Newsletter for the future Tennessee-Western Kentucky Conference
Covering news & events for the Memphis and Tennessee Conferences
May 27, 2021
SEJ College of Bishops call for Special Session
During the session, delegates will vote to authorize the formation of the Tennessee-Western Kentucky Conference of The United Methodist Church. They also will receive a report from the Southeastern Jurisdiction on the pandemic response in the jurisdiction and the work of antiracism across the jurisdiction and the work of the jurisdiction moving forward into the next 18 months. More
2021 Annual Conference
Memphis Annual Conference | June 3 & 4
The public livestream will be available at www.memphis-umc.net/streaming.
Links to Reports, Resolutions, Q&A, and App download instructions: Memphis 2021 Annual Conference page
Training Sessions with GNTV for Memphis Voting Delegates will be on May 28 & 29
Tennessee Annual Conference | June 10 & 11
Links to Reports, Resolutions, Q&A, and App download instructions: Tennessee 2021 Annual Conference page
Training Sessions with GNTV for Tennessee Voting Members will be on June 7 & 9
Annual Conference Voting Codes and Links
Thank you for your patience as we have worked hard to make sure the annual conference voting lists are accurate. Voting codes will be sent from a GNTV email address. Please check your spam folder if you have not received a voting code with the training session link by your conference's first training day. (May 28 for Memphis; June 7 for Tennessee). Contact your district administrator if you are eligible to vote and do not receive that message. (Alternates only receive codes when they are called in to replace a voting member.)
Service of Licensing, Commissioning, and Ordination | June 19
Tennessee Conference and Memphis Conference candidates will participate together. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, this will be live-streamed.
Conference Histories to be Celebrated during Annual Conferences
The rich histories of both the Memphis Conference and the Tennessee Conference will be celebrated with video presentations during their 2021 annual conference sessions. More
New Podcast Focuses on Anti-Racism As Christian Discipleship
“Expanding the Table,” a new video podcast series from the General Commission on Religion and Race, will debut on Tuesday, June 1. Series guests will focus on how individual Christians and church-based entities can and should engage the work of racial justice-making and anti-racism. More
Memphis and Tennessee Conference UMW Grows Together
The United Methodist Women's groups from both the Tennessee and Memphis conferences met together both at Beersheba and at Lakeshore. It was here that they found that they share more similarities than differences and can even use their differences to make the groups stronger. Read
Grants Available for Local Church Racial/Ethnic Ministries
Grants up to $10,000 will be available this fall from Discipleship Ministries to strengthen leadership training, small groups, worship, stewardship, and spiritual formation in ethnic local United Methodist churches. More
Matching Gift To Support Golden Cross Foundation Grant Programs An individual donor has agreed to give the Golden Cross Foundation $25,000 in 2021 to further the work supported by the foundation’s grants for older adult ministry. If matched, this gift will be the largest single gift from an individual donor that the foundation has received since its beginning in 2013. Learn more
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare names Methodist South Hospital president
After a nationwide search, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare named Ocpivia Stafford, PharmD, MBA, president of Methodist South Hospital in Whitehaven. Stafford has served as interim president for the 156-bed hospital since last November. Read more
Renfro Trust Fund – Grants for Small Rural Churches
The Renfro Trust Fund awards annual bricks-and-mortar grants to small rural United Methodist congregations in the Southeastern Jurisdiction. The deadline for applications is August 1, 2021.
The Renfro Trust Fund Application has recently been updated; an online fillable version of the Application is available as well as a printable version. Guidelines must be followed completely for applications to be considered.
For the Renfro Trust Guidelines and Application, click here. Completed applications are due to Gail High by August 1.
Important Dates & Virtual Opportunities
• May 30 | Tom & Betty Cloyd Scholarship Deadline Details
• June 3 | "Top 10 Successful Principles for Women" Lunch and Learn Details
• June 3-4 | Memphis Annual Conference, Virtual meeting
• June 8 | Living Well Network Mental Health Event, More info
• June 10-11 | Tennessee Annual Conference, Virtual meeting
• June 10, 17, 24 | Reparations: Remembering, Repairing, and Re-imagining
Webinar series Learn more
• June 11-12 | Prayer Shawl Retreat at Beersheba Learn more
• June 17 | Parenting in Adoption, When Your Child Comes Out Details
• June 25 - 26 | Together yet Apart: Virtual Youth Harambee More info
• July 14 | OTM affirmations from dCOMs due to Jacob Vaughn
• August 1 | Renfro Grant Application Deadline Info
• August 6-8 | Men's Retreat at Beersheba Learn more
• August 14 | Orientation To Ministry Virtual Event
• September 18-19 | Storytelling Retreat at Beersheba More Info
Bishop McAlilly's Blog | Greater Things Are Yet to be Done
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