Category Archives: Itinerant Ministry

Last Five Sermons? What do I say?

June 17th will be my last Sunday at First UMC Cedar Falls.  With a Sunday of vacation and my attendance at Annual Conference, it has dawned on me that I have five sermons left to preach at First UMC in … Continue reading

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Filed under Change, Itinerant Ministry, United Methodist Church

Itinerancy and United Methodist Ministry

It has now been more than two years since I began the process transferring my ministry to the Iowa Conference of the United Methodist Church.  This past year my ordination was recognized and I was commissioned as a Provisional Member … Continue reading

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Filed under Connectionalism, Grace United Methodist Church, Itinerant Ministry, United Methodist Church, United Methodist Polity

Getting Settled In

Tomorrow will mark one month since my family and I drove up from Johnston, Iowa to spend the night here in Cedar Falls before our moving truck showed up on June 25th to move us into the First United Methodist … Continue reading

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Filed under Christian Living, Greenhouse, Itinerant Ministry, Sacraments, United Methodist Church