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January 2, 2024

Sharing the Vision

The vision of the Missouri Conference is to relentlessly lead churches to become outwardly focused and spiritually centered Christ followers. One new way the Conference has been leaning into that vision is through the 10 Compass Points of Thriving Churches. The 10 Compass Points focuses on living your faith and taking action, and Trinity UMC in Kansas City is modeling just that. Read more here



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Featured Resources

Engaging Your Community with Cultural Sensitivity

From Discipleship Ministries of the United Methodist Church: As the United States population becomes increasingly diverse, how do churches develop the skills needed to interact successfully with people from diverse experiences? Some of this work begins with understanding how culture operates. Download the FREE PDF → 

Does Your Church Truly Embrace Children or Merely Tolerate Them?

Is your church ready to get younger? This Lewis Center article outlines six perspectives and practices that signal to families that their children are truly valued, welcomed and included.

All About Apportionments

Director of Finance and Administration Rev. Nate Berneking discusses apportionments and how they're figured as part of his presentation to the 2020 Licensing School class.

See the full resource library at www.moumethodist.org/resourcelibrary 



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