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UMW page updated

Check out the new updates to the United Methodist Women's page online! Be sure to bookmark www.yacumc.org/umw. July newsletters have been posted in addition to registration forms for the annual meeting in October in Bozeman, and the fall district meetings for Big Horn and Western Mountains in September.

School of Congregational Development Satellite Event

The UMC School of Congregational Development will host a Satellite Event from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Aug. 15 at First UMC Missoula, Montana. It will feature two outstanding leaders: the Rev. John Edgar and Dr. B. Kevin Smalls. The cost is $29 and includes lunch. Register and find details at www.scdsatellites.org. For those too far from Missoula to make it, please still register online and request to have the event live-streamed at your local church. A code for the live-stream will be given along with a $10 refund (cost of lunch) to each church.

BUMP Interdenominational Camp Meeting

The Blackfeet United Methodist Parish (BUMP) is hosting its first Interdenominational Camp Meeting from Aug. 27 to 30. BUMP has asked all nations surrounding the Blackfeet Nation to come join our commitment to Christ through prayer. 

We have asked Natives from Northern Cheyenne in Lame Deer; the Crow Nation out of the Billings area; Blood Nation out of Standoff, Alberta, Canada; the Cree Nation from Rocky Boy; and the Flathead Nation of Polson area to attend. We are in great hopes to see what God will do during our first Camp Meeting. 

For more information, contact the Rev. Calvin Y. Hill at sheriqwe@yahoo.com or call 406-338-3900.

Healing Communities Partnership

The Rev. Doug Walker, National Coordinator for Criminal Justice Reform, United Methodist Church General Board of Church and Society, will be coming to Montana this summer to explore developing a partnership between the YACUMC, Freedom in Christ Prison Ministry, and the General Board's Healing Communities Partnership program. We would like to identify members of our conference with an interest in prison/jail ministry, restorative/transformative justice, and successful re-integration of returning citizens back into Montana communities. Please email Pastor Melanie Martin-Dent, Intentional Interim Pastor, Grace UMC, Dillon to express your interest or learn more about these conversations. 

Click the link to learn more about Healing Communities Partnership. Click the link to learn more about Freedom in Christ Prison Ministry.
 
More YAC Events:

• Mission u at Mission Valley UMC, Aug. 7-8
• Luccock Middler Camp, Aug. 9-14
• Luccock Senior Camp, Aug. 9-14
• LaHYPE (Latinx American Hispanic Young People's Ecclesiola), Aug. 27-30
• Mind, Body, Spirit - Women's Weekend, Aug. 28-30
• Five-Day Academy for Spiritual Formation, Sept. 6-11

Learn more about these and other activities on the conference calendar.