December 8, 2021

District Office Holiday Hours

The Gateway Districts Office will be closed Friday, December 24 - Monday, January 3 for the Christmas and New Years holidays. The office will re-open on Tuesday, January 4. If you have a pastoral emergency during that time, please call Rev. Linda Harris at 314-583-7251.

First UMC in Park Hills Seeking a PT Choir Director/Music Ministe

First UMC of Park Hills has an opening for a part time Choir Director/Music Minister. Please contact the church office at 573-431-3124.

2021 Conference & District Apportionments - Deadline Jan. 10

The final date to submit 2021 apportionment payments is January 10th, 2022. Any apportionment payment sent after December 31st, 2021  will need to be sent with guaranteed delivery before 4:30 p.m. on the 8th (i.e. FedEx/UPS/USPS Guaranteed Deliver). Payments may always be hand-delivered to the Conference Office in Columbia or the District Office in Ballwin during business hours. Any payments received after 4:30 p.m. on January 10, 2022 will not be credited to 2021 apportionments.

Missouri Annual Conference
3601 Amron Ct.
Columbia, MO 65202

Gateway Regional District
301 Sovereign Ct.
Suite 100
Ballwin, MO 63011

Conference Lay Servant Ministry Class: Polity – Our Life Together in the United Methodist Connection (Online)

Have you ever wondered how this movement of Methodism started, how and why we do what we do and how we do it, at the local, district and Conference level? This class unpacks a lot of history of Methodism, along with why we believe what we believe, and the “hows and whys” of why we are organized the way we are. This is a great class for all laity to understand who the people called Methodists really are. It is an advanced Lay Servant Ministry class and required for laity seeking to obtain a certified lay speaking status.

The class will be taught by Rev. Ann Mowery, a retired Methodist elder. It will be an online Zoom class, with video, reading and other homework to be done between meeting times. The videos are narrated and produced by Rev. Nate Berneking, Conference director of finance and administration.

The class will be held four times from 7-8:30 p.m. on Zoom. Class dates are January 25, February 1, February 8 and February 15, 2022. The maximum number of participants for this course is 20 people.

2021 Year End Stats - Deadline Jan. 24

Below are the important dates regarding the 2021 Year End Stats.

• Stats module opens – December, 27 2021

• Stats Deadline Entry - January 24, 2022

• Stats module closes – January, 31 2022 - No changes can be made after the module closes

The link to the Stats Module is below. The module is not open for reporting yet, but you can access previous years if you need that information now. You will need to know your church's Conference ID and GCFA #s. Both can be found on your conference apportionment statements.

Click Here for the conference's year end stats resources page to view previous webinars that are helpful in breaking down each line of the Year End Stats module. There are also other resources on this page that might be useful as you prepare to enter your 2021 stats.