Gun Violence is strain and drain on society as a whole; however, the trauma and devastation happens in communities where we live and call home. There has been yet another mass shooting in our country, even in our home state. Muncie, Indiana, has been added to the list...
Lafayette Christ UMC recently raised money and collected items for the Indiana United Methodist Children’s Home in Lebanon, Indiana. A challenge was set to the congregation by lay members– to collect $500 and 300 items. They certainly rose to the occasion. For...
Holy Communion joins us in Christian unity. This sacrament invites us to focus on the holiness of communion with God and one another. On World Communion Sunday, United Methodists, in conjunction with other denominations and believers worldwide, participate in...
Created 7/9/2018, Updated 1/26/2023 As a ministry we understand that pastors need time away in order to refresh. We want to be the place of choice for pastors to find a place to refresh, renew, and reconnect with God. We hope to see you soon. ...
Read below to hear all about what happened at Annual Conference 2023! Annual Conference Summary 2023 Praying Forward: No Turning Back Thursday, June 8, 2023 Opening Worship Resident bishop of the Indiana Conference Julius C. Trimble presented his episcopal...
“When Jesus saw them, he said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” As they left, they were cleansed. One of them, when he saw that he had been healed, returned and praised God with a loud voice. He fell on his face at Jesus’ feet and thanked him. He was a...
Are you good with Jesus but not sure about church? We have multiple opportunities available for you to celebrate the birth of Christ this Christmas without having to step into an actual church building. See the list below for dates, times, and locations for all...
UMCOR and its partners are responding to disasters across the globe every day. Please join us in prayer for the affected areas and consider giving to UMCOR U.S. Disaster Response to support these efforts. Click here to read more about their current efforts and how you...
The United Methodist Committee on Relief has approved a $10,000 solidarity grant for The United Methodist Churches in Indiana to support initial relief efforts for the damage caused by 10 tornadoes and other storms that swept across Indiana on Friday, March 31. Our...
Storm response efforts began quickly after tornados and strong thunderstorms swept across Indiana, leaving behind loss and devastation. Our prayers surround our fellow Hoosiers, including those who reside and serve in seven of our districts: West, Central, Southwest,...
A Special Session of the Indiana Annual Conference was held digitally on Saturday, November 19, 2022. The sole purpose of this session was to vote on churches wishing to disaffiliate from the denomination. Bishop Julius C. Trimble opened the session with words of...
"Train children in the right way, and when old, they will not stray." -Proverbs 22:6 (NRSV) What is the difference between a Christian and a United Methodist? Are all United Methodists Christians? These—and related questions—were raised as I met with hundreds of...
I was working on a report about the Church’s response to gun violence as I watched the news conference regarding the shooting at the Greenwood Park Mall in Indianapolis. It is as though we are stuck in a lingering lament. A nightmare where the innocent die in a...
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Tell us your title and where you currently serve. I serve as the Senior Pastor at Darlington UMC in the West District, Associate District Superintendent for the West District, and as the Deputy District 9 Chaplain for the USCG Ninth District. When were you drafted or...
Tell us your title and where you currently serve. Clergy Care Services Director for the Indiana Annual Conference. When were you drafted or when did you enlist? I experienced a calling to serve as an Air Force reserve chaplain in May 1986. In 1994, the Lord called me...
Tell us your title and where you currently serve. Wing Chaplain, 181st Intelligence Wing, IN Air National Guard, Terre Haute. I am an Elder serving in Extension Ministry. When were you drafted or when did you enlist? Neither. I took the oath of office on December 2,...
Date of Move: 10/18/2023From: Associate Pastor, Indianapolis St. Luke's District:To: DiscontinuedDistrict:
Photo Credit: YouTube On September 27, Rev. Dr. Kent Lundy, elder serving in extension ministries as the Wing Chaplain of the 181st Intelligence Wing, served as a guest chaplain for the U.S. Senate and was asked to offer a prayer before the 10:00 a.m. session. Kent...
Date of Move: 7/31/2023From: Senior Pastor, Oolitic UMC and Bedford Wesley Chapel UMCDistrict: SouthTo: Senior Pastor, Bedford Wesley Chapel UMCDistrict: South
September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. May we, as United Methodists, do all we can every month—and in all the ways we can—to prevent suicide. Mental health is physical health. As pastor and author Rev. Sarah Griffith...
The Boy Scout lawsuits and subsequent settlement have been approved by the courts. The Indiana Conference remains committed as a Conference to moving forward with our scouting ministry and our scouting ministry connection while supporting those who were harmed in...
Dear Friends, I pray this letter finds you well and blessed. God has placed a passage of scripture on my heart lately and I continue to pray about what it means. The passage is Joshua 1:1-9 (some of you will know this has been on my heart). This is the passage just...
This content is purposed for INUMC Disability Awareness Sunday on September 10, 2023. However if your church isn’t able to observe it that Sunday, we encourage you to set aside a Disability Awareness Sunday and utilize the following: At the time of the last United...
Friends, I pray this note finds you well and blessed. We are writing to let you know the bishop’s Holy Land tour in December of this year has been cancelled, but there is still an opportunity to travel with Bishop and First Lady Trimble. If you would be interested...
Date of Move: 7/1/2023From: Senior Pastor, Korean UMC District: Southeast To: District:
Date of Move: 1/1/2024From: Associate Pastor, Indianapolis St. Luke's UMC District: Central To: District:
Date of Move: 12/1/2023From: Senior Pastor, Maple Hill UMC District: CentralTo: Retired District:
Date of Move: 7/1/2023From:District:To: Senior Pastor, Korean UMCDistrict: Southeast
Date of Move: 8/1/2023From: Associate Pastor, Bloomington First UMC District: SoutheastTo: District:
Date of Move: 1/1/2024From: Deacon, Chesterton Fire Dept. and Valparaiso First UMCDistrict: NorthTo: Retired District:
Date of Move: 7/1/2023From: Senior Pastor, Oaktown UMC and Freelandville UMC District: Southwest To: District:
Date of Move: 7/1/2023From: Senior Pastor, Auburn Maple Grove UMC District: Northeast To: Retired District:
Date of Move: 7/1/2023From: District:To: Interim Pastor, Bloomington St. Paul UMCDistrict: Southeast
Date of Move: 7/1/2023From: District: To: Supply Pastor, Disciples Korean UMC District: Northwest
Date of Move: 8/1/2023From: Senior Pastor, Washington Pleasant Hill UMCDistrict: Southwest To: District:
Date of Move: 7/1/2023From: Senior Pastor, Roanoke Seminary UMCDistrict: Northeast To: Associate Pastor, St. Joseph UMCDistrict: Northeast
Bishop Trimble and First Lady's Holy Land tour in December of this year has been cancelled, but there is still an opportunity to travel with them. If you would be interested in traveling with Bishop and First Lady in 2024, please complete the form below. Bishop and...
Date of Move: 7/1/2020 From: Senior Pastor, Hayden UMC and Dupont UMC District: Southeast To: Senior Pastor, Holton UMC and Osgood UMC District: Southeast
There are over 40,000 Native American Indians in the state of Indiana. CONAM seeks to express tapalot (which means ‘love’ in the Miami language) from here in Indiana all the way to the Dakotas. Linda Madagame (whose name means Motion Water in the Ottawa...
At Annual Conference 2022, two resolutions were passed by the Indiana Conference that were submitted to Judicial Council for a “rule of law” decision. They recently ruled on these resolutions. The first was a review of a Bishop’s Ruling on Questions of Law in the...
We are pleased to announce that Shannon Priddy will serve as Associate Conference Lay Leader for the Indiana Conference of The United Methodist Church effective immediately. “Shannon brings much to the laity leadership team in terms of both her professional and...
Rev. Leah Peksenak pastors two churches that are very different from one another. The city of Hobart has historically been a very white town. Not surprisingly, Hobart First UMC is a predominantly white church with no shortage of racial prejudice in its history. The...
Rev. Jeffery Postell, pastor at Scott UMC, does a lot of the things that senior pastors typically do– preaching, sermon writing, looking at the budget, organizing programming and volunteers, looking out for those who are sick or struggling and may need extra...
Reverends Nicole and Jevon Caldwell-Gross believe that God has much more to say, and it could very well be from voices you may not have listened to yet. Nicole currently serves at Noblesville First UMC, where she is the first female and black lead pastor the church...
Year End Reporting for 2022 is now open and ends on February 15th 2023. Login at stats.gcfa.org Login is the church id number Initial password is Password1! Print and prepare blank forms beforehand to avoid system timeout Please use...
A Call to Responsibility and Transformation One of my favorite passages in the Bible I often draw strength from is chapters 31-34 of Deuteronomy, known as the Song of Moses. In these chapters, I find his words take wings and soar into a song of the integrity of God’s...
"If my people, who are called by my name, humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.” 2 Chronicles 7:14 Our land needs healing. Violence and the...
The Bishop’s Christmas Offering is an Indiana United Methodist commitment that has supported faith-based ministries actively engaged in transformation in the lives of children around the world for over the past 30 years. Each holiday season, Indiana United...
There are a lot of people who are hurting in our world for many reasons, including the injustice they are experiencing. While we are aware of many current events from the news, there are a lot of stories that continue to be untold and people who remain unheard. When...
Matching grants up to $2,000 are available to help create new ministries or enhance current ministries with economically disadvantaged families and individuals. In order to be considered for a matching grant, churches must address one or more of the following areas:...
“I need you, you need me We're all a part of God's body Stand with me, agree with me We're all a part of God's body It is God’s will that every need be supplied You are important to me, I need you to survive You are important to me, I need you to survive” I Need You...
When people hear the word “church,” they often think of pews and 75-minute services designed with a certain feeling of coming, receiving and going, all in quick succession. But what if church looked differently? A small band of INUMC leaders is dreaming of...
To honor the memory of Rebecca Lynn Stowe Bosley, her parents, Richard and Eleanor Stowe, have established a one-time series of small grants to Indiana United Methodist churches for initiating or strengthening their programs of history through the purchase of archival...
Wednesday's Wrap-Up: Bishops' elections and the work of the Mission Council By Rev. Cindy Gregorson “This is the sound of dry bones rattling. Open the grave, I’m coming out. I’m gonna live, gonna live again!” The delegates of the 2022 North Central Jurisdictional...
In the first large group gathering held since the COVID-19 pandemic, The United Methodist Church in Indiana made a significant impact through their Missional Offering: 2,463 school kits to provide for children in need and $111,425.25...
The engines will be roaring at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway during the weekend of July 30–31, 2022, for the NASCAR Cup Series Race. Rev. Kent Lundy, UMC elder serving in extension ministry as Wing Chaplain to the 181st Intelligence Wing (IN Air...