Durley Family Camp Week this year is June 7-13 and it will feature Bishop Emeritus David Roller.
PLEASE NOTE a couple of changes in the schedule this year -- Family Camp begins on MONDAY morning, June 7. And EVENING WORSHIP SERVICES are at 6:30 pm each night.
Activities for ALL ages!
Even if you can't make it for the whole week, join us
Saturday, June 12 for a FREE Fun Day at Family Camp!
We will have a tailgate lunch, the Durley Try-Athalon, a special bilingual evening service, and all the fun camp activities (canoes, ziplines, swimming and more!) for FREE!*
Don't miss out on this awesome day at Durley Family Camp!
*Dinner is not included in the Free Fun Day
Register on-line at
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Pastor's Meeting with Bishop Emeritus David Roller
during Durley Family Camp on Church Revitalization
Wednesday, June 9th at noon.
Lunch will be provided.
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Bishop Emeritus David Roller will present a Church Revitalization Seminar on Wednesday, June 9 at noon for District Leaders and any pastors who desire to join.
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2021 Gateway Leadership Summit
Saturday, August 7, 2021
7:30am-6:30pm
The LeClaire Room, 600 Troy Road, Edwardsville, IL
"The Free Methodist Way"
Highlights:
Bishop Keith Cowart speaking on "The Free Methodist Way"
James Clark, Vice President of Public Safety & Community, Metropolitan Urban League of St. Louis
Ordination Service at The Bridge
Dinner afterwards catered by Bella MIlano (reservations required) at The LeClaire Room
Work of the Day Printed reports will be available at Leadership Summit
Additional reports and videos will be available on our website:
Quick Info:
Registration is $35.00 (includes breakfast and dinner)
Lunch is not included (two hour lunch break)
Dinner only $28.00
Nominating Committee voting will be done the same as last year (an e-mail ballot will be sent beforehand). Results will be given at Leadership Summit.
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Are you eligible for a service award in 2021 or were you eligible for a service award in 2020? Service awards are for years of appointed service in a Free Methodist Church or Free Methodist Institution and are given in increments of 5 years. If you are eligible for an award for 2020 or 2021 and do not see your name on the lists below, please contact the conference office by Wednesday, June 16 at [email protected].
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2020
Linda Alf-5 years
Mike Aden-10 years
Ruth W. Huston-15 years
Deb Somerville-20 years
Carl Brannon-30 years
Steve Coates-30 years
Peter Wan-30 years
Mark Scandrett-35 years
Brian Hartley-40 years
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2021
Pat Heston -5 years
C.J. Dyas-10 years
Stephanie Dyas-10 years
Lori Gaffner-10 years
Peter Hough-10 years
David Sain-15 years
Tyler Boyer-15 years
Eugene Dunkley-15 years
Ben Wayman-15 years
Matthew Schutter-20 years
Tim Fry-25 years
John Hubbs-30 years
Steve Neville-30 years
Randy Sands-35 years
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Hidden dangers lurk in many areas of a ministry’s activities. This edition of The Deacon’s Bench Online features several key resources to help your ministry strengthen its operations and defend against disruption or liability claims. Plus, we reveal how to protect your people, outsmart cyber scammers, and shield your property against electrifying damage.
Articles include:
Preventing Cybersecurity Threats
The Benefits of Scenario-Based Training
for Safety and Security Teams
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by Alma Thompson
A bridge — painted “international orange” — crosses the mile-wide Golden Gate, the strait connecting the San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean. The Golden Gate Bridge is suspended by two 3-foot-diameter cables that are engineered to bear a 36-million-pound load. This astonishing phenomenon is the product of collaboration — 27,572 parallel wires (enough to circle the earth three times) bound together.
My hope is to summarize my ponderings about The Free Methodist Way value of cross-cultural collaboration (which I am seeing, hearing, and attempting to live and lead) by articulating 25 strands of thought. When wound together, these thoughts are intended to bear, hold and carry the whole of humanity spanning across all of time.
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Jesus’ prayer for His disciples (John 17) is “make them one.”
Why? All for glory (v.10, 22, 24), and by glory, He did not mean “let them all shine like light bulbs!” Yes, light is a product of the glory, and the glory is a product of God’s presence — like the light of Genesis 1 before there was sun. Like the light of Revelation 21, the sun is no longer needed because (I paraphrase) “when someone sees these people who are following Me, and how they love each other, let the observer marvel and wonder, ‘How is this happening? How is this oneness possible?’ To God, the Three-in-One, be the glory, for great things are done!”
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Durley Summer 2021 Camp Schedule:
June 4-6-Senior Teen Weekend
June 7-13-Family Camp Week
June 14-18-Young Teen 1
June 23-25-Trailblazer
June 26-Day Camp
June 28-July 2-Young Teen 2
July 5-8-Guide
June 14-17-Live Streaming for Churches Course
June 21-24-Live Streaming for Churches Course
September 22-24-New Room Conference
August 7- Date Change: One-Day Leadership Summit
Looking ahead to 2022:
February 19-Safety Training with Ed Sanow-Greenville FMC
March 10-22-Wesleyan Holiness Women Clergy-E2022 [HER]STORY
Grapevine, Texas
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The Gateway Conference Office exists to energize and equip pastors and lay leaders to M.O.V.E.:
Mission Assessment
Organize Data
Visioneer A New Future
Engage The Plan
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Gateway Conference - FMCUSA
1501 Chicago Drive, Greenville, IL 62246
618.664.2353
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