Dakotas Annual Conference

Conference online document altered

A Dakotas Conference’s online Q&A about General Conference had answers maliciously changed, Bishop Lanette Plambeck says.

Local Church

United Methodist churches in Mitchell, S.D., are working together to serve their community. Photo courtesy of the Dakotas Conference.

Cooperation benefits small churches

The churches in Burke, Herrick and Gregory have formed a council with members from each congregation to tackles issues like communication and finances. All three churches have increased the number of people who attend their worship services.

Congregations

Volunteers from First United Methodist Church in Jamestown, N.D., hand out root beer floats and invitations to their after-school program. Photo from First United Methodist Church's Facebook page, courtesy of the Dakotas Conference.

A root beer float introduction

First United Methodist Church broke out the big guns to attract children: root beer floats. Children who came by for a treat were also handed a card with a QR code that took them to an app giving information about its Crosswalk after-school program.

Racism

A person reacts outside the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis after the guilty verdict handed down April 20 in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd. While expressing the sense that the verdict was just, United Methodist leaders urged continuing work toward dismantling widespread racism and systemic injustice against people of color. Photo by Carlos Barria, Reuters.

United Methodists react to Chauvin verdict

Church leaders praised the justice of the verdict against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the killing of George Floyd, but cautioned that much work lies ahead to overcome systemic racism.

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