News from us [link removed] March 14, 2022
The Pursuit of Happiness
In this month's Wesley in the World, Dr. Hal Knight discusses the cultural pursuit of happiness. "Much of [cultural] advice is insightful and helpful: get enough sleep and exercise, spend time with friends, have a hobby, enjoy nature, prayer and meditation, breathing exercises, and more. What is not clear is what happiness is. For some, it is a feeling of joy, others pleasure, yet others well-being. Perhaps it is ideally a condition more than a feeling, for feelings come and go. But in America, the individual pursuit of happiness has led to the idea that each individual can define happiness for himself or herself." [link removed] Read more here→
Upcoming Events
RMC Collab in Hatton
The Rural Missouri Connection invites you to come see what’s happening in rural Missouri as people engage in mission of all kinds across our state. We’ll share ideas and explore how to coordinate NextGen ministry programs and volunteers with available resources in rural spaces as we watch Pleasant Grove UMC’s Kids for Jesus program in action. Registration closes April 17. [link removed] Learn more→
Other Upcoming Events
March 14 - [link removed] Annual Conference Registration opens
March 18 - [link removed] Christian Leadership and Visioning (In Person Sedalia)
April 13 - [link removed] Emotionally Health Spirituality Online
April 15 - [link removed] L [link removed] eading Bible Study (In Person Salem)
April 19 - [link removed] RMC Collab: Hatton
April 22 - [link removed] Early Response Team Training: Kansas City
April 29 - [link removed] S [link removed] tarting a Wesleyan Class Meeting (In Person Carthage)
April 29 - [link removed] Transforming Evangelism - How to Reach Out (In Person Carthage)
See the full events calendars at [link removed] www.moumethodist.org/events Missouri United Methodist Foundation Scholarship Deadline
The deadline for 2023-2024 undergraduate scholarship applications is April 1, 2023. All materials must be postmarked by this date in order to qualify. Current college students as well as incoming freshmen are encouraged to apply. For more information or to download an application, visit [link removed] [link removed].
Upcoming Grant Deadlines
Due April 1: [link removed] New Places Grants
Due April 1: [link removed] MUMF Ministry Grants
Rolling Deadline: [link removed] Library Builder Grants
Rolling Deadline: [link removed] Cooperative Response Grants
Featured Resources
Implicit Bias: What We Don't Think We Think
“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 here→
[link removed] In Awe of Grace Worship Series
A free Worship series download from Discipleship Ministries: Every day is a holy day if you live into the truth of the ever-present God. Yet there are times and seasons that seem even more holy. There are moments that reverberate with the living presence of the living God, and our only proper response is to fall to our knees in awe of grace. From Palm Sunday through Easter, the world is remade, a new creation, and we are blessed to be a part of it, blessed to receive a gift beyond words, which is nothing less than eternity itself.
[link removed] 4 Ways To Utilize The Power Of Story In Recruiting, Retaining and Reigniting Volunteers
Connecting your volunteers to the story God is writing through your nextgen ministry program is essential. This article breaks down storytelling’s importance and objectives related to ministry with children, youth and young adults.
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