Iowa Conference of The United Methodist Church

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The NCJ Committee on Episcopacy has selected Bishop Kennetha Bigham-Tsai to return to Iowa. She will co-serve in the Illinois Great Rivers Conf. with Bishop David Bard. Bishop Bard will also oversee the Michigan Annual Conf. Please join us in prayer for them all. #ncj24 #iaumc

Excited for NCJ in Sioux Falls from July 10-13, 2024, themed "Lift Every Voice." It will include episcopal assignments, retirement celebrations, and a focus on John Wesley’s 3 simple rules: “Do No Harm, Do Good, and Stay in Love with God.” #IAUMC ow.ly/U8gR50SxNTf

REGISTRATION DEADLINE is TODAY! Get trained as a UM Volunteers in Mission team leader on July 20 in Des Moines. With recent tornadoes and flooding impacting over 40 Iowa communities, your leadership is crucial now more than ever. ow.ly/JH5r50SxVEO

Help shape the future of Iowa's Methodist Churches! Complete our survey with Think Up Consulting to enhance our Circuit Ministry pilot. Your voice matters! Survey takes 45 mins: ow.ly/B0E250SxNit Deadline: July 31, 2024. #IAUMC

Register today to get trained as a team leader with Volunteers in Mission. This class provides the info and tools needed to participate in and lead a hands-on mission and equips you to lead national and international teams to approved UMC projects. #iaumc iaumc.org/newsdetail/uni…

"We are not Jesus' disciples when we create policy to address domestic violence and misconduct and then fail to endorse our words with our actions," said Pastor Melody Edwards-Williams during the COSROW report. ow.ly/5ABr50SjtnK #iaumc

The Treasurere's Report at Annual Conference underscored a year marked by significant transitions and financial recovery while also celebrating the resilience and unity of the Conference community. ow.ly/qrqo50Sjt1j #iaumc

"First and foremost, know that Christian Nationalism is not Christianity," said the Rev. Kendal McBroom. "It is completely counter to what we confess, believe and have been called, as well as saved to practice." ow.ly/QqQn50SjsjV #iaumc

"The ‘Goliaths’ faced by today’s people are often contemporarily clothed in body armors of power, armed with swords of money and spears of violence," writes Rev. Jacqueline Thompson. "Send me into valleys occupied by bigger, modern-day ‘Goliaths.’" ow.ly/3nQn50Sjt8n #iaumc

"We have prayed for some impossible situations that became possible by the grace of God. I am here to tell you all that our UMC system for appointments and leadership works and works well,” said Rev. Ron Carlson. ow.ly/PChA50Sjsey #iaumc

"The circle of prayer is a large circle. Our lives are prayers really, and so, too, are the lives of other creatures, affirming the life force and keeping hope. Believing the light shines in the darkness," writes Rev. Dr. Mary Lautzenhiser Bellon. ow.ly/Saol50Sjt2W #iaumc

"Keep on planting the Good News of God’s love and amazing grace, and trust God that something good is happening here and now," writes the Rev. Bob Dean. ow.ly/alB550Sjsne #iaumc

"We will continue to remember who we are as a Wesleyan people grounded in a theology of grace. We will continue to be a church that makes space at the table for all people,” said Bishop Kennetha J. Bigham-Tsai in her Episcopal Address. Watch here: ow.ly/v3Bo50Sjs99 #iaumc

The Rev. Katie Dawson reflects on her time as a delegate. "When I think about the work of the General Conference, I think about the work of prayer, worship, and relationship building that surrounded it all." ow.ly/bCBY50Sjs9w #iaumc #umcgc #umc

Bishop Kennetha asks for prayers for Greenfield and all of Iowa, saying "My heart breaks that more tornadoes have hit Iowa. Greenfield was devasted, with at least four people killed and many wounded." ow.ly/3F6e50RRKrL

"Finally, 52 years after exclusionary words were added to our Social Principles, they have been removed...as a denomination, we have finally beat our swords into plowshares, and our spears into pruning hooks." #iaumc ow.ly/MnW850RGnWf

We are thrilled to announce that Lake Okoboji UM Camp has made @newsweek's Top 500 US #SummerCamp list! bit.ly/3ygsaAQ #iaumc #umcrm #umc Get registered today: iaumc.org/camps

On the last day of the 2020 General Conference, Bishop Kennetha sits next to Bishop Debbie Wallace Padgett with their ADCAs and a little plastic Jesus gifted to her by a delegate. #iaumc #umgc

"People were ready, and we're ready to move forward in our work as a church that includes all people," said Bishop Kennetha. #iaumc #umgc vimeo.com/941387036?shar…