From Rev. Tom Shinkle's special recipe for "cowboy beans," to intentional outreach, the Grand View United Methodist reaches out to the community and the world. Hear him discuss Food Network’s Carnival Eats on his beans and how that humorous experience is just one part of Grand View's spirit of being present where the people are in a conversation ...
Do you love 5K runs? Do you love food trucks? Do you love to help a good cause? Then you’re in luck, because on Saturday, September 26 Thrive UMC will hold the Food Truck 5k, starting at the Valley View Aquatic Center in West Des Moines. Rev. Jennifer Hibben of Thrive speaks with Dr. Art McClanahan
Rev. Katharine Yarnell, Field Outreach Minister for the North Central District, speaks about the new food pantry at the Clear Lake United Methodist Church and how it grew out of a Healthy Church Initiative process that the church experienced. She also talks about the benefits of HCI for other congregations and ways other congregations could ...
The Bishop's Mission Projects at the 2015 Annual Conference are described by Jena Manchester in a conversation with Dr. Art McClanahan. She invites everyone to pray and to support UMCOR and other missions of the Iowa Conference.
"Every church can have an impact," says Rev. Clint Twedt-Ball, "when it comes to helping children to learn to read." He spoke about the Poverty and Opportunity task force focus on literacy and how everyone and every faith community can make a difference in a conversation with Dr. Art McClanahan.
Hannah Curtis sewed 500 pillowcase dresses for girls in Nigeria. The sixth grader from Jefferson UMC and her Dad, Kent, brought them to the Conference Center recently to send them on their way. Hannah encouraged others do to something similar - "It's going to be a lot of hard work, but in the end it's worth a lot, it's worth the effort put into ...