North Texas Conference of The UMC

This morning’s session of #NTAC24 includes discussion of the unification plan happening now! Learn more about the process and the 100s of lay and clergy leaders who have worked together toward this important vote at ntcumc.org/unification

“We have embraced a clear and compelling vision, mission, and set of priorities that pull us toward the horizon of a loving, just, and free world God imagines and promises for all people.” Bishop Saenz #NTAC24 #missionpossible #roadtothehorizon

“Friends, the Mission before us is Possible because God is able to accomplish abundantly far more than all we can ask or imagine! God is in the business of reversing impossible situations in our lives, the Church, and the world and making the impossible, possible!” -Bishop Saenz

We join Bishop Saenz in praying for peace in the #MiddleEast

“There is power when we listen to one another. There is power when we dig deep into what God is saying to someone” - @asligonde of @MIncubators sharing how one conversation with her pastor as an 18-year-old transformed her and her community. #ntxac23

“Any world that calls for the annihilation of the other is not of God and we can be different, we should be different.” -Bishop Saenz #ntxac23

Babies belong in church. Every service at any time. My favorite sounds.

“Our Christian hope is challenged every day by hardship, but you are not alone. God is with you. Christ is with you. The Holy Spirit is with you.” -Bishop Saenz #ntxac23 Ordination sermon

“The greatest temptation we can ever face is walking away from God” - Bishop Saenz, Ordination worship at #ntxac23

“Part of ministry is giving people a crown for them to grow into” @treywince @MIncubators #ntxac23

When asked what keeps them up at night, #ntxac23 Gen Z panelists Zai and Nathan discuss the threat of gun violence. “Every decision I make about where I go, I think to myself ‘Is this worth dying for?’”

“We use our platform to have a voice or give others a voice” - Shirley Ramirez, debunking the myth of social media among her generation as self-absorption. #GenZ panel at #ntxac23

We’re praying for you and the communities you will be planted in this summer! Thank you for saying yes to God’s call! #ntxac23

@MIncubators @treywince and @asligonde encourage us to step into this space as #GenZ looks for support in this process

"There's an entire generation hearing God's voice at a frequency that we can't hear." - @treywince #ntxac23

“What do your people go to sleep worrying about? That should inform our ministries” - @treywince and @asligonde of @MIncubators giving us context for #GenZ at #ntxac23

“Start with empathy so you don’t design for a problem nobody has” - @treywince of @MIncubators at #ntxac23

13 retirees at #ntxac23, serving a combined 322 years in ordained ministry. What a witness!

“I know we’re here to do business but I think God has business to do with us too.” - Bishop Saenz inviting us to remember our baptism this morning at #ntxac23

“We choose hope! Our hope is in what God is doing, has done and will do through us. Our hope cannot and will not be contained.” - Bishop Saenz #ntxac23