Learn about ministries in the Missouri Mid-South Conference and across the United Church of Christ.
People of the Missouri Mid-South Conference are doing God’s work in interesting ways. Take a look at recent ministry across a variety of church settings — from local congregations, to Conference work, to the national setting.
Sometimes our churches and ministry leaders make local and national headlines, and we celebrate when they do.
Sep 14, 2023
This year’s Conference Annual Gathering (CAG) for the Missouri Mid-South Conference is set for Oct. 13-14 in Jefferson City, Mo. at the Capitol Plaza Hotel Convention Center. Keynote speaker, UCC Minister Ann Kansfield from New York City, is lined up with a full two-day agenda.
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The Missouri Mid-South Conference Board of Directors at its regular July 2023 meeting approved extending its contract with Transitional Conference Minister Rev. Mary W. Nelson through December 2025. The Board wanted to provide continuity of leadership in the Conference as we prepare to host General Synod in 2025, and to ensure that the Conference’s discernment process can proceed free of pressure from our hosting responsibilities. (more…)
Jun 02, 2023
And they’re off…Transitional Conference Minister Mary Nelson and Board Member Rev. Andrea Asselmeier are driving across Missouri today from St. Louis to St. Joseph. Starting tomorrow, Mary’s seat will be quite different for her return trip.
She will begin the Strengthen the Conference Ride Saturday morning, June 3, departing on her bicycle from Zion UCC, St. Joseph, Mo. and ride daily to UCC churches across Missouri to arrive Saturday afternoon, June 10 in St. Louis, Mo.
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May 25, 2023
Missouri Mid-South Conference (MMSC) treasured friend Norma Klemme of Union Mo. received a Doctor of Humane Letters at Eden Seminary’s 173rd commencement May 19.
Before the ceremony, Norma and her husband Rev. Armin Klemme also received a surprise announcement that family and friends established a new Eden Seminary scholarship in their name.
Read MoreThe MMSC Board of Directors recently created two new positions, keeping Glenn and Tiffany Svetnicka on staff in Outdoor Ministry roles for both Shannondale and Camp MoVal.
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Mar 30, 2023
Aware of their shared work on behalf of the Missouri Mid-South Conference, the Board of Directors and staff met together March 17-18 at Shannondale for a second annual retreat.
“It was a great success,” says Transitional Conference Minister Rev. Mary Nelson. “The Board and staff are working actively to deepen relationships and ‘de-silo’ our ministries, clarify responsibilities and priorities, and strengthen and inform their common approach to our ministries.”
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Mar 16, 2023
The United Church of Christ has officially recognized Hope UCC, St. Louis, Mo. as a Creation Justice Church.
As the first church in Missouri to receive this designation, the congregation is dedicated to helping heal and restore the earth and working on behalf of all those who face issues of environmental injustice and oppression.
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Mar 02, 2023
After a year-long search, the United Church of Christ Board’s Search Committee for General Minister and President has made a historic choice in recommending Rev. Dr. Karen Georgia Thompson as nominee. If elected, she would be the first woman, and the first woman of African descent, to lead the denomination.
Feb 17, 2023
The Board of Directors recently approved an updated COVID-19 Safety Policy with guidelines for Conference-sponsored events.
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Jay Wiesner, part-time pastor at Zion UCC, Troy, Mo., joins the MMSC staff as our new Youth Ministry Resource Coordinator. He is a Member in Discernment with the Eastern Association.
Wiesner began Feb. 13 and will work part-time for MMSC, while continuing to serve as pastor at the church.
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Shannondale UCC, the Community Center, and its Outdoor Ministries were in transition with new staff, following the departure of Executive Director Nathan Fulk this past summer.
The transition has been smooth with the arrival of Acting Executive Director Glenn Svetnicka, whose contract will extend into 2023.
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From hiring two new key staff members and hosting volunteer work days, to reopening summer camps, launching a new fall Sunday family dinner series, and scheduling retreats and youth events, Camp MoVal was a busy place throughout 2022.
After a long two years of closure at Camp MoVal due to COVID-19 and staffing changes, here’s how MMSC was working hard to reopen, bringing back campers, forging ahead for fall, and setting sights on summer 2023.
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The Missouri Mid-South Conference Board of Directors at its regular July 2022 meeting approved a recommendation from the Personnel Committee to extend its contract with Transitional Conference Minister Rev. Mary W. Nelson through April 2024.
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The decision has been years in the making. Peace UCC, Webster Groves, Mo., recently voted to sell its 2.5-acre campus — home to the congregation since 1920, and including its current 1937 building — to partner with Eden Theological Seminary in a new vision of “Being the Church” in the 21st century.
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