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Noisy Offerings
Each year, offerings are taken during the Missouri Annual Conference. We normally collect money for these three offerings in the months leading up to the conference. In previous years, this has been done through a noisy offering, and we intended to do this again this year. The offerings were scheduled for March 22nd, April 19th,…
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Festival of Sharing
The Festival of Sharing is an interfaith celebration and gathering of resources. As a cooperative response to world hunger, poverty, and injustice, we seek to raise awareness of its causes and to address solutions. The Festival of Sharing promotes and supports projects and programs by providing funding and resource goods. When people of faith come…
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LEAP Student Conference
Worship | Learn | Connect | Serve In an effort to bring WOW out of Springfield and closer to home, it’s now the Leap Student Conference and will take place at different locations in the conference, including the Gateway Regional District! Leap 2020 is a one-day conference experience for middle and high school students happening…
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Growing Your Church
How many of you would like to welcome new people in your church? It is one of the highest stated goals of the churches in The Gateway Regional District every year. Our upcoming Fall Charge Conference learning time will offer you, and as many people from the congregation as possible, video teaching segments and exercises…
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Fall Learning Event
For the last several years, the Gateway Region has been doing fall learning events. This year’s event will be held on Saturday, October 26 from 9:30am-11:30am at Centenary UMC in Bonne Terre. The District Superintendent hasn’t shared speaker information yet, but that should be available soon. Last year, Bishop Farr spoke and did a great…
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Moto Rally for Mozambique
Join Missouri Bishop Bob Farr as he travels around the Missouri Conference on his Harley in support of the Mozambique Initiative. The purpose of the ride is to raise money to purchase motorcycles for United Methodist pastors in Mozambique. In remote areas that lack good roads, motorcycles are the most common and practical form of…
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UM Family Day at the Ballpark
If you have an interest in attending the Cardinals v. Rockies game on August 24, 2019, requests for tickets and payment are due August 1st. This is a Methodist and friends event, so don’t hesitate to invite others from outside the church. Tickets are $25 (regular $46) each, and it is Mystery Cardinals Hall of…
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Missouri Annual Conference Priorities
(Part 3 of 3) Vision: The Missouri Conference will relentlessly lead our churches to become outwardly focused and spiritually centered Christ followers. This month, we’ll focus on Pathway Out of Poverty. The goal is to increase the percentage of churches that partner with local school districts from 10% to 40% to raise student reading levels…
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Missouri Annual Conference Priorities
(Part 1 of 3) Vision: The Missouri Conference will relentlessly lead our churches to become outwardly focused and spiritually centered Christ followers. To see this vision come to fruition, the Missouri Conference has developed an action plan with three priorities. Over the next several months, we will be focusing on these three area. This month,…