Center for Congregational Excellence Announces Staffing Change
Faith and Race Podcast: Season 1
Support Mobile Health Clinics in Mozambique
Ozarks District Local Pastor Dies

Center for Congregational Excellence Announces Staffing Change

The Center for Congregational Excellence announced that Rev. Geoff Posegate’s last day will be Wednesday, Sept. 23. Posegate retired from full-time ministry in 2019 and immediately jumped into the congregational development waters to help coach and lead Missouri local churches to greater vitality. After a year of part-time ministry with the Conference, he has decided to embrace retirement in a full-time capacity. In his role, Geoff worked closely with the rollout of Multiplying Kingdom Impact (MKI), a program designed to create movements of disciples who make disciples who create new places for new people that multiply Christ’s Kingdom across their regions and the world. He also worked on coaching recruitment and development for clergy and lay leaders. His 40-plus years of local church ministry was invaluable to the work, and the Conference is grateful to learn from his wisdom and experience. Rev. Roger Ross, Melanie Smollen and Tammy Calcote will be in conversation in the coming weeks about how to realign workload and re-evaluate staffing needs moving forward.

Faith and Race Podcast: Season 1

Faith and Race podcast is a great resource for anyone who wants to listen and educate themselves on topics surrounding race. Season one and its curriculum is live and available. Listen and subscribe here: moumethodist.org/faithandracepodcast

Support Mobile Health Clinics in Mozambique

Will you consider dedicating an offering to support global health? Your congregation's Christmas Eve offering, Giving Tuesday focus, individual or small group offering will make a difference. In the midst of the pandemic, healthcare systems have been stretched globally. Systems have had to balance emergency needs with existing care. In Mozambique, these systems were already stretched. For the remainder of 2020, the focus of the Mozambique Initiative is health. The following link has a downloadable appeals package, which includes: printable envelopes, bulletin inserts and worship graphics that you can use to support the mobile health clinics. https://mzinitiative.com/experience-mozambique/resources/

Ozarks District Local Pastor Dies

Rev. Fred Luper, 67, pastor of Onward and Elwood in the Ozarks District, died September 7 after becoming infected with COVID-19. A celebration of his life will be at 2 p.m. this Saturday at the Ozark Empire Fair Grounds. Masks are mandatory. His full obituary is available at https://greenlawnfuneralhome.com/obituary/fred-luper/.