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Energies of Body-Mind-Emotion-Spirit Start Date: 3/20/2010 Start Time: 9:00 a.m. Location: Spencer Iowa We are offering four opportunities for a one day introduction to the energy system that connects body, mind, emotion and spirit in relationship to the heart. Experience an awakening of the body that will lead to heart health in these four chambers of the heart. Upon Completion of the day you will have: ·         Learned gentle body work techniques which create physical and mental health. ·         Identified the location of energy sites within and around your body which will focus consciousness of...

CCUIC Start Date: 3/20/2010 Start Time: 10:00 AM Location: Conference Center There will be a CCUIC meeting on Saturday, March 20, 2010 from 10 AM - 3 PM in the Philip Otterbein room of the Conference Center....

Mission Education Meeting Start Date: 3/27/2010 Start Time: 10:00 AM Location: Conference Center There will be a Committee on Mission Education Meeting on Saturday, March 27, 2010 from 10 AM - 3 PM in the Samuel Wesley room of the Conference Center.  The District Mission Chairs will meet from 10 AM - Noon the full committee will meet from noon - 3 PM....

BOD Start Date: 3/27/2010 Start Time: 10:00 AM There will be a Board of Discipleship meeting on Saturday, March 27, 2010 from 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM in the Susanna Wesley room of the Conference Center....

Conference Center closed for Good Friday Start Date: 4/2/2010

Holy Week Spiritual Awakening Start Date: 4/5/2010 Location: Grimes United Methodist Church Grimes United Methodist Church is hosting a spring revival beginning Sunday, April 5 - 7. Dr. Bill Bouknight will be our guest speaker. He retired after having served 41 yers in full-time ministry. He also served as a Chaplain in the Army National guard for 27 years. He is one of the leaders of the confessing Movement in the united Methodist Church  and has a great love fro the Lord. Sunday morning services, April 5, are at 8 and 10:30 am. Sunday evening, April 5, service at 6:30 pm. Monday, April 6, service at 6:30 pm and Tuesday, April 7 service at 6:30 pm. G...

School For Ministry Start Date: 4/6/2010 Location: Marriott Downtown Hotel - Des Moines, IA April 6-8, 2010 Marriott Downtown Hotel 700 Grand Ave. Des Moines, IA "Preaching When You May Not Really Want to Preach" Tom Long, Steve Kraftchick, and Luke Powery will explore how the preacher can proclaim hope in the midst of tragedy, whether death is near to the heart of the congregation and the preacher or more distant from them both.   Death and tragedy can overwhelm human beings emotionally. Clergy are no exception. Yet, whether the tragedy is a natural disaster, or the death of a close friend, or the suicide of a church member or the death of a m...

Hispanic Ministries Standing Committee Start Date: 4/10/2010 Start Time: 10:00 AM There will be a meeting of the Hispanic Ministries Standing Committee on Saturday, April 10, 2010 from 10 AM - 3 PM in the Philip Otterbein room of the Conference Center....

FREED-UP FINANCIAL LIVING COURSE Start Date: 4/10/2010 Start Time: 9 a.m. Location: First United Methodist Church of Cedar Falls On Saturday, April 10th, Good$ense Ministries Freed-Up Financial Living curriculum will be offered for those wishing to serve as facilitators for the course in their church or community.  This is a resource that will equip you in offering your people a Biblical approach to earning, giving, spending and debt.   Kevin Gowdy from the Iowa United Methodist Foundation will provide the training.  He received his training in December of 2009 from the Willow Creek Associations Good$ense Ministry Team.   You will be trained to lead this six-week course through personal involveme...

Aldersgate 50th Anniversary Start Date: 4/11/2010 Start Time: 10:30 am Location: Aldersgate UMC Please join us as we celebrate our 50th anniversary on April 11, 2010. Worship service will begin at 10:30 with honored speaker Bishop Trimble.   A catered meal will follow the worship service. If interested in the meal please RSVP at 278-0466 please leave you name and number attending....

Academy for New Ministry Development Commission Meeting Start Date: 4/15/2010 Start Time: 10:00 am Location: Conference Center

Parish Development Start Date: 4/16/2010 Start Time: 10:00 AM There will be a Parish Development committee meeting on Friday, April 16, 2010 from 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM at Bloomfield United Methodist Church....

Energies of Body-Mind-Emotion-Spirit Start Date: 4/17/2010 Start Time: 9:00 a.m. Location: Wesley Woods Camp & Retreat Center We are offering four opportunities for a one day introduction to the energy system that connects body, mind, emotion and spirit in relationship to the heart. Experience an awakening of the body that will lead to heart health in these four chambers of the heart. Upon Completion of the day you will have: ·         Learned gentle body work techniques which create physical and mental health. ·         Identified the location of energy sites within and around your body which will focus consciousness of...

Conference Board of Church & Society Start Date: 4/17/2010 Start Time: 10:00 AM The Conference Board of Church & Society will meet on Saturday, April 17, 2010....

School for Lay Ministry Commission Meeting Start Date: 4/17/2010 Start Time: 10:00 am Location: United Methodist Church Conference Center Meets in Philip Otterbein Conference Room...

Missional Movement April 17-18, 2010 Start Date: 4/17/2010 Location: UMC Conf Center-Wesley Hall How to Get More Members (Moving Members to Missionaires) with Jim Griffith-Assessor, Trainer & Coach for New and Turnaround Churches www.griffithcoaching.com...

Planning & Research Start Date: 4/29/2010 Start Time: 10:00 AM Location: Conference Center There will be a Planning & Research committee meeting on Thursday, April 29, 2010 from 10 AM - 3 PM in the Philip Otterbein room of the Conference Center....

School for Lay Ministry Start Date: 4/30/2010 Location: Simpson College

Walleye Weekend Getaway Start Date: 4/30/2010 Start Time: N/A Location: Lake Okoboji UM Camp Take part in an Iowa Lakes Classic!  Come to camp and enjoy this annual fishing tournament that brings anglers from far and wide in the hopes of winning the $10,000 tagged fish!  Your registration fee provides you with two-nights lodging and a full Fisherman's Breakfast Buffet on Sat. and Sun. mornings!  So grab some friends, family or other fisherman for some food, fun and FISHING... Talk about a great weekend! Please visit our website at www.okobojicamp.com For more information you can also call us at 866.856.9862...

COSROW - changed to 5-15 Start Date: 5/1/2010 Start Time: 10:00 AM There will be a COSROW meeting on Saturday, May 1, 2010 from 10 AM - 3 PM in the Philip Otterbein room of the Conference Center....

Worldmaking Worship Start Date: 5/7/2010 Location: Shalom Retreat Center Worldmaking Worship is a series of six Friday-Saturday events in 2010-2012 centered on renewal and inspiration for worship leaders. Each event will be led by Richard and Trish Bruxvoort-Colligan, composers, spiritual directors, worship leaders and partners with the Iowa Conference in passionate worship.   Over the next two years, three different sites spanning the breadth of the state make the events equally accessible to Iowans: Shalom Retreat Center in Dubuque; American Martyrs Retreat House in Cedar Falls; Creighton Retreat Center in Griswold. &nbs...

CORR Start Date: 5/11/2010 Start Time: 10:30 AM THere will be a CORR meeting on Tuesday, May 11, 2010 from 10 AM - 3 PM in the Philip Otterbein room of the Conference Center....

24 Hour Retreat with the Spiritual Formation Steering Committee Start Date: 5/14/2010 Start Time: 5:00 PM Location: Creighton University Retreat Center “We spend most of our lives focused on external events, the transitory things of this world. So consumed, distracted, seduced are we by all that “important stuff” out there, we miss the “important stuff” that resides in our own house. We miss the real treasure that lies hidden in the deepest chambers of our soul. It is time for a treasure hunt. This 24 hour retreat is designed to assist you in finding access for the discovery and the recovery of the real treasures within you!” Click here for brochure & registration form...

CCUIC Start Date: 5/15/2010 Start Time: 10:00 AM There will be a CCUIC meeting on Saturday, May 15, 2010 from 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM in the Philip Otterbein room of the Conference Center....

COSROW Start Date: 5/15/2010 Start Time: 10:00 AM Location: Conference Center There will be a COSROW meeting on Saturday, May 15, 2010 from 10 AM - 3 PM in the Samuel Wesley room of the Conference Center.  This meeting was originally scheduled for May 1....

Camp Work Day #1 Start Date: 5/22/2010 Start Time: 9:00 Location: Lake Okoboji UM Camp Campers need your help!  Come to camp for a day in the spring, take on a few projects, make some new friends, and help get the camp ready for a summer of ministry!  The ministry at Okoboji United Methodist Camp takes the work of so many caring people to grow!  You are helping us prepare a safe, clean campsite for God to enter into the hearts of children, youth and families!  Every pair of hands counts!  If you have the desire to serve through service and missions... WE NEED YOU!  Perfect for youth groups, men's groups or families!  Projects for all skill leve...

Conference Center CLOSED in observance of Memorial Day Start Date: 5/31/2010

2010 Annual Conference Registration - Clergy Start Date: 6/5/2010 Location: Hy Vee Hall CLERGY 2010 ANNUAL CONFERENCE REGISTRATION It is the duty of every member and all probationers and local pastors of the annual conference to attend its sessions and furnish such reports in such form as the Discipline  may require. Any such person unable to attend shall report by letter to the conference secretary, setting forth the reason for the absence. Should any ordained minister in active service be absent from the session of the annual conference without a satisfactory reason for the absence, the matter shall be referred by the conference secretary to the Board of Ordai...

*** Copy of **** 2010 Annual Conference Registration - Clergy Start Date: 6/5/2010 Location: Hy Vee Hall CLERGY 2010 ANNUAL CONFERENCE REGISTRATION It is the duty of every member and all probationers and local pastors of the annual conference to attend its sessions and furnish such reports in such form as the Discipline  may require. Any such person unable to attend shall report by letter to the conference secretary, setting forth the reason for the absence. Should any ordained minister in active service be absent from the session of the annual conference without a satisfactory reason for the absence, the matter shall be referred by the conference secretary to the Board of Ordai...

2010 A/C Registration - Laity Start Date: 6/5/2010 Location: Hy Vee Hall