Each year COSROW recognizes North Alabama United Methodists who advocate for women and marginalized communities. COSROW presented two awards this year: a Breakout Leader Award to Avery Rhodes and a Lifetime of Service Award to Joan Boothe.
During the 2023 North Alabama Annual Conference, the Evangelism Team announced this year’s recipients of the Harry Denman Evangelism Awards: Rev. Ted Amey (clergy) and Joan Boothe (laity).
Bishop Debra Wallace-Padgett shares a State the Church Address during Annual Conference each year. This year she summed up the state of the North Alabama Conference, saying, “All is Well.”
St. Paul UMC is one of three historic churches affiliated with the Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument.
I left the Von Braun Center in Huntsville, Alabama, this past Saturday with a full heart after an energizing and inspiring 2023 North Alabama Annual Conference!
Guest Speakers Rev. Dr. Priscilla Pope-Levison and Dr. Jack Levison have graciously agreed to make their teaching sessions and materials available on the Conference website.
The 2023 North Alabama Annual Conference featured four high-energy days under the theme of “Offer Christ Every Day.” The days were filled with powerful worship, inspiring and practical teaching, reports of how God is at work in the North Alabama Conference, fellowship, laughter and connection among North Alabama United Methodists.
The 2023 North Alabama Annual Conference is meeting in Huntsville on June 21-24.
Through worship, workshops, learning, entertainment and fellowship, festival participants explore how to flourish as we age, navigate transitions, live into our talents and passions, cultivate our relationship with Christ and engage topics that matter.
Petitions that were submitted for the 2020 General Conference are still valid for consideration in 2024, but there will also be a new window for submission of petitions to fulfill the requirements of Book of Discipline Paragraph 507.
It is hoped that during the upcoming year, there can be a spirit of open communication and sharing of perspectives and vision for the future of The United Methodist Church through General and Jurisdictional Conference delegates.
Local congregations are encouraged to make a contribution to the special offering and send it with their pastor or lay member to Annual Conference on June 21-24 in Huntsville.
The changes include the part-time Associate District Superintendents for each district plus additional full-time and part-time appointments.
The trainings include a June 1 two-hour training session by T. Marie King, entitled “Your World Is Not The World,” and a June 2 Poverty Simulation facilitated by Susan Hunt-Sims.
Our next Holy Land pilgrimage will be February 21-March 1, 2024, and is open to clergy and laity in the Holston and North Alabama Conferences.
We believe today is an important day to ask ourselves, “Who are we now? What is God calling us to do in this next chapter of ministry together?”
The NAC3 Team invites all North Alabama United Methodists to join in prayer for the May 11 special session of Annual Conference and the continued ministries of all our congregations.
We have a lot of “new” happening in the North Alabama Conference right now! God is moving in and through us as new churches are forming and fresh expressions are developing.
The North Alabama Conference commissioned District Developers in December 2022. In less than six months, we have 10 new congregations in formation and 10 Fresh Expressions in progress.
The group was welcomed at New Beginnings UMC for lunch and a taste of southern hospitality before visiting some of the city's historic sites of the Civil Rights Movement.
The 2023 North Alabama Conference will gather at the Von Braun Center in Huntsville on June 21 – 24 under the theme Offer Christ Every Day. The reservations deadline is May 31, 2023.
Trinity UMC (South Central District) hosted the 2023 Leading Edge Youth Ministry Gathering and welcomed 57 youth workers from around the country for a time of learning, discussing and worshipping together.
Eligible clergy and laity wishing to be considered for election must complete a Conference Delegation Self-Nomination Form no later than May 15, 2023.
A Special Session of the Annual Conference will be held on Sept. 12, 2023, to process the current requests for disaffiliation under ¶2553 of the United Methodist Book of Discipline.
Though the words do not come easily, they are important. Words we pray. Words Jesus spoke in The Sermon on the Mount. Words calling for action as found in our United Methodist Social Principles.
The clergy appointment changes to take effect July 1 include changes in the leadership of the Conference’s eight districts.
In addition to Conference team vacancies that will be filled at the June 2023 Annual Conference, self-nominations submitted now will also be considered for team vacancies that will be filled in 2024 for the new quadrennium.
He is risen! He is risen indeed! Not only did this truth make all the difference to the women at the tomb 2000+ years ago. It transforms the lives of Christ-followers today.
On March 24, parts of Alabama and Mississippi experienced devastating storms and tornadoes. UMCOR began its response immediately. Here is how you and your congregation can help.
The QuadW Missional Internship provides the opportunity to experience spiritual transformation through missional activities. The Huntsville site still has spots for the 2023 Summer internship.
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