Dear Clergy and Lay Members of Dakotas United Methodist Churches,  

Grace and peace to you in the name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.  

After consultation with the Dakotas Appointive Cabinet, I am asking us to gather in accordance with our standing rules ¶ 603.5 of the Book of Discipline; I hereby call for a special session of the Dakotas Annual Conference for August 15, 2023, beginning at 7:00 p.m. Central Time and 6:00 p.m. Mountain Time.
This will be the final called conference for disaffiliation in 2023. Please see the link below for additional details.

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-Bishop Lanette Plambeck
Dakotas Minnesota Episcopal Area
February 16, 2023

The bishop's complete letter from February 16, 2023 is available here.