February 5 @ St. Paul's UMC: Announcements

+Fellowship breakfast is a great time to bring a friend, neighbor, or relative to share in a wonderful time of food, fun, and fellowship. Saturday, February 11 @ 8:00 AM, Doug's Diner (Basemar Shopping Center).

+Love is in the air! Claudia Mills will be leading a six-week Zoom course on love from a Christian perspective, focusing on C. S. S. Lewis’s classic text The Four Loves. There, Lewis explores four kinds of love—affection, friendship, erotic love, and love of God—drawing on sources from both scripture and secular literature. The course will meet Thursday evenings from 7:00-8:15 from February 16 (Valentine’s Day week!) to March 23. To join, contact Claudia.

+This Lenten season, you’re invited on an 8-week journey through the wilderness of gender with NextGen & Inclusiveness Ministries! Beginning February 20th, we’ll be reading “How to Understand Your Gender: A practical guide for exploring who you are” by Alex Iantaffi and Meg-John Barker alongside the devotional series “Transfigured: A 40-day journey through scripture for genderqueer and transgender people.” Participants will begin the reading material the week of February 20th, while Zoom sessions will take place on Mondays from February 27th - April 10th @ 6:00pm - 7:30pm. You can register for the study at   this link. 

+The Mountain Sky Annual Conference is realigning the districts and we want to hear from you! The MSC is currently divided into seven geographical districts and is preparing to reduce to six districts beginning July 1, 2023. The MSC Redistricting Team is exploring different possibilities for this realignment and discussing everything from geographic to affinity districts. The team would like to hear from clergy and laity across our conference about the role and purpose of a district. We will not be discussing possible realignment yet, instead, we want to hear about the role of the district in the life of our local churches and ministry settings. 

There are two listening sessions remaining on Zoom - you are welcome to join one or both conversations. Please register to receive the Zoom information. 

Listening Session #4 (registration link): February 7, 1:00-2:30pm   

Listening Session #5 (registration link): February 12, 1:00-2:30pm