Progress Report from WJ Fresh Summit Working Group
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GBHEM Loans & Scholarships 2020 Updates
General Board of Higher Education and Ministry is reminding us about important dates for this year’s Loans and Scholarships. The spring loan application is now available and is open for enrollment until May 5, 2020. Students are eligible to apply for up to $10,000 per calendar year from our office. Click here for eligibility and application information. […]
Human Relations Sunday 2020
The official day of Human Relations Day is Sunday, January 19, 2020. All are encouraged to celebrate this Sunday on any Sunday throughout the year. Across the United Methodist connection we come together to help bridge the gap between church and community by participating in an offering set aside for Human Relations Day. For more […]
Tables 2019
The EZRA system is now available for filling out the Tables information. There was a continued improvement in submissions last year and with more planning and training there can be more improvement this year. PLEASE NOTE THE PASSWORDS ARE CLEARED with the launching of each year. Paragraph 340 from the Book of Discipline 2016 is […]
(Update) Listening Posts 2019 Follow-Up Survey
Update: Due to overwhelming response, the deadline to complete the survey has been extended to midnight of January 26, 2020. We hope you will take this opportunity to share your thoughts at this important time. Following up on the Listening Posts held between October and December of 2019, the 2020 General Conference and Jurisdictional Conference […]
[UMNews] Diverse leaders’ group offers separation plan
A diverse, 16-member group of United Methodist bishops and other leaders has offered a proposal that would preserve The United Methodist Church while allowing traditionalist-minded congregations to form a new denomination. The separating group would get $25 million in United Methodist funds and would keep its local church properties. Details are in a nine-page “Protocol […]
December 2019 Newsletter from Young People’s Ministries
Prayers as Christmas and New Year’s approach. Things are about to get very quiet at Discipleship Ministries, with many staff enjoying holiday and vacation time. I will be headed home to see parents and in-laws, then at the Perkins School for Youth Ministry in Dallas. I look forward to seeing several of you there! Please […]
Bishop Hagiya’s Christmas Message 2019
2019 has been a rough year for all of us. Nationally, we have been so polarized and divided. Red versus blue, liberals versus conservatives, we seem to disagree about everything: impeachment, foreign policy, immigration and gun control. Religiously, we have seen these same divisions in our United Methodist context: Progressives versus Traditionalists, Biblical literalists versus […]
East District Servants Respond to Call at UMCOR West
by Lyn Knowles In early spring, the UMCOR West depot in Salt Lake City sent out a request for churches to send mission teams to work at the depot. First UMC of Riverside sent 7 volunteers to help. The trip took place during the week of July 15, 2019, a very hot week that was […]