Name of conference: 2018 Iowa Annual Conference - Creating Difference Makers in New Communities of Faith Location of conference gathering: Iowa Events Center, Hy-Vee Hall, Des Moines, IA Dates of conference gathering: June 8-11, 2017 Officiating...
Everything to hope, little to fear-Episcopal Address AC2018
Watch Bishop Laurie's Episcopal Address Bishop Laurie Haller opened the 2018 Annual Conference Session with an Episcopal Address that challenged the Conference to wade into uncharted territory with hope instead of fear and to also find a way to...
Retirement is just another transition, Rev. LaTonya Calderon told 2018 retirees at this year's Annual Conference Session. At first, Calderon had planned to use a theme for her Recognition of Retirement address posing the question to retires of...
If we remember amid life's laments that God's steadfast love and mercies never end, we can still have hope. This was the message brought by Bishop Bruce Ough to the Memorial Service at the 2018 Annual Conference Session.
The world needs the United Methodist Church, Conference Lay Leader Margaret Borgen told Conference members gathered for Sunday's Laity Session. And she asked those in attendance to consider that it still might be possible for the UMC to give the...
God is the Potter who molds us-Ordering service AC2018
God is the potter who continually molds us to reflect his grace, love, and hope, Bishop Laurie Haller told those gathered for Sunday's Ordering of Ministry service. And it is in being His creation that we can find purpose and the beauty of our...
Ministry and mission and transitions in ministry were celebrated Monday at the Iowa Annual Conference Session with the Fixing of Appointments for the 2018-2019 Conference year. Rev. Harlan Gillespie offered a message for the service drawing from...
A frank discussion on the United Methodist Church's current struggle over human sexuality took place Sunday afternoon on the dais at the 2018 Iowa Annual Conference Session. "A Conversation on the Way Forward" drew some of the emotion surrounding ...
The Iowa Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church is a connection of some 180,000 people who gather in 800 communities of faith across the state, and as...
