News Updates

HealthFlex Notes

Participants in HealthFlex can maximize their benefits by participating in the annual Health Check online health assessment by August 31. Participants who complete this brief assessment will: Visit www.virginpulse.com/login or the Virgin Pulse mobile app and click the Health...

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Elyse Garverick

CONAM Partnerships Providing Relief From Indiana to the Dakotas 

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...

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Elyse Garverick

UMCOR Issues Solidarity Grant

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...

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UMC of Indiana

Tornado Response

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:...

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Recent Judicial Council Rulings

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...

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Elyse Garverick

New Associate Lay Leader

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...

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Elyse Garverick

Just Do It: How a pastor approaches her cross racial appointment

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...

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Elyse Garverick

Jeffery Postell: Systemic Issues are Spiritual Issues 

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...

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Elyse Garverick

Expanding Our Voices of Authority: Nicole and Jevon Caldwell-Gross

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,...

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Elyse Garverick

Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Charge to Indiana Methodists

Hoosier United Methodists don’t need to wonder what Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. would have said to us. We know. On September 5, 1960, Dr. King was a keynote speaker to “School for the Prophets”...

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