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 Registration Opens 3/14 
• 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

• Five Cups of Coffee Teaching Resource
• Church Audit Resource Video 
• Safe Gatherings Policy Builder

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

• 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

• 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

• 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