Tag: General Conference
Portland take-aways
KAY DeMOSS Senior editor-writer, Michigan Area A Pre-General Conference Briefing was held in Portland, Oregon January 20-22, 2016. Several delegates from the Detroit and West Michigan Conference were among the… Continue Reading Portland take-aways
Global worship planned
Creating a sense of community. Celebrating the voices of the global church. Those are goals of the team planning the worship and music for the 2016 General Conference.
Preview from Portland
UNITED METHODIST NEWS SERVICE The gathering in Portland repeatedly stressed church unity despite passionately held differences.
Can we pray it all together?
This passage from 2 Corinthians (aka “Two Corinthians”) has provided a reflective spiritual lens for me. “God was in Christ reconciling the world to God’s self.” (2 Cor. 5:19) This writing is being… Continue Reading Can we pray it all together?
Window on Portland
A 2016 General Conference app is now available that will put the 2016 General Conference in the palm of your hand.
Forums on vitality
Beginning Tuesday, December 1, a video will be posted each week that that explores how engaging in the Four Areas of Focus (ministry with the poor, improving global health, developing principled… Continue Reading Forums on vitality
Forums on Christian Conferencing
Christian Conferencing was the focus of the Connectional Table’s video forums for the month of November. Featured guest was Bishop Sharon Zimmerman Rader.
African bishops speak out
HEATHER HAHNUnited Methodist News Service African bishops called on The United Methodist Church to confront global terrorism and hold the line on church teachings regarding human sexuality.
Changing our face
REV. LAURIE HALLER Senior Pastor, Birmingham 1st UMC The face of our faith is changing. The shape of Christianity, including United Methodism, is very different today than it was a… Continue Reading Changing our face
Young people in leadership
“This will not be an address by youth for youth. This will be an address by young people for the whole church,” said Carl Thomas Stroud Gladstone, the Young People’s… Continue Reading Young people in leadership