News from us [link removed] September 27, 2022
Empowering Ministry

Scripture invites us to follow our call. Scripture invites us to use our gifts. As a lay person, you have a call to ministry and are uniquely gifted for serving and building up the body of Christ. Our Wesleyan roots compel us to be a laity movement that fulfills the mission of the church. [link removed] Read more here →
Upcoming Events

Fall Soul Connections Retreat: BECOMING
Gather your local church leadership team and join us November 3-5 at Cross Pointe Retreat Center in Rocky Mount, Missouri, for a time of rest, renewal and reflection. Using BECOMING as our guiding theme, together we’ll explore how to become is to discern what we are not yet and what God calls us yet to be. [link removed] Learn more and register before October 3 →
Other Upcoming Events
October 2 - October 30 - [link removed] Opening Ourselves to Grace: Basic Christian Practices
October 6 - [link removed] Virtual Southwest District Laity Meet-and-Greet
October 8 - [link removed] Northwest District Laity Meet-and-Greet
October 12 - October 13 - [link removed] Empowering Ministry with Ken Nash
October 14 - [link removed] Fall National Caring Congregation Webinar
October 29 - [link removed] Southeast District Laity Connection Day
November 3 - [link removed] RMC COLLAB: Bernie
November 3 - 5 - [link removed] Soul Connections: Becoming Fall Retreat
November 12 - [link removed] MO Explo
See the full events calendars at [link removed] www.moumethodist.org/events
Upcoming Grant Deadlines
Due Oct. 1: [link removed] New Places Grants
Due Oct. 1: [link removed] Costner-Fulton Grants
Due Oct. 1: [link removed] MUMF Ministry Grants
Rolling Deadline: [link removed] Library Builder Grants
Featured Resources

Implicit Bias Course
“Implicit Bias: What We Don't Think We Think” is a resource for leaders, preachers and congregations who want to learn and teach about implicit bias, the unconscious bias we all experience. The learning engagements included in each section allow for individual work, group work and sermon preparation. Each exercise is an invitation to the sacred journey of discovering with your church and community how God is leading you to use this material faithfully within your context. Any Missouri Conference member – clergy or lay – is invited to take the training for free. [link removed] Learn more and enroll→
mailto:www.resourceumc.org/en/churchwide/umcgiving/special-sundays/world-communion-sunday-pastor-and-leader-kit?utm_source=email&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=laity W [link removed] orld Communion Sunday Pastor and Leader Kit
Sunday, October 2, is World Communion Sunday. This Special Sunday kit provides a full package of ready-to-use resources to help your church celebrate World Communion Special Sunday and define how we give, why we give and the impact we make through connectional efforts.
[link removed] Vision and Execution in a New Setting
Do you ever feel stuck? Sometimes it is easy to get bogged down by day-to-day tasks of the church, and before you know it, church attendance plates and burnout sinks in. In this short video series, Rev. Roger Ross shares how to reset the vision for your church and get out of the funk.
See the full resource library at [link removed] www.moumethodist.org/resourcelibrary


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