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NOW -- Charge Conference Documents Available--People Portal
(Oct 25 @ 3:00 PM Charge Conference Live Stream)
NOW -- FALL Grant Opportunities open
(Oct 1 Grant Deadline (MO Conference, MO Foundation & SE District)
NOW -- Youth 2027 Grant Money Available (Oct 1 Grant Deadline)
NOW -- Cokesbury wants YOU!!
NOW -- The United Methodist Handbook 2025-2028
NOW -- Institute for MODERN WORSHIP (Free worship consulting)
Sept 9 -- First UMC (DeSoto) offers P.E.A.C International (Parents of Estranged Adult Children)
Sept 14 -- Telling Our Stories (Laity Training)
Sept 27 -- Old McKendree Day (Rev. Jon Thompson preaching)
Oct 1-2 -- MO PAUMCS Fall Conference
Oct 1-2 -- SHAREFEST (see information below)
The 2026 Charge Conference forms are available in your People Portal. Please take time now to verify that you can access the portal.
**Pastoral Support worksheets are available in the PEOPLE PORTAL. the 2027 Minimum Salary & Compensation Figures (click here for the resource)
Pastors are responsible for ensuring that all required documents are uploaded or entered into the People Portal by September 15.
Save the Date: Oct 25 @ 3:00 PM
Charge Conference Live Stream
Deadline for submission is October 1. Please don't let these opportunities for ministry pass by. See the links below.
1. Southeast Fall Grant
2. Missouri Conference Grant
3. Missouri Methodist Foundation Grant
Youth 2027 Grant Money Available
Youth 2027, a quadrennial UMC youth event, is coming to the South Central Jurisdiction in 2027. Taking place July 11-14, 2027, in Dallas, Texas, the event is designed for youth entering 6th grade through those graduating 12th grade to come together to experience worship, community and connectionalism with other United Methodists across the country. Grants are available to help with the costs of bringing a group to Youth 2027. Learn more and apply for your grant by Oct. 1 →
Opportunity to Test Cokesbury Resources
Cokesbury Kids has developed two new resources to encourage worship and prayer among kids and is looking for churches to test them.
- Art+Liturgy is a pastoral and worship planning digital resource for intergenerational, multi-sensory worship. pastors will get expert tips for preaching specific passages to kids, interactive liturgy, music suggestions, liturgy designed for kids, commissioned fine artwork, children's moment outlines, and more.
- Worship with All God's Children Curriculum is a traditional One Room (preK-5th grade) Cokesbury Kids curriculum to bridge the experience of worship with children's peer-based faith formation. Children will explore scripture, develop worship practices that last a lifetime and learn the prayers and songs that they experience in all-church worship.
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Led by Global Ministries Environmental Sustainability and UMCOR U.S. Disaster Response, up to 20 U.S. UMC churches who offer community-based services will be selected to learn how to implement solar and/or battery storage so they can stay open when a disaster or power outage disrupts their normal operations. Churches accepted for this new pilot program will receive comprehensive guidance in using these technologies, and some may be eligible for grants to purchase solar and battery systems. Read More and Apply
 Confidently Connect with Your Community
Reaching out and meeting community needs should feel second-nature to church leaders, yet it often feels like one more item on the ministry to-do list. Community Connect seeks to equip local church leaders with the skills they need to discover who is in their neighborhood, build strategic relationships, and meet the needs of the community with confidence. Join us for the first session on Sept. 1 as we hear from experts about time-tested strategies and tools to discover who our community neighbors are. Learn more and register here →
P.E.A.C. (Parents of Estranged Adult Children)
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Beginning Wednesday Sept. 9 @6-7:30 and meeting every 2nd and 4th Wed. each month First (DeSoto) (200 Boyd St, De Soto, MO 63020) will be part of P.E.A.C International. (Parents of Estranged Adult Children). This will be the new local group, available to all, working to expand to others in the area.
The Missouri Annual Conference is offering free copies of The United Methodist Handbook. This resource is designed to help you understand who we are, how we are connected and how we live our shared mission together as United Methodists. Pre-order your copies before Sept. 11 at this link:
Most stories have beginnings, middles, and endings, but those of us who are Christians have stories with a “before Jesus” and then “after Jesus”. A majority of the people we encounter are in the “before Jesus” part of their lives, and we are encouraged, strongly encouraged, well, plain out and out commanded, to tell people about Christ. Wesley taught us to “Make a friend, be a friend, bring a friend to Christ”.
Festival of Sharing Information
It is now just one month from our upcoming SHAREFEST scheduled for Friday and Saturday October 2 & 3 at Crossroads Methodist Church at 501 S. Walnut Street in Dexter. We look forward to seeing all of you who will be transporting your church's/organization's kits and packs you have been working on since last year.
Drop offs should arrive between 9:30 and 11:30 am on Friday. Be certain to download a "Record of Giving" form from the festivalofsharing.org site and complete it with all the requested information and bring it with you when you drop off. Please use the contact email for the person who directs your SHAREFEST activity instead of your pastor unless the pastor is the contact person who should receive all informational emails.
Please remember to label at least the top and one side of each box you bring in large magic marker to include MO if it is a pack that stays in Missouri and the # and name of the pack or kit included. You do not have to print your church's name anywhere on the box since that info is recorded through your "Record of Giving" form. . Blankets can be brought in garbage bags but need the # of blankets in the bag written on the bag. Paper product bags need no labeling.
Any checks should be made out to "Dexter SHAREFEST" if it is meant to stay local. If it is meant to go to the state office, write "MOAC"
If you'd like to be connected to the local Sharefest organizer and receive updates, contact Mary Ann Taylor at [email protected]
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 Registration is open for the Fall Conference
Church Lifecycle Diagnostic
The Church Lifecycle Diagnostic Tool helps pastors and church leaders understand the season their church is experiencing and identify areas for growth. Identify the season of ministry that your church is in. Learn more →
FREE Video Resources Available
The Southeast District Office has free Amplify Media accounts available for Pastors and Church Leaders in our district.
Amplify is a video streaming service that offers a collection of thousands of videos and programming suitable for small group Bible studies, children's ministries, sermons, and more.
Free accounts are limited. Please email Bev at [email protected] to request the access code.
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