and laity during the COVID-19 crisis. Good Idea webinars are a joint effort of the Office of Congregational Excellence, Office of...
Unscripted: Expressions of Encouragement & Support
Unscripted is a conversation about what's going, what's working, and where you are seeing God at work. Then the conversation is flipped, asking the question, "Where do you want to see God at work and what prayer concerns do we need to lift up as...
