Missoula Circuit clergy meeting with our bishop

Kama Hamilton-Morton shows the scope of the Western Mountains

Bishop Oliveto listens attentively

Missoula Circuit clergy (minus two)

 Pastor Charles joined the Missoula Circuit clergy (minus two of our group) with Bishop Oliveto and our DS, Rev. Kama Hamilton-Morton this morning at First UMC in Missoula.

The bishop has been making the rounds of large swaths of the Yellowstone and Rocky Mountain Conferences, seeking to understand the contextual joys and challenges in her episcopal area. 

Circuit clergy picture 
Standing L-R: John Daniels, First UMC (Missoula); Todd Scranton, Grace (Missoula); Russell Lehman, Salmon; Charless Alkula, Stevensville. 
Seated L-R: Derf Bergman, Mission Valley; Deb Wacker, Corvallis; Bishop Karen Oliveto, Mountain Sky Episcopal Area.