Remaining & Thriving United Methodists

Thursday, April 20, 2023

6:00 to 7:30 pm MDT

Free Webinar for Laity and Clergy

As I have been in conversation with our presenters for our April 20 webinar on Remaining & Thriving United Methodists, I am even more excited about our ability to hear inspirational and humbling stories from the six leaders we have selected!

I encourage you to sign up very soon for this free, 90 minute event featuring passionate Clergy whose settings and whose stories of vitality and growth may serve as role models for all of us!

The sooner you register, the sooner we can have information about which of our ZOOM choices we will be able to use.

Holy Week and Easter blessings.

Rev Dr Harvey Martz

UMARC CO Chair

Remaining & Thriving United Methodists

April 20, 2023 6:00 -7:30 pm (Mountain time)

Sponsored free for laity and clergy by the

United Methodist Association of Retired Clergy & Friends (UMARC)

Join us on Thursday, April 20 for a free Zoom Webinar for laity & clergy focused on Remaining & Thriving United Methodists.

Led by Rev. Dr. Harvey C. Martz, Co-Chair of the United Methodist Association of Retired Clergy and Friends (UMARC), the panel of six speakers from North Carolina, Texas, and Colorado, will explore both how United Methodists who have lost their church homes by disaffiliation votes are forming new congregations & other UM churches are flourishing as inclusive communities of faith.

Media attention has been drawn to the 6% of the churches leaving the denomination in the USA, but beyond the headlines is the story of how overwhelmingly congregations and pastors are choosing to embrace a future more positive toward LGBTQ+ persons and policies.

Our Speakers

Rev. Mark Feldmeir

St. Andrew UMC, Denver CO

Rev. Lynda Ferguson

First UMC, Asheboro, NC

Rev. Robb Hutchinson

Lighthouse Church, Western NC AC

Rev. Dr. Valerie Jackson

Park Hill UMC, Denver CO

Rev. Dr. Todd Jordan

Strawbridge UMC, Houston TX

Rev. Dr. Jerry Neff

Church of the Pines, Jasper TX

Rev. Dr. Harvey Martz

Webinar Facilitator & UMARC Steering Committee Co-Chair

Rev. Dr. Don Messer

UMARC Steering Committee Co-Chair

Persons wanting to be a sponsor of this and other UMARC webinars are invited to check out our website at www.umarc.org and send checks written to Mountain Sky UMC, to:

UMARC at 7185 S. Niagara Circle, Centennial, CO 80112. Thank you!

Sponsor or Give Online

Notify Don in advance at dmesser@iliff.edu so we can post your name immediately as a sponsor. This encourages others!

Bishop Melvin Wheatley Legacy ($1,000 or more)
Bishop Roy Sano Legacy ($500 or more)
Bishop Mary Ann Swenson Legacy ($250 or more)
Rev. Gilbert H. Caldwell Legacy ($150 or more)
Rev. Julian Rush Legacy ($100 or more)
Rev. Mary Ann Downs Legacy ($50 or more)

Thank you in advance for participating in this important webinar series.

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