Free Implicit Bias Course Available
Soul Reset
African Bishops Condemn Africa Initiative and WCA
Job Posting
Free Implicit Bias Course Available
The Missouri Conference has partnered with the UMC General Commission on Race and Religion to create a Missouri-specific version of the course “Implicit Bias: What We Don't Think We Think.” Any Missouri Conference member – clergy or lay – is invited to take the training for free to learn about the unconscious bias we all experience. Learn more and enroll at https://gcorr.teachable.com/courses/moacimplicitbias
Soul Reset
The Black Methodist for Church and Renewal (BMCR) St. Louis Caucus is hosting Soul Reset, a free workshop for laity and clergy led by Dr. Ron Bell. Join us in person or virtually on Saturday, September 17 at 8:30am for a time of reset and breakthrough for a transformative year of revival!
- Date: Saturday, September 17th, 2022
- Time: 8:30am - 12:30pm
- Format: In-person & Virtual
- Food: Continental breakfast and boxed lunch provided
- Location: Unity UMC | 627 Cornell Ave, Webster Groves, MO 63119
- Speaker: Dr. Ron Bell
Ron Bell has a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy from Morgan State University, a master’s degree in Theology from Regent University School of Divinity, a doctorate degree in Ministry from Lancaster Theological Seminary, and has been certified in Trauma Response and Crisis Intervention from Rutgers University School of Social Work. He is passionate about emotional formation and the intersection of faith and mental health. Two of his most popular books both deal with his work with grief and trauma: Is There Space for Me Embracing Grief through Art, and his latest book: The Four Promises Journeying through Past and Present Trauma. Ron is an ordained Elder in the UMC and a proud member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
Workshop Material: Soul Reset: Breakdown, Breakthrough, and the Journey to Wholeness by Junius B. Dotson, Upper Room Books, 2019.
Register Here: https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07ejbuj9a9b1b77aba&oseq=&c=&ch=
The United Methodist Church (UMC) bishops in Africa have condemned the Africa Initiative group and the Wesleyan Covenant Association (WCA) for spreading falsehoods about The United Methodist Church in Africa. At the close of their meeting at Africa University in Mutare, Zimbabwe, the bishops declared that they would have nothing to do with both the Africa Initiative and WCA as those two groups are now working for and promoting Global United Methodist Church, a denomination that has not been approved by the General Conference of the UMC. The four-day meeting had been bathed in devotions and prayers including a visit to Chinando, a special prayer center in the mountains that was created by Methodist women.
Click here to read the statement from the African bishops.
Job Posting
For complete job description, application instructions or to post a job opportunity at your Missouri Conference church, go to www.moumethodist.org/classifieds.
