The Dakotas Annual Conference will convene for a Special Session that is being held virtually on Nov.23, 2024.

The Christmas Letters Author Magrey DeVega invites you to hear about the miracle of Christ's birth from those who first told the story. A virtual Advent study lead by Bishop Lanette Plambeck WHEN:  Tuesday, November 26, to Tuesday, December 17, from 7:00 p.m. - 8:15 p.m. CT / 6:00 p.m. - 7:15 p.m. MT

The Dakotas Conference office will be closed November 23-24, 2023, for the Thanksgiving holiday. We wish you a blessed Thanksgiving and give thanks for all your gifts and offerings to the Lord. 

The Christmas Letters Author Magrey DeVega invites you to hear about the miracle of Christ's birth from those who first told the story. A virtual Advent study lead by Bishop Lanette Plambeck WHEN:  Tuesday, November 26, to Tuesday, December 17, from 7:00 p.m. - 8:15 p.m. CT / 6:00 p.m. - 7:15 p.m. MT

The Christmas Letters Author Magrey DeVega invites you to hear about the miracle of Christ's birth from those who first told the story. A virtual Advent study lead by Bishop Lanette Plambeck WHEN:  Tuesday, November 26, to Tuesday, December 17, from 7:00 p.m. - 8:15 p.m. CT / 6:00 p.m. - 7:15 p.m. MT

The Christmas Letters Author Magrey DeVega invites you to hear about the miracle of Christ's birth from those who first told the story. A virtual Advent study lead by Bishop Lanette Plambeck WHEN:  Tuesday, November 26, to Tuesday, December 17, from 7:00 p.m. - 8:15 p.m. CT / 6:00 p.m. - 7:15 p.m. MT

We are inviting you to re-engage with all things Fresh Expressions this fall. Last year, Rev. Michael Beck helped us lay a solid foundation for Fresh Expressions in our area. Now it is time to take the seeds that have been planted and nurture them. Our focus will shift from learning the foundations of Fresh Expressions to practicing. 

Scholarships are awarded each year to seminary students showing exceptional promise or achievement in preparation for ordained ministry in the United Methodist Church. Applicants are notified of decisions in May.

Registration for student interns for both the Elisha program and the Samuel program Deadline to register is March 1, 2025.

Excellence in Clergy Leadership Scholarship applications opens January 6, 2025. The Dakotas UM Conference and Foundation are happy to partner with GBHEM to offer matching dollars for this scholarship. This is designated for full-time master of divinity students enrolled at one of the 13 United Methodist seminaries/schools of theology.

We are inviting you to re-engage with all things Fresh Expressions this fall. Last year, Rev. Michael Beck helped us lay a solid foundation for Fresh Expressions in our area. Now it is time to take the seeds that have been planted and nurture them. Our focus will shift from learning the foundations of Fresh Expressions to practicing. 

The Dakotas Conference office will be closed Monday, January 18, 2021, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr Day.

Winter Connection is an annual event for middle school and high school youth sponsored by the Dakotas Conference Council on Youth Ministry (CCYM.)

Save the Date Clergy Leadership Academy - Pastor as the Storyteller

"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." - John Quincy Adams