United Methodist Church
UMW Assembly 2010: Faith · Hope · Love in Action
America’s Center, St. Louis, MO
April 30-May 2, with pre-conference events April 29
United Methodist Women assemble every four years to celebrate, to lift up, to learn, and to return to their communities better equipped for mission. Tens of thousands of women have been meeting in this fashion since 1942 in a unified effort to stay at the forefront of the work being done both locally and globally, both systemically and in charity, to improve and sustain the lives of women, children and youth.
Assembly 2010 has been themed: “Faith. Hope. Love in Action.” Chosen because it encapsulates the 140 year history of United Methodist Women, it says everything about what is happening on the ground today, and is the momentum for decades to come. Faith. Hope. Love in Action is the energy that moves through each woman that has pledged her time for service through United Methodist Women.
United Methodist Missionary Association (UMMA) Conference
Rethink Mission: Reflection and Action, From Edinburgh 1910 – 2010
Mission Engagement Past, Present and Future
Scarritt Bennett Center, Nashville, TN
October 15-17, 2010
Keynote speaker: Dr. Dana Robert, Professor of World Christianity and History of Mission at Boston University
This self-funded Conference is organized by a coalition of missionaries and mission related personnel, primarily United Methodists with a passion for God’s mission. The planning committee consists of leaders of the missionary organizations, professors of mission and representatives of mission boards and Scarritt Bennett Center in Nashville, Tennessee, the historic site for training missionaries and Christian education workers. The program design will include scope for interdenominational and ecumenical discussions drawing on the rich resources of the Edinburgh 2010 missionary conference. Participants of the official Edinburgh 2010 conference will lead off the sessions and selected study themes will be highlighted during the three day together. Time will be included for designing action plans to see ways to engage the churches anew. All are welcome in the Rethinking Mission: Reflection and Action Conference.
Goals:
1. Share insights from 100 years of mission history
2. Understand the context of mission today
3. Identify possibilities for mission engagement for 21st Century
4. Develop a course of action to re-engage the church in mission
For information: norma.kehrberg@gmail.com (Coordinator)
For registration: rlvreeland@sbcglobal.net (Registrar)