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Selfies with Methodism’s early founders, a history trivia night, legislation and more will be on the agenda when the General Commission on Archives and History (GCAH) attends General Conference 2020, scheduled April 23-May 3, 2024, at Charlotte, N.C. Read more

General Conference 2024

An associate pastor from a Las Vegas UMC poignantly describes what it has been like to counsel and comfort survivors and residents after the Route 91 Festival shootings. Read more

Global Health

Quilts and prayer cards

Photos Courtesy of Desert Southwest Annual Conference

Members of Dove of the Desert UMC who enjoy making quilts together have partnered with three non-profit agencies to donate their handiwork to children, families and veterans. Read more

Local Church

Desert Southwest Conference and the Western Jurisdiction plan a webinar April 15 to help communicators and local churches talk about General Conference with United Methodists. Read more

General Conference 2024

Attendees at the 2023 session of the Desert Southwest Annual conference wrote personal messages of greeting that were dispatched this summer to all annual conferences across the worldwide United Methodist Church. The first thank-you arrived Aug. 31. Read more

Global Nature

Desert Southwest Conference Lay Leader Alberta Farnsworth, a concerned mother and grandmother, found important talking points about gun violence in the United Methodist Book of Resolutions. Read more

Advocating Justice

When the Rev. Bob Cutlipp, a volunteer police chaplain, was called out to aid a wounded officer, he had no idea he'd be ministering to officers traumatized by the tragic end of a standoff. Read more

Ordained Ministry

A bike ride teaches the Rev. Dan Morley valuable lessons about how to respond to a crisis, whether in life or in church. Read more

Practicing Faith

After the tumultuous crises of 2020, the Rev. Dan Morley has come to value minimalism, simplicity and less-is-more. Read more

Perspectives

A group of Indiana UMCs tackle homegrown mission projects to adhere to COVID-19 restrictions; Desert Southwest plans seminar on live stream transition to in-person worship. Read more

Local Church

Food insecurity and hunger are increasing because of coronavirus sheltering; bishops in "opening" states tell churches to stay closed. Read more

Global Health

Traditionalist leaders who failed to be elected as delegates to General Conference 2020 come from different annual conferences but share a network of connections. Read more

UMC Future 2 Comments

A Southwest Texas pastor reports from UMC-Next's opening day; a San Diego pastor charts a new group; Drew University will monitor UMC relationship; news from Minnesota, Desert Southwest and media mentions. Read more

General Conference 2019 6 Comments

United Methodists who came to the aid of some 120 immigrants stranded at the Tucson bus station showed the church at its best, loving those Jesus loves, writes the Rev. Dottie Escobedo-Frank. Read more

Local Church 2 Comments

Gerry Hills

UM Insight Screen Cap from Arizona PBS

United Methodist laywoman Gerry Hills, chair of the Desert Southwest Conference's Gun Violence Awareness Task Force, shares her views on the critical need for better gun control on Arizona PBS program Read more

Global Health

Montana Burning Video

UM Insight Screencap from YouTube

The devastation wrought by wildfires in the western United States over the past few years – along with United Methodists' efforts to cope with the effects – pose a long-term disaster recovery challenge for the region as great as hurricanes elsewhere. Read more

Local Church