New Places Grants Due Sept. 15 Deadline

Know someone who’s starting a new place for new people? The Center for Congregational Excellence offers grants to all Missouri Conference churches. Grants are available for each of the Five Kinds of New Places – small group, missional community, recovery ministry, new worship service, and new church or multi-site. Applications are due Sept. 15. Learn more and apply at www.moumethodist.org/newplacesgrants.

Fall Learn + Lead Webinar

Join the Learn + Lead webinar at 1 p.m. on Sept. 17 and discover how to create conversation around faith-based questions from Rev. Ron Watts with Alpha, a globally recognized eleven-week program that has assisted Rev. Watts in leading new followers to faith. Rev. Watts is the founding pastor of La Croix UMC in southeast Missouri and chairs the Missouri Conference NextGen Team. View event details here: https://www.moumethodist.org/eventdetail/learn-lead-webinar-how-to-introduce-new-people-to-faith-in-christ-12850940. 

Connect with Preaching Academy Oct. 16-17

The Preaching Academy on Oct. 16 - 17 in Columbia will give you the opportunity to brush up on your preaching basics, learn new techniques to reach new people, meet in peer learning groups and process the experience of preaching. The goal is for you to leave the academy refreshed and renewed in your preaching, with new ideas and tangible plans for upcoming sermons. Register now: https://missouri-reg.brtapp.com/PreachingAcademyOctober2019.