The 23rd Session of the Dakotas Annual Conference will be held June 8-11, 2016 in Sioux Falls, SD at the Ramkota Inn.  The theme of this year's Annual Conference is “Living Generously Unleashing God's Gifts.” We will celebrate the ways in which we are answering God's call to use resources of all kinds to live out the scriptural imperatives to grow in love of God and neighbor, reach new people, and heal a broken world. Click here for more details.

Learn about the Sessions Site Proposal

One of the business items at the 23rd session of the Dakotas Annual Conference will be to consider where Annual Conference will be held over the next four years, 2017-2020.  The Conference Sessions Committee has been doing some research and is proposing that Conference will be held in two locations over the next four years:  2017 Bismarck, ND, 2018 Sioux Falls, SD; 2019 Bismarck, ND; 2020 Sioux Falls, SD.

Sessions Site Proposal 2016 from Dakotas UMC on Vimeo.

For more information about the Sessions Site Proposal, go to page 13 of the Conference Workbook.

Register by May 20th, all checks must be sent postmarked by May 20th. After May 20, registrants are subject to a $25.00 late fee.  Click here to register

Make checks payable to: Dakotas Conference

Mail checks to: 

Dakotas Conference Office

PO Box 460

Mitchell, SD   57301

Special Youth Ministry Presentation Thursday, June 9, 6:30 pm

Author and consultant Stephanie Caro, Youth Ministry Architects, will present on June 9, from 6:30 to 7:30pm in the Roosevelt / Lincoln Room, prior to the Lay Servant Ministry Reception. Youth Ministry Architects and Dakotas Conference Leadership Development have designed the Youth Ministry Architects Training Cohort Plan. The plan will help parishes produce healthy, sustainable youth ministries by strengthening the lay leaders and staff within their congregation, designing a ministry plan, and growing congregational support of the targeted ministry.  Contact Taya Swanson by e-mail or phone 605-990-7796.

To learn more about this presentation and all of the special events at Annual Conference 2016 click here.