General Conference 2012
Bob Rhodes
Nearly 1000 United Methodist clergy and laity have begun worshiping and meeting together at this year’s General Conference in Tampa, Florida. This General Conference meets each quadrennium (every four years) to celebrate The United Methodist Church and to do the business of the global denomination. Decisions made may affect the overall structure of the church, [...]
UM4GI Churches Affirm Covenant
Bob Rhodes
Yesterday, all three churches gathered for annual All Church Conferences to participate in the business of the church. Traditionally, these conferences are held each year under the supervision of the District Superintendent of the Prairie Rivers District of the United Methodist Church to hear reports of various committees, pastors and retired pastors, and to vote [...]
United Methodist Shares Nobel Peace Prize
Bob Rhodes
A UMNS Report by Kathy L. Gilbert United Methodist Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, president of Liberia, Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman of Yemen were awarded the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize for their work on women’s rights. Johnson Sirleaf, a member of First United Methodist Church, Monrovia, Liberia, in 2006 was the first woman [...]
Missions Trip to Mexico
Bob Rhodes
Hastings Grace UMC invites persons to accompany a Volunteers in Mission (VIM) team to Mexico flying from Omaha, Jan 6 and returning to Omaha, Jan 15th. The group will send their time in the area of Pueblo with the integrated development program, “Give Ye Them To Eat (GYTTE).” This program is an Advance Special mission project [...]
Volunteers In Mission Trip to the Holy Land
Bob Rhodes
Janet Lahr Lewis, the United Methodist liaison in Palestine and Israel Please invites United Methodists to the Holy Land February 4-18, 2012. Highlights will include: Volunteer service project with a UMC partner organization Visit Holy Sites: Jerusalem Old City, Sea of Galilee, Capernaum, Bethlehem and more Worship with a local Christian congregation Visit UMC Advance [...]
