Be sure and make plans for a group or individual Bible Study ahead of this year’s TWK UMC Annual Conference. This six-week session study, and each session includes several spiritual practices: reading scripture aloud, praying, sitting with God in silence, singing or listening to

music, and Visio Divina. Find the downloadable study here.

Bishop McAlilly is calling on United Methodists throughout the Tennessee-Western Kentucky Conference to join together in a letter-writing campaign. Please write our elected officials at the state and federal levels, advocating for swift and meaningful gun reform legislation to be passed.

More information, sample letters, and links to legislators’ contact information can be found at  https://twkumc.org/letters-gun-reform



Please also go to the same web page above and let us know when you write letters – we are keeping track of TWK support for smart, effective gun laws!

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Broadway UMC is offering an 8-week experience called “Beyond the Broken Heart.” Each week the group will share a meal, hear and read encouraging and insightful scriptures, reflect on a brief time of teaching, and share with one another (as you are able and as you want to – no

one has to share) your experience of loss and how you are making it through, day by day.

The meal and group time will last 90 minutes, and we will begin sessions on Tuesday, April 11 at 5:30 p.m.. Perhaps you feel this experience would not be for you, but other loved ones may benefit from it. Please pass along the information, as all are invited. Interested in

participating? Contact Joe Hansen with any questions or concerns: [email protected] or 270-331-2681.

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Camp Joy is our camp for Special Needs Adults at Lakeshore. For the second year in a row, I will be serving as the Dean of the camp, and we are in need of Volunteer Counselors to work with our campers. We are looking for both male and female counselors (age 15 and up). Our goal is to have at least 3 (preferably 4) counselors per cabin. Last year, we were unable to do this; we made it through, but it was more difficult on everyone. If you are interested in volunteering, you can fill out an application online at the Lakeshore website. Counselors report to Lakeshore on Sunday, June 11th and camp runs until June 16th. I can guarantee that this will be the best week of volunteering that you have ever experienced.  

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All ordained clergy, associate members, deaconesses, and home missioners: please activate your TWK email address as soon as possible, if you haven't already. Clergy voting codes will be sent from GNTV in May to your TWK email address for clergy and annual conference sessions. Click here for instructions on how to login into your TWK email and how to forward it to another address, if preferred. Please contact your district administrator, the bishop's office or [email protected] if you have questions.

Some United Methodists in our conference are feeling less comfortable in their home churches and may have even stopped attending. We are forming new spaces of relationship for seekers and those displaced by the loss of a local congregation. The Vine is a sacred space for them to connect with a community of faith right now. Let’s have a conversation and go from there! Learn more about how people can connect with The Vine.

Renasant Convention Center in Memphis

June 19 - 21, 2023

SINGERS NEEDED: Singers (and musicians) from churches and ministries are invited to join the TWK Mass Choir for the Annual Conference worship services. Music leaders, register your singers' interest in participating by clicking this link. 

REPORTS & RESOLUTIONS: Please visit the annual conference webpage: twkumc.org/AC2023 to find submission guidelines and deadlines as well as EXHIBITOR opportunities. 

ORDINATION: We have new information regarding vesting for the Service of Licensing, Commissioning, and Ordination at this year's annual conference session. 

MEAL SPONSORS: Please also note that a meal sponsorship request form is now available for groups that would like to host a lunch or dinner during the annual conference. 

VOLUNTEER: Memphis area church members, college students, spouses of voting members, etc. are encouraged to sign up to volunteer during the annual conference!

HOTEL: Hotel reservation information 

For further questions, please contact [email protected].

• The Vine (additional information)
• Denman Award Nominations Due April 28, 2023
• Special Annual Conference Session in May
• TWK 2023 Annual Conference in June (additional information)
• Appointment Season 2023
• Native American Sunday | April 23
• GOLDEN CROSS Sunday is May 7

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We thank all of you for your continued commitment to the witness and mission of the UMC! Each week, we receive more and more testimonies and photos from folks throughout our conference inspired by and passionate about the mission of our denomination. Check out this webpage to read more. We want to hear what makes you excited to stay UMC! Email us your story and your photos at [email protected].