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December 22, 2021
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#toc2 District Office Holiday Hours
#toc3 St. Stephen Looking for Altar Paraments
#toc4 INSPIRE Discernment Retreat
#toc5 2021 Conference & District Apportionments - Deadline Jan. 10
#toc6 2021 Year End Stats - Deadline Jan. 24
#toc7 Online Early Response Team Training for Disaster Response
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.
St. Stephen Looking for Altar Paraments
St. Stephen UMC in Troy is looking for altar paraments. If your church is willing to donate or sell extra paraments to a fellow church, please contact Pastor Tadd at mailto:
[email protected] [email protected] or 616-610-4465.
INSPIRE Discernment Retreat
Have you ever dreamed of starting something new that will reach new people?
God is doing new things throughout the world and in the most unlikely places. New faith communities can take a variety of forms like a small group, recovery ministry, or a missional community and, yes, even a new worship experience or a new church, both in-person and online. As the pandemic has taught us, church can happen in many settings. While not everyone is called to plant a new church, we are all called to reach people for Jesus, and that often comes in the form of creating something new.
If you have felt the nudge to do something different to reach new people and would like to explore the different ways you can make that possible, then INSPIRE is for you.
We invite you to gather your leadership team and join other laity and clergy from around our Conference to experience INSPIRE together.
Who: Missouri Conference Laity and Clergy
When: 1-5 p.m., January 8 (optional lunch at 12 p.m.)
Where: Online or in-person at the Missouri Conference Office in Columbia
Cost: Free
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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
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.
[link removed] 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.
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Online Early Response Team Training for Disaster Response
Registration deadline January 20.
This class will provide you with the Basic information you need about Early Response Teams. Early Response Teams (ERTs) fill a specific need in the days after a disaster to clean out flood-damaged homes, remove debris, place tarps on homes, and otherwise help to prevent further damage, while providing a caring Christian presence.
Attendance is required at all four classes in order to receive an UMCOR ERT Badge. A week before the class, registrants must complete a background check initiated by UMCOR. You will receive more information on this after you register. Once the background check is complete, registrants will receive a link to the training and instructions to obtain class materials.
Required Class Sessions:
Friday, February 4 - 6-8 p.m.
Saturday, February 5 - 9-11 a.m.
Friday, February 11 - 6-8 p.m.
Saturday, February 12 - 9-11 a.m.
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