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Nothing But Nets in Mozambique!
Written: 5/13/2008
Insecticide treated bed-nets are being distributed through the United Methodist Church in Mozambique from Missouri "Nothing But Nets" funds! 1,000 bed-nets were distributed in December 2007 through the Annual Conference session of the United Methodist Church in Mozambique. 500 nets were dist...

Proposed changes for Retiree Health Care Insurance
Written: 5/8/2008
The Clergy Support Team is proposing a change in how the conference provides healthcare coverage to the retirees currently in the HealthFlex plan. The proposal is to provide funding to the retirees to use in purchasing a plan that can meet their individual needs. Members of the Clergy Support Team w...

New Mozambique Covenant Partnerships Needed
Written: 5/8/2008
Covenant partnership has transformed congregations in both Mozambique and Missouri. A church covenant partnership includes prayer, correspondence, leadership, financial support ($990/year – 3 years) and subscribers to e-news. The following churches in Mozambique are in need of covenant partners.&nb...

Mozambique Initiative Seeks Missionary Covenants
Written: 4/22/2008
The Mozambique Initiative is seeking missionary covenants for support of coordinator, Carol Kreamer.  Carol is a United Methodist missionary and 100% of her support comes from contributions from churches, groups and individuals.  Carol administers the Missouri-Mozambique church and seminar...

Annual Conference registration opens
Written: 3/3/2008
The 6th regular session of the Missouri Annual Conference will be held June 6-9, 2008, at the Exposition Center in Springfield. Registration opens at 8 a.m. on Friday, June 6, for the 2,000 people designated as lay or clergy members of the annual conference. While in Springfield, conference attende...

Planning for a better future: Church pilots Healthy Church Process
Written: 3/3/2008
St. Stephen UMC is in a position many churches would envy. They are settled into their new building, located in the growing community of Troy in the Gateway Regional District. But although the move to the new building brought growth, it wasn’t at the level that they had hoped to achieve. Finances ar...

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Flooding along Zambezi, Pungue, Save and Buzi Rivers displaces communities in Mozambique
Written: 1/17/2008
Flood image slide show Missouri churches have been watching the news as flooding in Central Mozambique affects their partners 10,000 miles away. It continues to rain in Mozambique and churches most affected are Chemba, Buzi, Save, and Nova Mambone. Rev. Jacob Jenhuro, traveled as close as he co...

Pastors encouraged to reach outside of their comfort zone
Written: 1/17/2008
Susan Cox-Johnson addressed minister’s school not only as a district superintendent, or a United Methodist pastor, but as a student of and a participant in the “emerging church” conversation. The emergent church (also known as the emerging church movement) is “… a 21st-century Protestant Christian ...

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MI Netraiser team - $10 can save a life in Mozambique!
Written: 1/8/2008
* Click here to donate During the year 2007 we told stories about the devastating impact of malaria on Mozambique and our campaign with Nothing But Nets.  We told of conference staff, clergy and even in December, during Annual Conference, a district superintendent who was lost to complications...

Missouri Nets cover Mozambique Conference
Written: 12/27/2007
Used properly insecticide-treated bed nets can save lives from the killer disease, malaria.  In June the Missouri Conference joined the “Nothing But Nets” campaign to provide insecticide-treated nets to save lives around the world.  Since that time, more than $100,000 has been raised. ...

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At last Ezy made it to Machuuquele!
Written: 12/14/2007
Leaving home has never been novel to me and my family. I had a mission to accomplish: Visit and serve the people of God at Machuuquele area. Mr Adolfo Hulho, the conference office’s head of transportation and conference Lay Leader, and I signed off North of Maputo. We put up in Chicuque to replenish...

2008 Mozambique Seminary Covenants Sought
Written: 12/5/2007
Fifteen students graduated from seminaries in Mozambique on Saturday thanks to assistance from groups and individuals in the Missouri Conference. The Mozambique Initiative is seeking seminary student covenant partners for 2008.  To sign up, visit www.moumethodist.org/mi/leaderdev.  Click t...

Ten dollars saves a life! Check out Nothing But Nets now!
Written: 12/5/2007
Carol Kreamer has posted a blog on the Nothing But Nets website.  Please visit the website to read about Nothing But Nets winning at a parade!...

Safe Sanctuaries training goes online
Written: 11/19/2007
It is now more convenient for everyone to volunteer at Conference events involving youth. The Missouri Conference requires everyone working with children or youth at Conference or District events to be Safe Sanctuaries Certified. This requires completion of an application, training, submission of ...

Ground is broken at Wilderness
Written: 10/18/2007
Construction has started on a new pool at Wilderness Retreat and Development Center near Lawson. The pool should be ready for campers by next summer, although more financial support is needed. Construction has started. Campers at Wilderness Retreat and Development Center are going to have a new po...

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Being an EPIC church
Written: 9/17/2007
The first session of this year’s MOVE Conference was conducted at Saint Paul UMC in Joplin on Monday. An identical Conference will be at First UMC Sedalia next Monday. Both churches have grown tremendously in the past 10 years. The purpose of the annual conference, now in its second year, is to shar...

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Leadership tips for pastors
Written: 9/17/2007
Hard decisions are easier if the church is committed to staying on mission, Rev. Aaron Brown of Saint Paul UMC in Joplin told pastors during a lunch session. “If I know what my mission is, it makes lots of things clearer, and easier to make decisions,” he said. “Whoever is making decisions needs t...

Campus Ministry funding opportunities
Written: 9/4/2007
The Missouri Conference Congregational Development Team has developed applications for two different types of grants that local congregations may apply to receive. One is for funding ministries from July 2008 to December 2008, the other is a one-time application for emerging ministries. The deadli...

Churches find a place at MySpace
Written: 8/28/2007
The third most popular Web site in the United States is MySpace, and the sixth is Facebook, according to Alexa Internet, a Web site that provides information on Web traffic. That means these social networking sites are now more popular than Internet shopping sites like e-bay and amazon.com. Churches...

By Cheryl Leppert, First UMC Blue Springs
Written: 8/10/2007
“Aspire to inspire before you expire.” This humorously simple statement became the motto for the First United Methodist Church of Blue Springs mission team as they embarked on an inspiring trip to help a community re-build in Vancleave, Miss., not far from Biloxi. Twenty adults and young adults fro...