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. 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. Learn more and register before October 3 →

Other Upcoming Events

October 2 - October 30 - Opening Ourselves to Grace: Basic Christian Practices
October 6 - Virtual Southwest District Laity Meet-and-Greet
October 8 - Northwest District Laity Meet-and-Greet
October 12 - October 13 - Empowering Ministry with Ken Nash
October 14 - Fall National Caring Congregation Webinar
October 29 - Southeast District Laity Connection Day
November 3 - RMC COLLAB: Bernie
November 3 - 5 - Soul Connections: Becoming Fall Retreat
November 12 - MO Explo

See the full events calendars at www.moumethodist.org/events

Upcoming Grant Deadlines

Due Oct. 1: New Places Grants
Due Oct. 1: Costner-Fulton Grants
Due Oct. 1: MUMF Ministry Grants
Rolling Deadline: 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. Learn more and enroll→

World 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.

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 www.moumethodist.org/resourcelibrary