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Upcoming Important Dates to Remember
02/21-22/2024 - [link removed] Converge Youth Conference
03/01/2025 - Parsonage Inspection Forms Due -[link removed]
04/01/2025 – MOAC Spring Grant Deadline
04/09-10/2025 - Southwest District Dcom Interviews

You are invited to join us for our annual Beast Feast, Saturday February 22 at 6:00. Doors open at 5:30. Great testimonies! Great food, including deer burgers, deer brats, catfish, deer Italian sausage, quail, pheasant, squirrel, Elk, Rabbit, Crappie, door prizes. drinks and desserts. Get ready for a fun night or food and testimonies! The location is Antioch United Methodist Church, 3614 N. State Highway H in Springfield. Check us out at [link removed] www.antiochumc.info. We are just north of Valley Water Mill Road across from the new Dollar General.

Grant Applications Due April 1
Have a ministry idea that needs an extra boost? There’s a grant for that! Missouri United Methodist Churches can apply for funds to support both big and small local ministry projects. Applications are due April 1. Learn more at [link removed] www.moumethodist.org/newsdetail/ministry-grant-applications-now-open-18897449

Jump Start Workshop on Supercharged Communications
Ready to take your local church communications to the next level? Join us for our next Jump Start workshop on March 4 where we’ll consider questions around effective communications, copyright and licensing, and crisis communications. You’ll leave with practical advice and solutions that can be immediately implemented in your ministry context. Learn more and register at [link removed] www.moumethodist.org/eventdetail/jump-start-communications-18792899


[link removed] Heavy Pressure: Obtaining Liability and Property Insurance
The local church insurance market has been challenging, and even that feels like an understatement. Rev. Nate Berneking, Conference director of finance and administrative ministries, shares seven tips for local churches on acquiring property and liability insurance in this challenging market. [link removed] Read more →
Related Resources
[link removed] Church Property: Imagining Good Futures - A podcast from Wesleyan Impact Partners focusing on the broad range of questions related to church property in transition.

[link removed] Navigating the Insurance Market: Strategies for Local Churches in Uncertain Times Webinar Recording - A webinar recording covering the current state of the insurance market for United Methodist churches

[link removed] Property 101 Webinar Recording: The Do’s and Don’ts of Selling, Renting or Sharing Church Property - A webinar recording on best practices for leaders interested in doing a new thing with their church’s property
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Stay Connected with the Missouri Conference
As Annual Conference draws near, we want to make sure you stay informed of the exciting opportunities the Missouri Annual Conference is offering. View our annual stay connected letter to see the many ways you can connect and follow the Missouri Conference: [link removed] [link removed]

Institute for Modern Worship Partnership
The Missouri Annual Conference has partnered with the [link removed] Institute for Modern Worship to offer tailored coaching and consulting for worship ministries. Through this partnership, your church can receive up to four, FREE coaching hours with an IMW Worship Consultant. Learn more at [link removed] [link removed]
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