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Mission Valley UMC responds to essential workers with hand-made gift baskets

July 28, 2020

The MIssion Team at Mission Valley UMC in St. Ignatius, MT is providing gift baskets to essential workers in their area.

An unusual gift goes to Chester UMC during the pandemic

May 07, 2020

Marcia Muir, pastor of Chester UMC, 30 miles south of the Canadian border in Montana, was awakened by a 7:30 a.m. phone call Tuesday, April 7. A man with a German accent told her that the Riverview Hutterite Colony wanted to ...

Drive-in theaters offers new way of celebrating Easter

April 16, 2020

A community, ecumenical Easter service on April 12 was held at the Star Drive-in Theater, with communion served instead of Coke and popcorn.

Envisioning a future for rural ministry in Mountain Sky in 2050

March 05, 2020

From February 7 to 9, a group of about 20 pastors and a lay leader met together at Fort Morgan United Methodist Church in Fort Morgan, Colorado to dream of the future of United Methodist ministry in rural communities.

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