North Central District Newsletter Resources Section

Resources:

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Annual Conference Resources

• Receive MOAC23 Text Updates: Text MOAC @844-461-1474
• 2023 Missouri Annual Conference 
• Missouri Annual Conference Facebook
• Missouri Annual Conference Instagram

North Central District Resources

• District Newsletters, Net News, Clergy and Laity Newsletters, and other email newsletter sign-up
• Missouri Methodist Magazine

Missouri Conference Resources:

• Appointment Changes were announced on the Missouri Conference Website
• 2023 Annual Conference Archive resources now available:
  Media Resources
  Laity Resources
  Race/Culture Resources
  MOAC by the Numbers
• Free Disaster Preparedness Resource available to download

Church Leadership:

• Ignite Leadership Scholarship
• Leading Through Conflict
  Learn the two types of conflict and how the key variable of the two types can help develop healthy ways for congregations to carry out it's mission.
  For more topics on conflict, click here!

Ministry Leadership:

• Ministry Leadership Initiative  (2yr Cohort Program for Children/Youth Ministry)
•  Missouri Chapter PAUMCS Fall Conference 2023
   October 26th - 27th
• The BEST Bible Study Refresher to
  Jump-Start Your Fall Studies. 
   More info...

• Truman State
• State Fair
• Mizzou, Stephens & Columbia College
• Central Methodist

Church Resources:

• How is it with your soul today?
  Click the link for resources on finding spiritual direction and soul care in the small church  More info....
• Five Cups of Coffee Teaching Resource
• Church Audit Resource Video 
• Safe Gatherings Policy Builder+
• Form I-9 Training 
  A free guide on how to complete the Form I-9 accurately and thoroughly. The UMC Support website also offers other free training courses. Check out these resources here. 
• Free Music Ministry Resource 
  Download now a free music resource,
  Song Leading by Dean McIntyre.
  Click here to download...
  Click here to access more resources...
• Enrollment for
  The Local Church
  Historian School
  is now open!
  Register for free today!
•  Launch your digital ministry training from Center for Remissioning with free video training tips to help you get your digital ministry off to a good start. Click here for more information. 
  Access The Video Group
• Launching this fall, the 
  Prayer Partner Project
   delivers bi-weekly resources - and more - to support you and your prayer partner in your discipleship journey together. Click here to register.
• UMC Support Online Learning - Accountable Reimbursement Plans
  Free Webinar on Sept 12th @ 11am
  Click here to register
• Preaching on Fractured Ground Workshop 
  Sept 11-22
  Online/Zoom 
  Click here for more information...
•  

Book Resources

• Books and E-books from Lewis Center
• Preaching the Headlines: The Possibilities and Pitfalls of Addressing the Times
• The Psychology of Christian Nationalism:Why People Are Drawn in and How to Talk Across the Divide
• SHE Five Keys to Unlock the Power of Women in Ministry
• HOW WOMEN TRANSFORM PREACHING
• THE PURPOSE, PATTERN, AND CHARACTER OF WORSHIP
• CARING Six Steps for Effective Pastoral Conversations
• Sustaining While Disrupting: The Challenge of Congregational Innovation -By F. Douglas Powe Jr. and Lovett H. Weems Jr.
• Don’t Miss Discounted Advent Resources
• Overflow: Increase Worship Attendance & Bear More Fruit
• Women Speak of God
• Jesus Revealed
• The Art of Leading Change
• Stuck

Camp Opportunities

• June & July 2023 Camp Opportunities NextGen
• 10 Ways to Help Children Grow in Faith and Generosity
• Save the Date for UNITE 2023- July 17th-21st (Scholarships available)
• Host a Day Camp in 2023
• Camp Jo-Ota (Scholarships available)
• NextGen Ministries Camps

Children & Youth

• Unite at CMU Youth Conference 
• NextGen Summer/Overnight Youth Camps
• Youth 2023 Bold Event
• Youth Unite 2023 - Scholarship available through North Central District Office 
• Children's Ministry in a New Reality- 
• 37% of children's ministry leaders agree at least somewhat they are afraid of getting children's discipleship wrong. 
• Helping Students' Faith Stay Strong
• Gen Z and Mental Health: Insights for Faith Leaders
• Theology of Play
• A Youth Pastor's Guide to Spiritual Direction
• Developing the NextGen
• Three Things to Consider as You Seek To Reach Gen Z and the Current Climate of Our Students
• 3 Key Insights about Young Adults around the World
• Does Your Church Truly Embrace Children or Merely Tolerate Them?
• Learn Strategies to Strengthen Ministry with Children
• Free Online Workshop Series Gives Tools to Improve Ministry with Teens, Young Adults
• Every Church is a Work in Progress
• Learn How to Help Schoolchildren in Your Community
• Why Making Your Church Multigenerational Is Worth the Effort
• Love-Powered Parenting small group Study
• Helping People From Womb to Tomb
• 8 Ways to Nurture Faith in Young Children

Church Growth and Ministry

• Good Neighbor Day Resources
• 10 Questions to Lead your Church's Social Media Strategy
• Three Compelling Questions for Knowing Your Why"
• Words that Changed the World.
• Leadership Lessons from the Bible
• 4 Ways to Multiply Disciples the Way Jesus Did
• Strengthening Online Worship Beyond the Pandemic
• “Mediating Conflict in Congregations” featuring Charles Pillsbury
• To Lead Change, Leaders Need the Courage to Change Themselves
• A New Model for Leading Change
• 10 Things Great Preachers Do Differently
• Is Your Congregation Making an Impact?
• Bivocational By Choice
• 5 Trends Impacting Church Leadership for 2023
• Free Videos and 50 Ways Tip Sheets
• Adult Studies for Your Small Groups and Sunday School Classes in 2023
• 4 Promises for Church Leaders Healing Trauma in Congregations
• 7 Key Questions to Focus Your Change Agenda
• Best practices for transformative leadership
• Churches Continue to Increase Lay Staff
• My 10 Biggest Leadership Mistakes
• Celebration in a divided world
• How Do New People See Your Church?
• My church is tired! How do we overcome missional paralysis?
• Genuine Change Involves Continuity
• Caring for your Congregation- November 10th, 2022
• 5 Tips for Building True Spiritual Community
• Together: a sermon series for November
• Love Your Neighbor Resource

Finance and Stewardship

• Discerning a New Vision to Guide Your Church Forward
• Stop Sitting on Your Assets
• Cultivate Generosity through Thankful Living
• End of the Year Financial Checklist- 
• Getting Comfortable Preaching about Money and Generosity
• Is Your Church Spending Too Much or Too Little on Personnel?
• All About Apportionments
• Stewardship and Generosity Resources
• Help Your Congregation Live into the Connection between Faith and Generosity
• 7 Practical Strategies for Nurturing a Culture of Generosity
• Saving Grace Can Change Your Church!
• Stewardship Spark: Short Takes to Get You Thinking
• Is Your Church Ready for a Miracle Sunday?
• Learn to Protect, Sustain, and Grow Your Church’s Money for Ministry
• 5 Ways to Encourage People to Increase Their Giving
• Ministry Smart Conference
• Building Your Stewardship Team
• Optimize Your Church’s Annual Financial Campaign
• Prophet Margins Worship Series
• 5 Hospitality and Stewardship Lessons from a Homecoming
• Stewardship from a Spiritual Perspective
• More Savings For Your Ministry
• Thoughts on stewardship leadership
• Keeping Our Sacred Trust: Assuring Financial Integrity
• 4 Principles for Engaging Donors
• Handling the Church's Money in a New Day

Grants

• Clean Energy GrantsOpportunity 
• General Board of Church and Society (GBCS) Grant Opportunity
• Climate, Energy Resources for Faith Communities: Click here for more information. 
• Equipping the Local Church Grant
• Missouri United Methodist Foundation Grants
• Missouri United Methodist Foundation Scholarships
• New Places for New People Grants
• (Jan- March)Grants for Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing
• Grants Available from GBCS
• Cooperative Response Grant-Festival of sharing
• MUMF Ministry Grants
• Library Builder Grant (Year Round)

Scholarships

• MUMF Undergraduate & Graduate Scholarships - Application Deadline April 1(Spring); 
• North Central District  - Scholarship for Camp

Mission

• Festival of Sharing
• Mobility Worldwide
• Container Project Donations

• Ministry Leadership Initiative Instructional Cohort for Youth/Children's Ministry through Missouri Foundation
• College Campus Ministries Opportunities

Race & Culture/ Justice

• 7 Key Characteristics of Diversity-Oriented Churches
• “All Leadership is Cross-Cultural Leadership”
• What Would Martin Luther King Jr. Say to the Church Today?
• In-depth Interview with Kimberly Daniel A Way Out of No Way
• Collaborating for Community Impact
• Leadership Lessons from Jackie Robinson
• Powered Together: Equipping Cross-Cultural Collaboration for Healing Justice Webinar
• Being the Church with the Oppressed: Four African Perspectives Bible Study
• Campaign Month Resources from COR
• Weekend spotlights Native culture
• 'It's an experience': Kickoff for Dotson Institute
• Racial Justice Prayer & Action Challenge Week 4: Hope
• Racial Justice Prayer and Action Challenge
• Understanding and Honoring Your Congregation's Unique Culture

Rural/ Small Churches 

• The Rural Church's Gift of Intimacy & Diversity
• The 5 P’s of Sustainability for Small Churches
• Soul care in the small church
• Doing Community Ministry in the Small Church
• Neighboring in the Everyday
• A Plan to Re-Church Rural America 
• Reclaiming Rural Ministry with Rev. Allen T. Stanton 
• The secret ingredient to rural church leadership
• Four Incarnational Benefits of Bivocational Ministry
• Normalizing Next
• To the Point: A New Way to View Small Church Vitality
• The Resilient Small Church

Self- Care

• A path to belonging in review
• The Risk of Trying to Please Everyone
• “Ideas on a Deadline: How to Be Creative When the Clock is Ticking” featuring Phil Cooke
• You Can't Pour From an Empty Cup
• Getting Beyond Ministry Burnout and Tiredness
• How to Be Yourself in the Spotlight of Public Ministry
• 5 Principles of Dramatic Improvisation Inform a Healthier Response to Conflict
• How to Know When You Need to Ask for Help
• Stress, Burnout Affecting Pastors
• 7 Spiritual Practices for the New Year
• Pre-Recorded Sermons for Pastors Sabbath

Technology 

• Copyright Concerns for the Digital Church
• 2023 Technology Updates for Your Ministry-From Your Methodist Technology Expert
• Free Advertising, Online Marketing Tools
• Practicing attention in a digital age
• Adding New Income Lines to Your Church Budget
• Using YouTube for Your Church
• Communicating with the Media
• Tech, Older Adults and Churches
• Don't Leave Your Audio Behind
• Connecting through texting
• 4 Audiences for Digital Engagement
• FYI: A Beginner's Guide to Getting Into Podcasts

Podcasts

• The Bible Year: A Journey Through Scripture in 365 Days
• MOAC Podcasts
• How Parents Pass Religious Faith to their Children
• Looking Back, Looking Ahead 
• Leading Ideas Talks Podcast — Episode 114
• “Bivocational by Choice” featuring Ben Connelly
• Leading Ideas Talks Podcast — Episode 113
• “A Way Out of No Way” featuring Kimberly Daniel
• Leading Ideas Talks Podcast — Episode 112
• “Sustaining While Disrupting” featuring Doug Powe and Lovett Weems
• “The Messy Art of Leading Change” featuring Mike Bonem — Episode 110
• “Ideas on a Deadline: How to Be Creative When the Clock is Ticking” featuring Phil Cooke — Episode 110
• "The Messy Art of Leading Change" Featuring Mike Bonem
•  Forging a New Path In-depth Interview with Rebekah Simon-Peter
• “Evangelism Insights From The Methodist Church in Britain” featuring Trey Hall
• “Church on the Move” featuring Travis Norvell
• “What Makes Christian Social Innovation Christian?” featuring Kenda Creasy Dean — Episode 105
• “Lessons from the Fresh Expressions Movement” featuring Luke Edwards — Episode 104
• FYI: A Beginner’s Guide to Getting Into Podcasts
• Forging a New Path
• Positioning Your Church for Growth in a New Season of Ministry
• The Building Blocks of Congregational Renewal

Ukrainian UMCs

• Ukrainian United Methodists care for fellow countrymen
• United Methodists Stand with Ukraine
• How Are United Methodists Present in Ukraine?
• Grieve for Ukraine, But Not Without Hope
• Ways United Methodists Can Talk Together About War & Peace
• MOAC Ukraine Resources

Volunteering

• Creating Change Together: A Toolkit for Faithful Civic Engagement
• 10 Ways to Help Children Grow in Faith and Generosity
• 3 Alternatives to Frantic or Desperate Volunteer Recruiting
• 5 Good Questions to Assess Your Volunteer Teams
• Ensure Your Church’s Mission Hits the Mark
• 50 Ways to Multiply Your Church’s Leadership Capacity
• 50 Ways to Increase Active Engagement
• 7 Ways to Reengage Volunteers

United Methodist Church

• Implicit Bias Training Course Now Available for Free to Missouri Conference Members
• Jurisdictions see Shift in Bishops, Cooperation
• Disability Ministries Committee of the United Methodist Church
• #BeUMC: A Story of Connection
• Having the Talk
• 'The Recap' Debuts
• Bishops Push Back Against Recruitment Tactics
• Still Fewer Young United Methodist Elders in 2022
• Bishops Gather to Discuss Future of The United Methodist Church
• UMC Communications Update
• Clergyman Wins Nomination for US Senate
• United Methodists in Nigeria distributes 50 tricycles 
• Methodism reimagined: believe in Methodist campus ministry
• Methodism reimagined: connecting the dots
• 2021 State of the Church Report
• Videos from 2022 Mo Annual Conf.
• MOAC Appointment List
• What’s Next in the UMC?
• Responding to Gun Violence
• Implicit Bias Course-Free
• Your Group Ruling Questions Answered 
• See All The People
• Discipleship Toolkits
• As Memory Fades, Ministry Grows
• Our United Methodist Vows
• Showcase of United Methodist Schools

2022 Advent Resources

• Video Devotion for Church Leaders for the Third Sunday of Advent
• Advent Wreath Candle lighting Meditations for Home and Church
• Advent 2022: God’s Unimaginable Surprises 
• Devotion for Church Leaders for the Second Sunday of Advent
• Paying attention to angels in Advent
• Video Devotion for Church Leaders for the First Sunday of Advent
• 2022 December Mission Moments and More article
• Extend an Advent Invitation to Your Community
• 50 Ways to Welcome This Advent and Christmas
• Prepare Way Advent Resource E-Book(Co-Authored By North Central District Pastor Rev. Rebecca Dunger Peak)
• Advent Resources to Help you Create Community Connection
• Advent Resources: An Advent Song of Acents
• The Angels of Christmas Hearing God's Voice in Advent
• Prepare the Way for the Lord Advent and the Message of John the Baptist
• Everything You Need to Plan Your Advent Service
• HOPE An Advent Journey
• From HEAVEN to EARTH Christmas for New Believers, Old Believers, and Nonbelievers
• GOD BROKE THROUGH at Christmas
• The Voices of Christmas A Daily Devotional for Advent
• Tidings of Comfort and Joy

• Small Churches - Deepening Holy Week Worship 
• In Awe of Grace - Downloadable resources for Palm Sunday through Easter. Get access to everything you need to help plan Easter services
• Teaching and Preaching Lent 2023 with Adam Hamilton  - Purchase Resource and On Demand Video
• Glimpses of Kin-dom - Video downloads from Discipleship Ministries
• Faith and Race Lent Small Group Guide and Sermon Series - Free 6 week study series download
• Lenten Resources for Discipleship
• Use you Cokesbury account to subscribe to Amplified Media
• Teaching and Preaching Lent - Purchase resource and on-demand videos
• Lenten Resources - Discipleship Ministries
• Lent and Easter Hymns - Shared by Nickolas Campbell
• Coins for Lent 2023
• Free Six-Week Lenten Series
• Glimpses of Kin-dom