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The Missouri Methodists May 2023

The Missouri Methodists May 2023

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A Storied Witness

April 25, 2023

A Storied Witness

Much can be learned from Zilpha Elaw, Julia Foote and Sojourner Truth. How to learn it is a bit challenging, though. These Black women preachers had a theology that was not taught in seminaries. That drove Rev. Dr. Kate Hanch of First UMC St. Charles to write Storied Witness.  “The voices ...

Holy Week Collaboration Continues in North KC Area

April 25, 2023

Holy Week Collaboration Continues in North KC Area

The United Methodist denomination has a rich history of connection. With the itineracy system, pastors often move, allowing for connection all over their home state. With the connectional system, the collaboration also becomes an opportunity. In the Northland of Kansas City, Missouri, one ...

Lent with Neighbors

April 25, 2023

Lent with Neighbors

Several lake area people worshipped at a different church this Lenten season. They weren’t church shopping for a new home; they were just getting to know their neighbors.  This is the second year that Harper Chapel UMC and Faithbridge UMC in Osage Beach got together with Lake Ozark ...

The History of Juneteenth

April 25, 2023

The History of Juneteenth

If you’ve heard about Juneteenth, the common telling is that while President Abraham Lincoln’s 1863 Emancipation Proclamation pronounced freedom for all enslaved people in states that had seceded from the Union, Black Texans weren’t informed about the act until June 19, 1865 — two and a ...

Thread of Faith

April 25, 2023

Thread of Faith

Kay McCoy’s faith had guided her through life’s challenges, and when she felt called to create 200 prayer shawls for Francis Street First Church’s congregation with many homebound women, she embraced the task wholeheartedly. Initially, Kay devoted her days to crocheting, weaving her ...

When Your Church Leaves You

April 25, 2023

When Your Church Leaves You

Disaffiliations from the United Methodist Church in the past year have left some devout United Methodists who are loyal to the denomination without a church home. A few of them are sharing their story about having their church move out from under them.  Sunrise to First St. Charles Bill ...

Mozambique Mobile Health Clinics

April 24, 2023

Mozambique Mobile Health Clinics

One aspect of the Mozambique Initiative’s work with its partners in sub-Saharan Africa is to improve access to healthcare, especially for remote and rural communities. The mobile health clinic ministry has made a real difference in this area. A mobile health clinic brings healthcare to ...

Laity Voices

Get Ready

April 25, 2023

Get Ready

Spring means many things. Easter, Mother’s Day, graduations, and the Missouri Annual Conference. Have you ever wondered how Annual Conference (AC) began? The high-level beginning of the UMC Annual Conference is explained below: John Wesley developed the term “holy conferencing” to apply to...

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Connectional DNA

April 25, 2023

Connectional DNA

Have you ever asked yourself why you are United Methodist? I grew up Methodist, but I never considered why I stayed Methodist until I went to seminary. Studying the history of Methodism and our doctrinal beliefs made it clear I belonged in the UMC. The Wesleyan doctrines of grace captured ...

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