Miracle Offering 2018 Called: One Word, Many Ways
"Imagine over 1000 persons being lifted in prayer… Imagine how the Holy Spirit will flood their lives… Imagine how God will be honored." Bishop Bruce Ough
In John 15:16, Jesus says, “I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last…” One of the ways in which we, as United Methodists from across North and South Dakota, seek to do that is through the Miracle Offering collected as a part of our annual conference session. Since 2012 Dakotas United Methodists have opened their hearts and generously given more than $550,000 to the Miracle Offering.
The theme of the 2018 Annual Conference session—taking place June 7-9 in Sioux Falls, SD—is “Discover Joy: Live Deeply.” We invite you to discover the joy of generosity and faithfulness but participating in our Called: One Word, Many Ways Miracle Offering in two ways.
First, we invite you and the members of your congregation to live deeply by making a commitment to pray, bless and partner with us in helping others hear and respond to God’s call to their next step of faith and spiritual leadership. This commitment includes bringing their names to Annual Conference to lay on the alter that we might ALL surround them in prayer for God’s Spirit to move and break through.
Second, we invite you to experience joyful giving through a financial gift to the Culture of Call Grant fund. These grants will serve as seed money for churches, groups and organizations to create opportunities for faithful discernment and courageous response.
Our goal is to lift up 1,000 names from our churches and communities and raise $100,000 to support churches, groups and organizations in creating opportunities to inspire and equip individuals to hear and respond to God’s calling!
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Each church will receive a packet with the following:
