COSROW hopes that every North Alabama United Methodist congregation will hear from a female preacher on at least one Sunday during the month of March.
The Metagen Institute offers a two-year certification program for the formation of spiritual directors. Their upcoming Cohort starts in March 2023 with completion in February 2025.
We can move forward in boldness as we try new things to reach new people in new places. We can be confident because we are fortified through the power of the Holy Spirit.
In accordance with new Standing Rules adopted by the North Alabama Annual Conference, petitions and resolutions must be received by the Conference Secretary no later than 60 calendar days preceding the Annual Conference.
North Alabama Conference agencies, committees, commissions, teams and Conference-related organizations are invited to share a report in the Journal vol. 1 (PreConference Book) describing their ministry over the past year.
Clergy, laity and youth are eligible for this award. Please note that a primary indicator of this award is that it showcases professions of faith.
"The Way of Forgiveness" is a resource recommended by the Spiritual Formation Team for use by small groups during Lent.
Through UMVIM and UMCOR, the United Methodist Church is always ready to respond. Items from our Disaster Response warehouses are already finding their way to areas of need.
"Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'"
So what comes next? Now we must roll up our sleeves and dig in together, as many groups and congregations have been doing across the Conference.
The grant is intended to help small and medium-sized churches launch an experiment or initiative to share the Gospel, faith stories and invite others into a relationship with Jesus.
The Adult Discipleship Team supports Silent Retreats at Camp Sumatanga and Sacred Heart. Six retreats are scheduled for 2023.
The information requested in this report is for the 2022 calendar year—January 1 through December 31.
I look forward to reading through the Bible together in 2023. May we encounter the living God often in Scripture as we read together.
Yes, we have experienced the season of Christmastide on many occasions. Yet we have not previously been in this particular Christmas season. The Christ Child’s birth continues to change lives.
We want to take this opportunity to share the video of the second hour of the Special Session — a time of encouragement and visioning — with the many United Methodists who are continuing our journey together.
United Methodists in North Alabama are invited to join in 40 days of prayer to invite the Holy Spirit to lead us as we move forward together.
Together, as the North Alabama Conference, we will continue our mission to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.
These appointments will become effective on Jan. 1, 2023.
The North Alabama Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church held a called special session to ratify local church disaffiliations under ¶2553 and to share in a time of encouragement and visioning about disciple-making ministry.
The purpose of this resource is to provide support and resources for people feeling abandoned or displaced from their local United Methodist Church due to disaffiliation.
Christ-followers are called to practice thanksgiving 365 days of the year. Indeed, we are reminded by Paul in Philippians 4:4 to “rejoice in the Lord always. Again, I will say rejoice.”
We would like to begin sharing our values with you and invite you to join us in intentionally living them out as North Alabama United Methodists.
As we focus on discipleship, our hope barometer grows exponentially. After all, we are disciples of Jesus Christ, the Hope of the World.
North Alabama congregations have a long and dedicated history of supporting the ministry of UMCOR through giving financial donations, donating relief kits and supplies and serving as volunteers.
The SEJ Conference elected three new bishops and conducted other business. The Committee on Episcopacy announced Bishop Debra Wallace-Padgett will return to North Alabama.
I asked the North Alabama District Superintendents to add their voices to mine in naming reasons they are grateful for our clergy.
Bishop Debra Wallace-Padgett has issued a call for an additional Special Session of the Annual Conference on May 11, 2023, for the purpose of processing requests for disaffiliation under ¶2553 of the United Methodist Book of Discipline.
