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Church takes care to include those who are not online during social-distancing worship.

St. Louis chaplain relies on faith and combat experience as she meets the Coronavirus head-on.

2020 Apportionments Potential consequences Conference finances Paid 2020 Apportionments District apportionments 2020 Apportionments On April 14, 2020, during its regular spring conference call, the Missouri Conference ...

 

Church allows ambulance crew to move into the church while it is being unused during social distancing.

Families First Act CARES Act EY Webinars Offering Guidance on Market Volatility Families First Act On March 18, 2020, President Trump signed into law the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. The text of the ...

Hood UMC in Republic uses national Read Across America Day (March 2) to kick-off a week of reading to all of the local elementary schools and giving every student a book.

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Church borrows FM transmitter from business to have parking lot worship service.

Bishop Farr offers words of hope and courage in his video address below.   Read the sermon manuscript.

12-step groups built around coming together reach for ways to stay connected in isolation.

Homeless people and their service providers face special challenges during the pandemic.

On March 18, 2020, President Trump signed into law the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. The text of the legislation can be found here: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6201/text. The bill ...

Church responds to request from local nursing home for masks.

What's happened to youth ministry?

New church honors historic structure lost to fire, creates new opportunities.

Church Group Reaches Out to People Living in Extended-Stay Motels

Dear Colleagues in Ministry,   Due to the strong restrictions related to public gatherings issued by President Trump and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), I am strongly encouraging all our churches – ...

Bishop Robert Farr and the Missouri Cabinet announced new staffing changes at the Conference Center.

Dear Colleagues in Ministry,   Like you, I have watched the growing anxiety as we learn more and more about the COVID-19 virus in the United States. Let us be in prayer for those affected by the virus, especially those ...

Ideas on how to be the Church in the midst of the unfolding health crisis.

BMCR holds its 53rd annual meeting in Kansas City.

Updated 3/9/20 Best practices, community guidelines, resources in response to the COVID-19 outbreak offered by the Missouri Conference of The United Methodist Church.

As I sit down to write this article, I am in front of a window and can see the radiant sunshine despite a chilly day. The sunshine looks inviting and feels good after so many days of cloudy, dreary weather. In ...

Our vision for the Missouri Annual Conference is to relentlessly lead our churches to become outwardly focused and spiritually centered Christ followers. The primary ways in which the Conference seeks to live out this ...

Each Wednesday morning during the school year, my wife and I make our way to one of the local elementary schools where we meet with our KidsHopeUSA students. KidsHopeUSA is a nationally recognized program where Christian...

The South Central Jurisdiction Committee on the Episcopacy held its spring meeting February 24-25 which included conversations with the College of Bishops about episcopal leadership needs for the upcoming quadrennium. ...

An effort by lay members at one church to meet a community need ends up expanding to 20 churches.

Camp provides relief, bonding experience for parents of young children.

Rev. David Gilmore will be the next Heartland District Superintendent.

United Methodists combine their spiritual life with care for the environment.

Amber Hirsch is the Lay Leader for the Gateway Central District. She is the Director of Worship Arts Communications for St. Mark’s UMC in Florissant. She is a life-long United Methodist, a proud P.K. (Preacher’s Kid), ...

What impact can a body of believers have on their community? It’s an aspirational question, and one the Missouri Conference hopes can help local churches multiply their ministry.  When Rev. Roger Ross started his job as...

Three Kansas City area churches share their stories about getting started in MKI.

Missouri Bishop Bob Farr takes a turn preaching for the United Methodist worship service that takes place at Arrowhead Stadium before each Kansas City Chiefs game that has a kickoff time at noon on Sunday.

Dear Colleagues in Christ, Grace and peace to you in the name of Christ Jesus. I write to call your attention to the results of a mediation process undertaken by 16 United Methodists, entitled “A Protocol of ...

(Washington, D.C.) - A diverse group of representatives from United Methodist advocacy groups with contrasting views and bishops from around the world has collaborated on a proposed agreement for the separation of The ...

Several Missouri Conference clergy take part in an ancient Holy Land tradition of getting a tattoo to mark their pilgrimage.

Church in Warsaw embraces Missouri Conference Open Hearts, Open Books initiative.

Traditional Black churches in Missouri discuss ways to strengthen their ministries.

Alice Folwer is installed as the Southwest District Superintendent at First UMC in Carthage. Becoming a district superintendent wasn’t exactly in Rev. Alice Fowler’s career plans.  “She may have been the most ...

Rev. Jon Thompson is installed as the Ozarks District Superintendent.

Rev. Robin Bell speaks at Webster Hills UMC. Robin Bell’s personal mission is to create enthusiasm for learning and living the Gospel of Christ. She plans to continue to do that as the new Gateway Central District ...

Construction begins on One Joplin duplex.

Churches learn that human trafficking is happening close to home.

Sidney Owens has been listening. In her role as Missouri Conference Community Engagement Specialist, she has conducted a series of rural conversations this fall, with meetings at Columbia, Cameron, Advance and ...

Wrap-up of 2019 Sharefests

This fourth installment in the Clergy Health Series highlights the importance of covenant groups.

 Dear friends, Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior! I hope all is well in your life and ministry. I am praying for each of you as we draw close to the Advent season.   Every bishop has been ...