United Methodist Communications has launched a new campaign in the weeks leading up to the General Conference Special Session, Feb. 23-26 in St. Louis. The “Movement Continues” message is “The United Methodist Church has always followed God’s call to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.” We do that in many ways and many places. Visit umc.org/movement to find stories of United Methodists responding to their own calls and more about our Wesleyan heritage as the people of The United Methodist Church.
Council of Bishop’s Letter to the global LGBTQ community – At the fall meeting of the Council of Bishops at St. Simon’s Island, Georgia, bishops approved a motion to send a pastoral letter to the Global LGBTQ community. A writing team, composed of a bishop from each central conference and jurisdiction, completed this task, on behalf of the Council. Click here to read the full letter.
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a list of study guides, DVDs, and background information to use
individually, with a small group, or with your congregation.
Pre-Registration
Open
Guests and observers interested in attending the Special Session in St. Louis
may now pre-register online through Jan. 31. Click
here for more information.
Volunteers needed for General Conference
Persons wishing to volunteer for hospitality and other committees working the
special session of General Conference in February 2019 may now apply to
register. Preference will be given to Missouri and Illinois Great Rivers
members. All volunteers will be required to sign a covenant agreement,
liability waiver, participate in hospitality and intercultural awareness
training, as well as job-specific training. Click here to
apply.
Advance Daily Christian Advocate Bound printed volumes of the the Advance Edition of the Daily Christian Advocate (ADCA), the official journal of the General Conference of The United Methodist Church which includes the agenda and legislation, may be purchased from Cokesbury. A PDF of the 2019 ADCA is accessible online now.