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Reflections on An Honor, Some Insights, & A Hope ©

5/28/2020 - Annual Conference Call to Action Church Transformation Conference News Council of Bishops Discipleship Future General Conference 2020 UMC UMC Split/Schism United Methodist Wesleyan WIG Worship

An Honor The following announcement was recently shared by Bishop Bob Farr, President of the South Central Jurisdictional (SCJ) College of Bishops, and Brian Hammonds, SCJ Episcopacy Committee Chair: “The Council of Bishops has affirmed the actions...

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A Statement from Bishop Lowry on Returning to In-Person Worship ©

4/25/2020 - Annual Conference Conference News Resources Worship

Moderators Note: On Friday, April 24, Bishop Lowry issued the following statement regarding local churches going back to "in-person" worship during this continuing season of COVID-19 quarantine. The Cabinet and I are aware that many are anxious to ...

A Bible in One Hand and A Newspaper in the Other ©

4/23/2020 - Annual Conference Call to Action Conference News Disaster Response Resources

In his latest video update to the Central Texas Conference, Bishop Lowry addresses several topics related to the ministries and business of the CTC - chief among them being what do the reported “reopening of Texas” plans mean for our local churches?...

Report from the Mission Field ©

9/4/2019 - Annual Conference Church Transformation Discipleship making disciples Transformational Missions WIG

Among the many insightful statements from Gil Rendle (recently retired Sr. Consultant for the Texas Methodist Foundation) is the comment, “the narrative [stories of faith transformation] change before the metrics do.” Recently, we began our Fall ...

A Key Sign of Spiritual Health and Disciple-making Vitality ©

8/20/2019 - Annual Conference Call to Action Church Transformation Discipleship evangelism making disciples mission

I returned home from a month of renewal leave last Monday (Aug. 19), and quickly found myself re-immersed in the regular routine of the episcopal office. There were predictable emails awaiting me about this initiative or that problem. A slew of ...

As the Storm Rages: Part III ©

6/25/2019 - Annual Conference Call to Action Church Transformation Discipleship evangelism making disciples mission UMC United Methodist WIG

This Blog is part three of a three-part blog series pulled from my 2019 Episcopal Address delivered on June 11 to the lay and clergy members of the 109th Annual Meeting the Central Texas Conference of The United Methodist Church. To view the video ...

As the Storm Rages: Part II ©

6/21/2019 - Annual Conference Call to Action Christ Church Transformation Discipleship evangelism making disciples Wesleyan WIG

This Blog is part two of a three-part blog series pulled from my 2019 Episcopal Address delivered on June 11 to the lay and clergy members of the 109th Annual Meeting the Central Texas Conference of The United Methodist Church. To view the video of ...

6/18/2019 - Annual Conference Call to Action Church Transformation Discipleship evangelism focused center making disciples mission WIG Worship

This Blog is part one of a three-part blog series pulled from my 2019 Episcopal Address delivered on June 11 to the lay and clergy members of the 109th Annual Meeting the Central Texas Conference of The United Methodist Church. To view the video of ...

6/7/2019 - Annual Conference Book Reviews Conference News Discipleship making disciples Wesleyan

Dean David Watson of United Theological Seminary will serve as the Guest Teacher for the 2019 Central Texas Annual Conference meeting. At the 109th annual gathering of the Central Texas Conference, we have the special privilege of having one of ...

6/4/2019 - Annual Conference Discipleship making disciples WIG Worship

This coming Sunday night we will open the 109th gathering of the Central Texas Conference at First United Methodist Church in Hurst. Worship is central to who we are and what we are about. The Psalmist writes... 1 Shout triumphantly to the Lord, ...

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