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I/Eye care
Written: 3/9/2010
Each year I go to see the eye doctor to check the only pair of eyes I have! Has my vision changed in a year? Do I need new glasses? Do I have cataracts or glaucoma? I care about my eyes! In Nigeria caring for one’s eyes is difficult due to lack of good sanitation, poor diet and no rep...

March school teachers for Nigeria
Written: 3/9/2010
Our Bishop Julius Trimble just returned from Nigeria where he was one of four bishops from the Council of Bishops to meet/greet Nigeria UM Church persons. While in Nigeria Bishop Trimble was impressed with the educational program at the Junior Secondary School. The new boy’s hostel/dorm i...

The journey (of the kits) begins!
Written: 3/9/2010
It starts in a local church where a “mission” minded individual decides to select a “hands on” project. A kit from the InGathering Booklet is chosen with the kit items lovingly gathered, packaged and taken to an InGathering site. From there the Nigeria bound kits&n...

Bishop announces Conference Superintendents: Weesner to lead Central District; Lippincott to continue in the Northeast District
Written: 3/1/2010
The Rev. David Weesner will become Superintendent of the Central District and the Rev. Anne Lippincott will continue as Superintendent of Northeast District. The appointments, announced by Bishop Julius Calvin Trimble, Resident Bishop of the Iowa Area, become effective July 1, 2010. ...

Conference receives note of thanks for 100% apportionment payment
Written: 3/1/2010
A. Moses Rathan Kumar, General Secretary of the General Board of Finance and Administration, recently expressed his personal thanks for Iowa Annual Conference’s 100 percent payment of the 2009 apportioned funds. He wrote to Bishop Trimble to take “the opportunity to say ‘thank...

St. Pauls UMC, Cherokee, to sponsor 2nd annual pancake race
Written: 2/3/2010
Legend claims that 565 years ago, a homemaker in Olney, England, heard the church bells signaling the start of a Shrove Tuesday service. She had been hurriedly cleansing her pantry of all fattening foods in preparation for Lent, using up the remainder of milk, flour, eggs, and butter to make a...

Rev. Abraham Funchess Jr. shares message at 2010 Advocacy Day worship service
Written: 2/3/2010
(Click here to see the video of Rev. Funchess' keynote presentation.) On Monday, February 1, 2010, Rev. Abraham Funchess Jr. of Jubilee United Methodist Church in Waterloo, shared a powerful and inspiring message at the Advocacy Day worship service held at Calvary Baptist Church in Des Moines. Re...

Bishop Trimble visits the Beverly Nolte Communication Center
Written: 2/3/2010
During his fact-finding visit to Nigeria, Bishop Julius C. Trimble, Resident Bishop of the Iowa Annual Conference, visited the Beverly Nolte Communication Center in Bambur. Adams Davidson sent an e-mail describing the experience. “It is good to say, today I had ...

Faith community in Des Moines holds pro-immigration reform faith in action vigil; tells congress we want reform now
Written: 2/3/2010
Over 150 people from many different denominations gathered on February 2, 2010 to hear stories of hardship from immigrants, pray and take action to tell Congress that they want action on comprehensive immigration reform. The faith community in Des Moines wants comprehensive reform that will pr...

Jesus Wept
Written: 1/22/2010
I am writing these words of reflection on Monday, January 18, 2010. Today is the official holiday where the birth of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is celebrated. Until the time of her death, Mrs. Coretta Scott King advocated for this day to be a day of service and prayer, not just a day when ban...

Meals from the Heartland makes a difference in Haiti
Written: 1/21/2010
We know that everyone is seeing and hearing heartbreaking stories through national media. Following are two stories of how the earthquake has impacted groups we support, and how Meals from the Heartland meals have been used to feed those in need. Joy In Hope: Following is an email received on S...

Conference Center Offices Closed on January 8, 2010
Written: 1/8/2010
The offices at the Iowa Annual Conference Center will be closed on Friday, January 8, 2010, due to the weather advisory for bitterly cold temperatures. Click here for specific contact information for Conference Center staff, including e-mail addresses and phone numbers to which messages may...

A Conversation with Carol Howard Merritt
Written: 12/21/2009
A Conversation with Carol Howard Merritt, author of Tribal Church: Ministering to the Missing Generation and the upcoming Reframing Hope: Looking at Vital Ministry in a New Generation, will be held on February 19, 2010 from 6:00-8:00 pm and on February 20. 2010 from 9:30-11:30 am at 1st United ...

ABC to Air United Methodist Christmas Eve Service
Written: 12/18/2009
ABC television affiliates nationwide will broadcast a United Methodist-produced Christmas Eve candlelight service on December 24 and 25. "We are privileged to open our doors, via television, to viewers who seek a Christmas Eve worship experience," says the Rev. Larry Hollon, chief executi...

Orders and Fellowship Event to Feature Bishop Sally Dyck
Written: 12/2/2009
Bishop Sally Dyck, Resident Bishop of the Minnesota Area, will lead the Order of Elders, Deacons and Fellowship of Associate Members, Local Pastors and Diaconal Ministers event on Monday, January 11, 2010. Bishop Julius C. Trimble has announced that Bishop Dyck will speak on “Living the U...

Gods Renewed Creation: Call to Hope and Action
Written: 11/25/2009
God’s Renewed Creation: Call to Hope and Action: A Pastoral Letter from the Council of Bishops of The United Methodist Church (Click here for a PDF of the Pastoral Letter) God’s creation is in crisis. We, the Bishops of T...

Bishops Launch Churchwide Appeal to Rebuild Lives and Churches in the Philippines
Written: 11/20/2009
Bishops Launch Churchwide Appeal to Rebuild Lives and Churches in the Philippines Nashville: The bishops of The United Methodist Church are launching an appeal to help the people of the Philippines, hard hit by recent typhoon and flooding disasters. The Council of Bishops approved the Churchwide A...

Valley UMC Presents No Room at the Inn
Written: 11/16/2009
For the past five years, church members and friends eagerly lend their treasured nativity sets for display at Valley United Methodist Church’s No Room At the Inn Nativity Annual Event the first weekend in December. The dates and times are as follows: Friday, December 4, 10...

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With Faith and Determination, Global Goods Store Opens in Dubuque, Iowa
Written: 11/10/2009
Community leaders along with members of various United Methodist Churches gathered around the front of the new Global Goods Store for a wonderful ribbon cutting ceremony to officially open the fair trade store in downtown Dubuque, Iowa. The opening ceremony took place on Monday evening, November 9 w...

Welcome Gena Garber
Written: 11/6/2009
(Click here to hear an interview with Gena Garber.) Gena Garber has joined the staff of the Iowa Annual Conference as its new Director of Human Resources. She began on November 2, 2009. A graduate of the University of Iowa, with a degree in accounting, she has worked as an aud...