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July 20, 2022
NextGen Inclusiveness Ministries invites you to participate in a book study on Queering Wesley, Queering the Church by Keegan Osinski. The book study will take place over the course of five weeks beginning September 13th-October ...
July 18, 2022
The Mission Display Tables at Covenant UMC in Helena, MT provided opportunities for discussion about the great possibilities available for your church's engagement in mission. Everything from sponsoring missionaries, planting ...
July 14, 2022
submitted by Rev. Janet Mulroy, Mission Engagement and Resource Strategist The Creation Justice Task Force: Annual Conference Team is pleased to provide this summary from AC2022 in Helena! Early in the planning of the event, and...
July 14, 2022
Fromberg, MT is a small town along the Clark's Fork of the Yellowstone River which was hit hard by floods on June 12, 2022. The flood's effects were felt from Gardiner, MT (the North entrance to Yellowstone Park) to Red Lodge, ...
July 11, 2022
GRAND VALLEY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH CREATION JUSTICE $1,000 GRANT Grand Valley United Methodist Church (GVUMC) in Parachute, Colorado received a $1,000 grant from the Mountain Sky Conference Creation Justice Task Force. This ...
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July 05, 2022
Join our Circuit Host, Court VonLindern on July 19th @ 6:00pm MDT to learn more about Circuits and how to find where you plug in! You can register for this event here: https://mtnskyumc-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMtcO6rrD8pG9O...
May 26, 2022
June is celebrated as Pride month for the LGBTQIA+ community and their allies. NextGen Inclusiveness Ministries invites you to celebrate Pride with Mountain Sky by joining Denver area churches for Denver's Pride parade, ...
May 26, 2022
Denver Bishops, churches, and faith leaders invite parishioners and congregations from across Colorado to march with them in this year's Denver Pride Fest Parade.
May 26, 2022
Two weeks of language and cultural learnings in a small school in southern Mexico. Home stays encourage each student to learn custom and enjoy wonderful food of the local peoples. The dates are Monday, October 3 to Saturday, ...
May 12, 2022
Presentation with Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis on “Leading Through Trauma with Fierce Love” - May 20, 2022, at Iliff
May 10, 2022
Live and in-person, Tug-o-Love returns to the 2022 Annual Conference Session in Helena, Montana. On Thursday, June 16, we celebrate Mission Day! Our day will include an immersion activity, plus displays on the many mission ...
April 12, 2022
Connecting Neighbors Overview: Saturday, May 14, 2022, 9:00 am – 10:00 am MDT via Zoom Connecting Neighbors is a curriculum intended for broad use by volunteers willing and able to facilitate workshops and webinars with the goal...
April 04, 2022
Michael Twitty is a culinary historian and James Beard Award-winning writer. He is the creator of Afroculinaria, the first blog devoted to African American historic foodways and their legacies.
February 22, 2022
The Methodists Helping Methodists Foundation has reserved $250 for every active, Methodist pastor in the Mountain Sky region. The money is for you, pastors, to receive care for stress, find renewal, heal, and be refreshed so that ...
February 15, 2022
Net Zero Emissions: What’s Next for The UMC? Sunday, March 6, 2022, 5:30 -6:45 pm (MT) On Earth Day 2021, eleven general agencies of The United Methodist Church pledged to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 ...
January 31, 2022
Registration for The Land's Summer Mission Program is now open for groups of thirty-five or less who are looking for anywhere from a day to a week-long mission experience. At The Land, youth will be working with a Gardner to ...
January 14, 2022
A message from Mike Moore, Mountain Sky Conference Disaster Response Coordinator On Thursday, December 30, 2021, a wildfire raced through parts of our conference, destroying homes and livelihoods. In the cities of Louisville and ...
January 13, 2022
JUST LOVE 2022 Lenten Series Sundays through Lent, beginning March 6, 2022 5:30 – 6:45 p.m. (MT) Explore justice issues and live into Beloved Community. Here is a brief taste of sessions in the series. On Sunday, March 6...
January 11, 2022
Trans 101: Gender Diversity in God’s Creation Join Court VonLindern, Designer of NextGen Inclusiveness Ministries on January 27th @ 6:30pm MST for a workshop presentation on topics related to transgender, nonbinary, and other ...
December 14, 2021
A look back at how far Creation Justice within the Mountain Sky Conference has journeyed Bishop Karen Oliveto approved the formation of a Creation Justice Task Force on Earth Day, April 24, 2021. The task force was charged with ...
December 14, 2021
By Jana Jones, MSC Abundant Health Coordinator Smoky Hill UMC has had an Abundant Health team for about a year, but due to the pandemic, had not had the opportunity to present itself to the congregation in a formal way. On ...
November 17, 2021
2021 Winter Webinar Series held December 6 - 9, 2021
November 17, 2021
Join us for a very special Virtual Christmas Celebration with Missionaries from Everywhere to Everywhere!
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November 09, 2021
The Methodists Helping Methodists Foundation seeks to fund transformative ideas that will create systematic change in ministry, vitality, and/or financial health. Get to Dreaming and Go For It! So...Dream BIG!
November 08, 2021
The avenues for exercise were as diverse as the beautiful geography of the Mountain Sky Conference. Participants in Annual Conference 2021’s Miles-o-Love walked, ran, rode, hiked, swam, kickboxed, and enjoyed yoga and barre as ...
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October 27, 2021
Mountain Sky Conference clergy laity Circuits are getting ReWired! You're invited to connect with us, and find where you plug in!
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October 05, 2021
Miles-o-Love celebrates all the ways those throughout the Mountain Sky Conference have gotten involved. Whether you registered as an individual or as a team we are grateful for your participation. We are thankful for the early ...
September 28, 2021
The Colorado Council of Churches has begun a multi-week book study of Isabel Wilkerson's "Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents." This is a virtual series of gatherings that will go until early December.
September 16, 2021
“I do not want to miss Vacation Bible School,” were the words of my 11-year-old in the Summer of 2019 as we were making plans to travel to Texas. “I have never missed VBS in my life and this is going to be my last year as a ...
September 16, 2021
Park Hill UMC partners with Colorado Village Collaborative on SOS site
September 14, 2021
Miles-o-Love 2021
September 10, 2021
Congratulations to Stevensville United Methodist Church on the blessing and dedication of their new building space. Way to go Rev. Sarah Merchant, leading your community to do a new and powerful community-oriented thing during a ...
August 28, 2021
FAITH IN ACTION: An Early Response to Afghan Refugee Arrivals Updated 10/14/2021 Partnering in Support of Refugees from Afghanistan: UMCOR and Church World Service A FAITH-BASED RESPONSE Any immigrant who lives with you must be...
August 28, 2021
St. Luke’s UMC in Highlands Ranch, CO held a series of events in their backyard to re-engage and enlarge their community, bringing in new visitors and those who hadn’t been to St. Luke’s in years. Three concerts were held on ...
August 28, 2021
At Grace UMC in Cheyenne, Wyoming, we have a small group called Bar+Church, which is simply a time to gather, talk about life, faith, and fellowship at Black Tooth Brewery. Black Tooth offers a once-a-month Community Pint Night, ...
August 23, 2021
Do you want to learn how you can help Afghan refugees in Mountain Sky Conference resettlement cities? Please click on the links below for opportunities to ensure a warm welcome for families soon to arrive in the coming weeks and ...
August 23, 2021
An open letter to the Mountain Sky Conference of The United Methodist Church from Rev. James L. Gulley, retired, former Haiti Coordinator for Global Ministries/UMCOR Dear Family, Friends and Acquaintances, Because I was engaged ...
August 12, 2021
Throughout the Mountain Sky Conference, our community has been enjoying God’s creation this summer. We have been hiking up mountain trails, cruising the wide-open plains on road trips, enjoying the cool shade of leafy cottonwood ...
August 11, 2021
In July, First United Methodist Church of Salt Lake City and Centenary United Methodist Church, UT donated 3,546.4 pounds of food to Crossroads Urban Center for the Golden Celery Challenge! Thank you to everyone who donated and ...
August 08, 2021
Since early July the Western Jurisdiction is being inundated with wildfires along with other disasters such as the explosion of illegal fireworks in Ontario, CA, and a haboob (a type of severe dust storm) near Phoenix AZ. Besides...
August 08, 2021
Upcoming Virtual Missions Sponsored by UMVIM WJ
August 08, 2021
Wildfire Mitigation – What you can do now! Across the Mountain Sky Conference (and all the western US) wildfires are already active For most of us, it is not too late to prepare your home (or church!) to mitigate against the ...
August 08, 2021
We are now in the heart of the wildfire season, and the Mountain Sky Conference Disaster Response Committee is asking for your help to build an inventory of UMCOR disaster recovery kits in our Conference depots. The UMCOR Depot in...
August 04, 2021
The Tri-Lakes United Methodist Church, just outside of Colorado Springs, CO, formed an Emergency Preparedness Group (EPG) to help respond to the Waldo Canyon fire (which they could see from their church) back in 2012. They ...
August 03, 2021
It has been a yearly tradition at Smoky Hill United Methodist Church in Centennial, CO to provide lunch each summer for those without homes. Due to COVID, this year the meal had to be a sack lunch. On July 9th, 150 lunches ...
July 14, 2021
Phillips UMC in Lakewood, CO felt loss during the pandemic when they were not able to gather as a church to grieve loved ones who died during this period. "Also, we couldn’t gather to celebrate our resident Eagle Scout and ...
July 13, 2021
Join us as we explore the transforming work of United Methodist missionaries serving around the world. You will have the opportunity to meet in a small group to hear a presentation from a single missionary and learn more about how...
July 13, 2021
In June, FUMC Polson, Montana planted trees at their church and also at Flathead Lake Camp to remember the members who had died in 2020 during the COVD pandemic. In addition, a tree was planted in honor of Kris Murphy, who ...
July 13, 2021
Ecumenical Vacation Bible School in Columbia Falls UMC, MT
July 11, 2021
We celebrate the ways Epworth UMC is reaching out and fighting food insecurity within the community this summer. Joanna Griffin shares the ways the Epworth congregation is feeding the need this season: “Epworth UMC is preparing ...
