Annual Conference
Praying Hands & Dirty Fingernails
Annual Conference 2013 - June 7- 10, 2013
The 2013 Annual Conference will be June 7-10 at the Expo Center in Springfield, Mo.
Registration begins March 7. Click here to register.
2013 Missouri Annual Conference Workbook (pdf)
2013 Missouri Annual Conference Agenda (pdf)
Festival of Sharing orders
Time to get those orders in for your church's Festival of Sharing Resources! Order online, and e-mail any questions to festival@socket.net.
Hotel Information
Click here for information. Registration opens at 9am sharp on Thursday, March 7th.
Exhibit Registration
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Childcare Registration
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5K Run
Sunday June 9th at 6:45 AM. Start at Springfields Expo Center and finish at Jordan Valley Park.
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2013 Annual Conference Offerings
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Imagine No Malaria
Bishop Bickerton’s Learning Time on Saturday and 5K Run on Sunday morning
In Africa one child dies from malaria every 30 seconds. Imagine No Malaria is the bold campaign of our United Methodist Church to put an end to this terrible disease. Your generous contribution in this special annual conference offering for Imagine No Malaria will make such a difference in the everyday lives of families and individuals in Africa.
Ludhiana Christian Medical College
Commissioning and Retirement Service
The special Annual Conference offering for the Ludhiana Christian Medical College will provide nursing scholarship assistance so that young women and men can be trained to serve as nurses in mission hospitals across the country of India. For the past two years the generosity of Missouri United Methodists has enabled 11 persons to attend the Ludhiana Christian College of Nursing with scholarships of $1000 each. We hope the offering will go a long way to enable 11 students to be trained in the coming year.
The Vision Offering
Ordination Service
The work of the Mozambique Initiative (MI) centers on the transformation of people and their communities toward the image of Christ. Through covenant partnerships between churches in Missouri and churches in Mozambique, the MI facilitates transformation of communities, bodies, hearts, and minds for the purposes of the gospel from the most rural villages in Mozambique to the largest cities in the state of Missouri. This past year has been a year of visioning, recalibrating, and articulating a new chapter of ministry as the new leadership team of the MI has taken the reigns and worked to reformat the structure of this vital ministry. This special offering goes to support the new mission, vision, and direction of the MI, and supports the work of the new coordinator, Sarah Bollinger.
Haiti Water Project
Sunday Morning Service
Each year 3.4 million people die from water related diseases. In Haiti, half of the population does not have access to clean water. Through the Haiti Water Project, we are able to provided treatment options using multiple technologies for removing parasites, viruses, and bacteria. These low cost filters range from $50- $100 and have a life span of 10 years. For more information about this project go to www.ifyouknewthegift.com.
Frequently asked questions
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