May 4 Impact Newsletter

Welcome To Gateway

New E-mail Address for Gateway Conference

Gateway Conference has a new e-mail address:

[email protected]

Pastors,

Join us for a time of refreshing and encouraging prayer we’re calling “He Restores my Soul” on Tuesday, May 24 at 2 p.m., EST (11 a.m., PST) sponsored by the National Prayer Ministry.

We’ll gather on Zoom, hear from the Word of God, pray, and be encouraged. It’s that simple – a time to bring and release burdens, concerns, weights, and struggles before the Lord and seek Him for His healing touch.

Please join us and share this opportunity with other pastors so we can encourage one another. No need to register, just to attend. Here’s the Zoom link:

He Restores My Soul – Pastors Prayer – The National Prayer Ministry https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85918408261?pwd=ajZ4NkduQXNudlVkS0p3c2JrZkk2UT09

Meeting ID: 859 1840 8261, Passcode: 328411

Thank you to everyone who donated to the car fund for Superintendent Mekebib Desta of Ethiopia.

Thanks to your generous donations, enough money has been raised to purchase the car he needs for transportation that is vitaly important to FMCUSA ministry endeavors.

You have helped ensure the proclamation of the Gospel and Holiness message for years to come in Ethiopia!

Planting Churches and Encountering God's Call

Some church planters and ministry networks avoid the word church, but not the Church Development Network.

“While we’re all for a lot of forms of ministry, we’re not out starting ‘missional communities.’ We’re not out starting this ministry or that. We plant churches because the local church is the hope of the world. Jesus said, ‘I will build my church,’” said Chris Pulice, the network’s church planting facilitator, in a new episode of “The Light + Life Podcast” hosted by Brett Heintzman. “There’s a spiritual authority, a kingdom authority, that comes when you’re starting a church in Jesus’ name.”

J.R. Rushik, the network’s director of strategic alignment, also participated in the podcast and noted that the network’s leaders “celebrate anything that’s for the kingdom of God that’s started, but for us, we want to be laser-focused on saying, ‘We’re going to start the thing that Jesus established, and He promises to build.’”

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Local Church Initiative Grant Letter of Inquiry due May 31st

To further the goals of the Free Methodist Church USA and Gateway Conference, you are invited to submit a proposal that advances the opportunity for local churches to begin new initiatives that support these goals. Specifically, the Conference desires to support initiatives that engage the local church in the life and lives of the community in which they serve.

PROCESS, DEADLINE AND EXPECTATIONS:

A letter of inquiry (one page) must be received by the Superintendent by May 31 to begin the process. The Superintendent will ascertain if the inquiry meets the Grant criteria and vision for the conference.
June 5 - Grant Application is sent to selected inquiries by Conference office via e-mail.
Completed Grant Application must be received in the Conference office (either via email or standard mail) by July 5. *Incomplete grant requests will NOT be considered. Confirmation of receipt of proposal, as well as request status, will be sent to the address and contact on the application form.
SDFGC will review applications from July 5-August 5 and send recommendations to the BOA Chair and Superintendent for dispersal to the BOA for approval or denial.
September 1 – notification of awards sent
Dispersal of grant awards will occur in January; grant cycle will be one calendar year unless multi-year awards are made.

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Stewardship Well Done Journey

Step 6 – DEBT

Roadblock #3 – I Can’t Stop Spending!

Habits are hard to break! Mark Twain once said, “Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs one step at a time.” Habits are rarely broken by good intentions and determination alone. We must change our behaviors one (sometimes painful) step at a time. Below are some practical suggestions to help if you are trying to break a spending habit:

Pray about it – first, foremost, and always
Find an accountability partner
Cut up your credit cards
Only pay with cash / debit card
Take all shopping apps off your phone
Don’t store payment information online

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Men's Advance

May 13-14, 2022

Living Hope FMC

435 Head Lane

Hannibal, MO

This event is the perfect chance to come together as the men that we are called and created to be in order to be re-energized and ready to lead in our marriages, families, churches, and workplaces. The speaker this year is Ben Tolly. Ben is currently serving as the Superintendent of the Gateway Conference of the Free Methodist Church. He brings many years of pastoral experience to the table!

If you have ANY questions at all, be sure to reach out by email to [email protected], OR on Facebook Messenger!

Must be 13 or older to attend.

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