A Lay Servant is an active, supportive member of a United Methodist congregation who is eager to be in ministry through the church. Lay Servant Ministries offer many options for serving in roles other than the traditional pulpit supply. See the following links for upcoming courses. You may attend classes in any district.

The inaugural TWK Youth Conference will be on October 7-9 at Gaylord Opryland.

Our TWK Conference is seeking a Disaster Case Manager (DCM). The DCM position works with individuals and families who are recovering from disasters throughout the geographic area under the TWK Conference’s guidance.

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Please contact the district office as soon as possible to report any damage to your church and/or community so disaster response crews can be deployed where most needed. See contact information at the bottom of this newsletter.

We are roughly three months away from Annual Conference 2022 to be held in person at Brentwood UMC from Wednesday, June 15 through Friday, June 17. A preliminary schedule and submission guidelines for reports and resolutions is available. The deadline for reports and resolutions is April 18. Our theme this year, "The River of Life Unites Us," is a celebration both of the various rivers that unite us geographically and the life that is collectively ours in Jesus Christ.

DELEGATES: if you did not receive an email from the Conference Office on April 4, please let the district office know. See contact information at the bottom of this newsletter.

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Pictured here is one of the Conference Disaster Response Trailers that, thanks to Bill Carr, got towed to the District Office this week. We are planning on giving the trailer a makeover and update. Thanks to a great idea from Conference Disaster Response Coordinator, Robert Craig, we are going to fit the trailer out to be a Site Tool Trailer for our area Recovery efforts. We also plan to get our new logo to adorn the trailer. This will be a great asset as teams begin to come into our area.

All of this is possible because of generous giving from churches in our District and throughout the UMC Connection! Recovery Funds so far have been committed to two area Long Term Recovery Committees (our funds supported a matching grant as well that doubled the impact of the giving) and helped in the Graves County Cluster Building Blitz. Also, as UMCOR Disaster Recovery Counselors start to get on the ground we will be able to support more families and individuals trying to rebuild with your generous giving.

If you have a youth group of young-at-heart group that would like to help with some of the trailer work and set up please contact Nancy or Penny at the District office. We will also need those with tow ability that are willing to take the trailer to needed sites to sign up to be on a call list as groups begin coming to our area.

Attn: Treasurers -- information concerning online payments and new billing address

Larry Davis, Conference Treasurer for TWK UMC, has notified all the District Superintendents that in order to give our Conference Chancellor and Treasurer's Office ample time to process Disaffiliations paperwork for Annual Conference there is a deadline for notification, return of request documents, and Called Charge Conference. These are necessary so they are properly prepared and submitted for Annual Conference approval. Please note that Disaffiliations are allowable through December 31, 2023. These due dates are just for processing ahead of our 2022 Annual Conference.