WI Conference Weekly ENews: Anti-Racism Forum, Rainbow Covenant Info

Rainbow Covenant Offers Suggestions for Missions Outreach

During this final quarter of 2021, Missions Outreach Committees can use the Rainbow Covenant to evaluate their success in reaching out locally and globally.  The Rainbow Covenant form is available by clicking here and also on the Conference website.   There you will find suggestions for ministries and agencies in the Wisconsin Conference, as well as national and international, including our Partnership with Bolivia and missionaries with ties to Wisconsin.

Print out a copy of The Rainbow Covenant and use it to map out your final quarter of giving, then complete the form and send it in by next March!  Become one of the Rainbow Covenant churches recognized at Annual Conference 2022.

The Anti-Racism Task Force: Cultural Competency Forum The Anti-Racism Task Force is pleased to introduce the Cultural Competency Forum of the Wisconsin Conference. Participation in the Forum is free of charge to Wisconsin Conference clergy and laity. Becoming a Culturally Competent Congregation presents an overview of the behaviors, attitudes, and skills necessary to build culturally competent congregations. This forum will be on Tuesday, October 26 from 10:00am to noon via ZOOM. Learn More Register Here Lay Servant Ministry Courses On Zoom Basic Lay Servant Ministry Courses will be offered via Zoom next month on November 5th, 6th, 12th and 13th. The three courses to be presented are Basic Lay Servant Course, Advanced Leading Worship Course and Advanced UM Heritage Course. To learn more and register, please click here.   North Central Jurisdiction Mission Council Calls for Prayer Support The Mission Council of the North Central Jurisdiction is calling on all United Methodists in the jurisdiction to prayerfully support the November 10-11 virtual jurisdictional conference. Beginning November 1 and each day until November 11 pause at 10:11 AM and pray the words of Psalm 22:21. Read prayer

Evangelical Methodist Church in Bolivia Partnership

The Wisconsin Conference has had a partnership with the Methodist Church in Bolivia for several decades. Bolivia has been supported in many exciting ways and they have shared their fervor with us in return. David Harsh, retired clergy, has been involved going back to Bolivia in 1967 and 1969 when he gave leadership to a team of Wisconsin youth to work at the emerging site at Thiu Rancho, a site that later became their conference center in part under the leadership of missionaries Ardell and Gordy Graner.

Four decades later David had the opportunity to return to the site. While there, a circle of local Methodist women were meeting. They discovered that David had been there before and noted one of the projects he had done. . . an irrigation system that was dug for the camp. She told of how the men had watched our project, watched how it had worked, and soon they all emulated the irrigation system for their own fields. Sometimes it takes four decades to learn of the value of our volunteer projects! Read More