The Methodists of Missouri have not started a church in the St. Louis inter-loop area for 100 years, though many have been closed. After one of the churches closed due to a lack of young families, Rev. Matt Miofsky asked to start a new congregation targeting young adults and families. The previous congregation that closed had a good life and peaked with an average attendance of 300 and then dwindled to nothing. Now three years after the opening of the new church, The Gathering UMC, the congregation is averaging over 500 on Sunday. One of the reasons for success has been converting an old traditional church building into a kid friendly space. In this MissionCast Kyle Kranes, Director of Family Ministries at The Gathering UMC, gives us a tour.
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Born Again Mission Store – Bell City United Methodist Church
From the Bell City UMC website: The name of the store reflects both who we are and what we do. The mission store was “born†through Bible studies and Visioning Team meetings at Bell City United Methodist Church. The Church wants to continue to grow in local mission work and give back to the community, thus Born Again was created.The store accepts donated items. Some of the items are new, some have been lovingly used, but as they find a new home, they are truly Born Again, just as we in our walk with God, are Born Again.The items in the store are sold at garage sale type prices and anyone can shop at Born Again. All the proceeds from the sale of items in the store are put back into the United Methodist Women’s Mission Fund and those dollars are used locally to assist with utilities, groceries, medicine, and other needs we are made aware of. Assistance is not based upon church membership at Bell City UMC or any other church, but upon the need of others for a helping hand during tough times.
The store is open every Monday and Thursday from 9am to 4pm and also on the first Saturday of every month with baked goods available on the Saturdays. For information about how they started this ministry and for other questions about what they do email bcumc@cablerocket.com.
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This week we are bringing you some of the Best of MissionCast 2008 while your MissionCasst crew is on vacation. Of course all 172 episodes of MissionCast are archived and searchable from the MissionCast website every day all year long. You can search by topic or date. However, for you convenience we have listed some of the Best of MissionCast. Just click one that sounds interesting and enjoy.
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If you click on the picture you will view the MissionCast where Max Marble, the director of the Office of Creative Ministries talks about how we know when God is calling us into mission service.
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By clicking on one of the links below you will go to the page for that MissionCast and will there fore be able to download the MissionCast to your computer for viewing on your computer, burning to a DVD and showing on a TV, or projecting on a screen with an LCD projector.
We want to thank you, our loyal viewers for your commitment to helping spread the Missouri Conference mission news by viewing and telling others about all of the exciting things going on in Missouri. For the next two weeks while the MissionCast crew is on vacation we will be sharing some of the Best of MissionCast. Of course all 172 episodes of MissionCast are archived and searchable from the MissionCast website. You can search by topic or date. However, for you convenience we have listed some of the Best of MissionCast. Just click one that sounds interesting and enjoy.
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We are featuring the third MissionCast ever produced where Sarah Hill from KOMU-TV in Missouri told about her trip to Vietnam to distribute PETs. PETs are sturdily built three wheel hand cranked vehicles for those who have lost the use of their legs. Clicking on the picture to the right will take you to directly to MissionCast #3 on YouTube.
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The Christian Native Craft Festival is just around the corner during the third week of August. Click on the MissionCast below to learn about this amazing event which has been sponsored by the Office of Creative Ministries for over 30 years.
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Click the picture above to view MissionCast episode #3.
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The Ozark United Methodist Church is sending a Volunteers in Mission team to Mozambique to build a church. They are raising money for the building materials in a variety of ways. This MissionCast tells about the Block Party they held to raise some of the money. It is not the kind of block party that comes to mind when you hear the term. Actually the church is located on a large expanse of land all by itself rather than in a neighborhood surrounded by blocks of houses.
During their worship service they showed a video telling about their plans to build the church in Mozambique through the efforts of their Volunteers in Mission trip. They did a great job on the video and they have made it available for us to see. To download or view their video click here.
Also check out the list of MissionCasts at the right indexed by category.Instructions for downloading videos to your computer: Right click on one of the links above and select “save link as†or “save file as†then tell your computer where you want to save the file and click OK.
Sign up for a weekly MissionCast announcement by email.
Early every Monday morning we send an announcement about the content of the weekly MissionCast and information about future MissionCasts. If you would like to receive the weekly MissionCast content announcement go to the Missouri Conference website by clicking on the link below and then select “Stay Connected†in the left hand column.
