Around the Conference April 3
It's all happening at the... Dakotas Conference, of course! You or someone you know will want to read about the upcoming events listed here. There's always something happening "Around the Conference."
Myth or Fact Workshops
In case you missed them last fall, they’re coming back for an encore tour. Conference Treasurer Jeff Pospisil, Dakotas UM Foundation Director Sheri Meister, and Pastor Bob Ruedebusch will be bringing their Myth or Fact workshop to Watertown and Bismarck in April. This workshop is open to church treasurers and finance committee members as well as anyone interested in giving and stewardship. The Saturday workshops will run from 9:00am – 1:00pm CDT and lunch is provided.
- April 22nd in Watertown, SD at Cornerstone UMC, and
- April 29th in Bismarck, ND at Legacy UMC.
Please email the Foundation office or call (605) 990-7790 so we know how to plan for lunch.
Sponsored by the Dakotas Council of Finance & Administration, Dakotas United Methodist Foundation, and Sioux Falls First United Methodist Church.
Youth Worker Academy 2017
Who: Kenda Creasy Dean
What: Training for all Youth Workers in our conference
When: April 28-30, 2017
Where: Lake Poinsett Camp
Kenda Creasy Dean is an ordained elder in the Baltimore-Washington Annual Conference (United Methodist) and professor of youth, church, and culture at Princeton Theological Seminary, where she works closely with the Institute for Youth Ministry. A graduate of Wesley Theological Seminary, she served as pastor in suburban Washington DC and as a campus minister at the University of Maryland-College Park before coming to Princeton Seminary. She is currently appointed as the coordinating pastor of Kingston United Methodist Church in Kingston, New Jersey. For more information, contact Pastor Jeff Lathrop here via e-mail, or phone at (605) 352-8604.
Download a detailed schedule here.
Online quilt auction for hunger projects
The Dakotas Conference will hold an online quilt auction again this fall to support hunger projects. If your quilts are ready by early June you can send them with your pastor or lay persons to Annual Conference so the quilts can be displayed there for everyone to see first-hand. All quilts brought to Annual Conference will then be transported to the Mitchell Conference Office for the fall auction. Please request a form so you can provide all the necessary information about each quilt.
For more information, contact JoAnn Schlimgen via e-mail here.
Breakthrough Ministry Grants Available
The Missional Impact Link is again taking applications for Breakthrough Ministry Grants.
Breakthrough Ministry Grants are intended to be seed money to launch new ministries or expand existing ministries to reach new people. The grants are a response to the movement of the Spirit in the hearts of Dakotas United Methodists.
Breakthrough Ministry grants are offered to churches and related organizations from the Dakotas United Methodist Foundation and Dakotas Conference of the United Methodist Church. Grants will be awarded quarterly. Applications are due on January 31, April 30, July 31 and October 31 annually.
To read about past recipients of Breakthrough Ministry Grants, click here.
