OAKLAND IOWA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
  • HOME
  • VBS 2023
  • MINISTRY ACTION PLAN
  • CALENDAR
  • LITURGISTS
  • DAILY READINGS
  • NEWS
  • PASTOR'S PAGE
    • Meet Pastor Kim
  • WARRIOR WORSHIP (Recordings)
  • RESOURCES

The Pastor's Corner for November, 2019

10/31/2019

0 Comments

 
Dear Friends in Christ,

On September 25th and 26th Marty Rieken and I attended the Leadership Institute at the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection (COR) in Kansas City, Kansas along with 1,500 other lay and clergy members of the United Methodist Church from annual conferences around the US. This event is held every year in September, and centers on a different leadership focus each year. The focus of this year’s institute was the future of the United Methodist Church.

Rev. Adam Hamilton, Sr. pastor at COR, chose to center this year’s Institute on that subject because the United Methodist Church today is at a crossroads over the issue of human sexuality. Disagreements over this issue have divided the United Methodist Church (UMC) for decades. And those divisions are getting deeper.

Proposals to resolve these divisions will be discussed, debated, and voted on at the next UM General Conference in May of 2020. General Conference is a gathering of elected delegates (equally divided between lay and clergy) representing regional conferences in the United States and throughout the global United Methodist connection. General Conference meets every four years, and is the only body that can make changes to the denomination’s Book of Discipline (BOD). The BOD contains the rules that govern the life and mission of the global UMC at all levels, from the local church on up through the work of annual conferences, jurisdictions, bishops, and the UM general boards and agencies such as the United Methodist Committee on Relief.

At the Leadership Institute, a variety of speakers, including UM bishops, lay people, and pastors, presented their hopeful visions for what the UMC might become as we move forward after actions taken by GC 2020.

But the bottom line is, actions taken by GC on proposals to resolve the impasse in the UMC over the issue of human sexuality will bring changes to the denomination.
I believe that you need to be aware of what proposals are being brought to GC 2020, and the potential changes they would bring to the UMC.

So beginning in January, 2020, I will write a series of newsletter articles. The first one will give a brief history of the dispute over human sexuality that has brought the UMC to this crossroads point. Then, in future articles, I will briefly discuss the various proposals that delegates to GC 2020 will be considering and voting on, and how they might impact local UM churches and pastors.

I would invite you to be in prayer for our denomination as we seek to move forward following the leading of the Holy Spirit.

If you would like more information about anything in this article, or would like to talk to me, you can call or text me at 319-559-0678, or email me at cjbbowers55@gmail.com. 

In Christ, 
​
Pastor Carolyn
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Author

    Pastor Kim Dewey

    Archives

    May 2023
    March 2023
    February 2023
    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    June 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    August 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    February 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    November 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    September 2017
    July 2017
    May 2017
    March 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    September 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    August 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013
    December 2012
    November 2012
    October 2012
    August 2012
    June 2012
    May 2012
    April 2012
    February 2012
    January 2012
    December 2011
    November 2011
    October 2011
    September 2011

    Categories

    All
    April
    Bible
    Blog
    Church
    Corner
    Easter
    From The Pastor
    Graduation
    Hoff
    January
    Karen
    Karen Hoff
    March 2012
    May
    Methodist
    Newsletter
    Oakland
    Oakland United Methodist Church
    Oakland Unted Methodist Church
    Pastor
    Pastor Karen
    Pastor Karen Hoff
    Pastor's
    Pastor's Corner
    School
    United
    Vocation

    RSS Feed

OAKLAND IOWA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
​200 N Main St - PO #4, Oakland, IA  51560

​Phone:  (712) 482-5530
Church email: oaklandumc@oaklandiaumc.org
​
​Web site: www.oaklandiaumc.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/oakiamethchurch

Church Office Hours:  T - F   9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.


Pastor:  Kim Dewey
​Email: kim.dewey@iaumc.net 
Phone: 
 712-887-0263
Pastor Kim observes Sabbath each Monday.  In the case of an emergency, please do not hesitate to contact her by call or text, and she will respond as soon as possible.
All non-emergency calls, texts, and emails will be responded to the next day.  Thank you for your thoughtfulness in assisting Pastor Kim with self-care in this way.  It is ​greatly appreciated!

Organist:  Marilyn Hackett

​Lay Leader: Merlin Jones 712-482-3687

​Secretary:  Martha Isaacson 712-482-5530
​
​
​Custodian:  Trevor & Megan Jefferson
  • HOME
  • VBS 2023
  • MINISTRY ACTION PLAN
  • CALENDAR
  • LITURGISTS
  • DAILY READINGS
  • NEWS
  • PASTOR'S PAGE
    • Meet Pastor Kim
  • WARRIOR WORSHIP (Recordings)
  • RESOURCES