1. State of the Church 2016
Grove City, PA

2. It’s “Conference Season”

3. Jurisdictional Conference

4. “Who will it be?”

5. Let your new Bishop lead!
Respect their authority
Trust their instinct
Offer them Christ, and allow them to offer Christ
Pray for that leader!

7. Annual Conference 2016

8. “I just love Annual Conference!”

9. “I love you”

10. General Conference 2016

11. Celebration of Connection
250th Anniversary of John’s Street Church
200th Anniversary of Francis Asbury’s Death
150th Anniversary of United Methodist Women
60th Anniversary of Full Clergy Rights for Women
40th Anniversary of OK Missionary Conference
30th Anniversary of Disciple Bible Study
25th Anniversary of Africa University!

12. Moments of Celebration and Acts of Repentance

13. Lingering question . . .
Human Sexuality

14. Seeking Peace in the midst of discord . . .
What are we fighting for?

15. What is non-essential?
What Matters Most?
What is Essential?

17. General Conference asked the Bishop’s to Lead!
Committed to Unity
Recognition of the Great Divide
Commission to Draft a Way Forward
Bishop’s Committed to Upholding the Discipline

18. What are we fighting for?

19. . . . Start Jesus

21. Introduction Video

23. Neal Garrett’s Story Video

24. Right here in WPA . . .

25. Video

27. Seven Strategies Renew the Preachers Renew the Preaching
Prayer and Fasting
New Places for New Faces
Recommitment to Children and Youth
Cultivate the Existing Membership Spiritually
Renewal of Teaching

28. Aren’t these the things that we should emphasize?

29. “I am not afraid that the people called Methodists should ever cease to exist either in Europe or America. But I am afraid, lest they should onl exist as a dead sect, having the form of religion without the power. And this, undoubtedly will be the case, unless they hold fast both the doctrine, spirit, and discipline with which they first set out. What was their fundamental doctrine? That the Bible is the whole and sole rule both of Christian faith and practice.”
John Wesley