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December 10, 2024

2024 Advent Study Zoom

The Christmas Letters Author Magrey DeVega invites you to hear about the miracle of Christ's birth from those who first told the story. A virtual Advent study lead by Bishop Lanette Plambeck WHEN:  Tuesday, November 26, to Tuesday, December 17, from 7:00 p.m. - 8:15 p.m. CT / 6:00 p.m. - 7:15 p.m. MT

December 17, 2024

2024 Advent Study Zoom

The Christmas Letters Author Magrey DeVega invites you to hear about the miracle of Christ's birth from those who first told the story. A virtual Advent study lead by Bishop Lanette Plambeck WHEN:  Tuesday, November 26, to Tuesday, December 17, from 7:00 p.m. - 8:15 p.m. CT / 6:00 p.m. - 7:15 p.m. MT

December 19, 2024

Fresh Expressions

We are inviting you to re-engage with all things Fresh Expressions this fall. Last year, Rev. Michael Beck helped us lay a solid foundation for Fresh Expressions in our area. Now it is time to take the seeds that have been planted and nurture them. Our focus will shift from learning the foundations of Fresh Expressions to practicing. 

January 1, 2025

Merit Scholarship Application Opens

Scholarships are awarded each year to seminary students showing exceptional promise or achievement in preparation for ordained ministry in the United Methodist Church. Applicants are notified of decisions in May.

Elisha and Samuel Internship Applications Opens

Registration for student interns for both the Elisha program and the Samuel program Deadline to register is March 1, 2025.

January 5 - Jan 7, 2025

Clergy Epiphany Gathering Dakota Event Center, Aberdeen, SD

The Dakotas Conference Cabinet is inviting all clergy for the Clergy Epiphany Gathering on January 5-7, 2025 in Aberdeen, SD. 

January 6, 2025

Excellence in Clergy Leadership Scholarship

Excellence in Clergy Leadership Scholarship applications opens January 6, 2025. The Dakotas UM Conference and Foundation are happy to partner with GBHEM to offer matching dollars for this scholarship. This is designated for full-time master of divinity students enrolled at one of the 13 United Methodist seminaries/schools of theology.

January 8 - Jan 9, 2025

Dakotas Appointive Cabinet

The Dakotas Appointive Cabinet will meet on Jan.8-9, 2025.

January 16, 2025

Fresh Expressions

We are inviting you to re-engage with all things Fresh Expressions this fall. Last year, Rev. Michael Beck helped us lay a solid foundation for Fresh Expressions in our area. Now it is time to take the seeds that have been planted and nurture them. Our focus will shift from learning the foundations of Fresh Expressions to practicing. 

January 20, 2025

Martin Luther King Jr Day - Conference Office is closed Dakotas Conference Mitchell, SD

The Dakotas Conference office will be closed Monday, January 18, 2021, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr Day.

January 24 - Jan 25, 2025

Winter Connection Fargo, Mitchell, and Rapid City

Winter Connection is an annual event for middle school and high school youth sponsored by the Dakotas Conference Council on Youth Ministry (CCYM.)

February 10 - Feb 12, 2025

Dakotas Appointive Cabinet Zoom

The Dakotas Appointive Cabinet will meet on Feb.10-12, 2025 via Zoom.

Clergy Leadership Academy Lake Poinsett Retreat Center

Save the Date Clergy Leadership Academy - Pastor as the Storyteller

February 17, 2025

Presidents Day Floating Holiday for Conference Staff

"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." - John Quincy Adams

February 24 - Feb 26, 2025

Dakotas Cabinet ATLANTA

The Cabinet will meet on Feb.24-26, 2025.

March 10 - Mar 12, 2025

Dakotas Appointive Cabinet Zoom

The Appointive Cabinet will meet on March 10-12, 2025 via Zoom.

March 13, 2025

Excellence in Clergy Leadership Scholarship Deadline

March 14 - Mar 15, 2025

2025 623 SMC Men’s Retreat Storm Mountain Center

Men of all ages, join us for a great day and a half of fellowship, praise, and spiritual growth. This year we will learn from a DVD-based curriculum called Undistracted by Bob Goff. The series focuses identifying and eliminating the distractions in our lives so that we can recharge and refocus on our faith and on our God-given purposes in life. For men 18+

March 25 - Mar 26, 2025

Dakotas Appointive Cabinet Mitchell, SD

The Appointive Cabinet will meet on March 25-26, 2025 in Mitchell, SD.

April 1, 2025

Merit Scholarship Application Deadline Online

Scholarships are awarded each year to seminary students showing exceptional promise or achievement in preparation for ordained ministry in the United Methodist Church.

UMC

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