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UIT members meet with conference leaders
Whether marked by the cry of a newborn or the pop of a cork on New Year’s Eve, there is something fundamentally exciting about new beginnings. One of these new beginnings is unfolding across Texas as the Río Grande Conference and Southwest Texas Conference work together to form the bold and integrated Río Texas Conference proposed to take shape between now and 2016.
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Moving into unification will happen one step at a time...
As we near annual conferences in June and all the preparations that go into the annual event, this has been an amazing year of learning and conversation. The heart of these conversations, of course, is emanating out of the work process of the Unification Implementation Team.
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Readiness 360 provides another tool for transformation
Another tool for churches to use in revitalizing and reenergizing their churches can be found in Readiness 360, a survey that diagnosis, assesses and prescribes specific actions for churches to move forward in the journey toward transformation.
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Mount Wesley
Southwest Texas Conference’s
retreat facility near Kerrville, Texas
Located in the heart of the beautiful
Texas Hill Country, the Mount Wesley
Conference Center is situated
on a hillside within the city limits
of Kerrville. The scenic, peaceful
64 acres of woodland provide a
unique, secluded, and safe haven
—a sanctuary from the real world—
where guests can retreat to become
refreshed and renewed.
LEARN MORE ABOUT MOUNT WESLEY.
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Jim DorffBishop
San Antonio Area
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Signs of new life are visible in San Antonio Area
I am looking forward to seeing many of you at our upcoming sessions of the Rio Grande and Southwest Texas Annual Conferences. Every gathering of the conferences is important. However, this year will be especially significant since we will be providing feedback to the Unification Implementation Team as they move toward the conclusion of their work.
The Team has provided us with a blueprint forward as the new Annual Conference begins its life. They have worked prayerfully, diligently, and strategically in discerning the way God is leading us into the future. There are significant new possibilities and ways of working together in their plan. There is the continuation of some of our most productive dimensions from the existing conferences.
I am certain not everyone will agree with everything presented. However, the Team is looking for a sense of direction from both conferences. Are we on the right track? Can God use us in these ways? Can we be all that God is calling us to be through this new conference outline?
Important questions for the days ahead. Any conference structure is continually being refined and shaped. Will this structure move us forward?
The Team will also be presenting an interim structure that will allow us to do our work as a new plan is put in place and fully implemented. You will be asked to approve such a temporary plan.
Please study, pray, reflect and ask questions regarding all these important issues. We shall gather for holy conferencing and seek God’s will. I am looking forward to being in your presence and in the presence of our Lord.
As we gather to discern and reflect we also most significantly gather to worship, pray and be renewed in mind and spirit. I pray that our sessions will reflect the powerful presence of our Lord among us. I also pray that our gathering will continue to lead us in new ways to reach new people in new places for Christ.
Almighty God has shared a great treasure with us. May we understand that our future must be dedicated to the opportunity provided us to share that same treasure with the world God has entrusted to us here in south Texas. Whether you will be in attendance or not, please pray for our sessions and our new annual conference. God’s future is before us. Barbara and I are blessed to be here with you! See you soon!
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