Our Desert Southwest Conference 2009 apportionment contributions reflected the challenging economy that we all dealt with this past year. We ended 2009 receiving 85.4% of our apportionment contributions. Although this was the...
Editor’s note: CrossRoads UMC hosts a Saturday morning ministry that serves a meal and holds a worship service. The majority of the people who come for the meal and service are homeless and/or poor. There have been ongoing...
Brothers and Sisters,
Earlier this year I wrote to you and shared with you my commitment to keep you informed on our Desert Southwest Conference’s economic situation. This is an update. While there have been months...
John 3:16
Extravagant hospitality was our focus as we gathered for our annual session of the Desert Southwest Conference this past summer. Welcoming and serving everyone with the love of God was at the heart of our...
Blessed Easter Season to all! I have been considering what Easter holds for us as Disciples of Christ Jesus as I read this weeks lectionary passages. The reading from Acts 4:32-37 touches me deeply. It is a...
The year 2008 will be remembered as a challenging financial time for most Americans. Record unemployment levels, declines in home values, increasing levels of personal debt, foreclosures and bankruptcies affected many of us in...
John 1:1-14
And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory….full of grace and truth (vs. 14).
As we live in this Advent Season preparing to celebrate that most holy of days...
Friends, this time around I want to address two critical issues: the election and the economy. As we participate in this season of elections, I want to join the President of our United Methodist Council of Bishops, Bishop Gregory...
Hello, friends! It is good to be back writing to you after a summer of meetings including our Desert Southwest and Western Jurisdiction Conferences. I also received a bit of renewal leave since you last heard...
A Future with Hope…. Making Disciples of Jesus Christ for the Transformation of the World…. We have been living with these words of invitation for some time. They were the theme words for our recent 2008 United Methodist...
