News

Job Opening at Conference Office!

An exciting opportunity for a Communications Specialist is available with our conference office.  This part-time position calls for website maintenance, publicity, and a variety of other duties.  Please visit the entire job advertisement at The Rome Group.  If you know of someone who would be interested, please direct them to this link. [Continue]

Around the Conference

Mission:1 Survey

With Mission:1 complete, we encourage you to take a brief survey and give us your feedback on the program.  The Regional Joint Initiative between the Illinois South and Missouri Mid-South [Continue]

Pilgrim Food Pantry Opening Wed., Jan. 18

Pilgrim Congregational U.C.C. (St. Louis) has been working to accommodate the requests for food that have come to our doors since the closing of the Dignity House food pantry last winter. We have [Continue]

A Gift From Above

A Gift From Above

Dr Marc A. Wessels, Associate Conference Minister It was a dangerous time when God became flesh and entered into his world in the physical form of an infant in a Manger in the little backwater town [Continue]

Wider Church News

31st Annual Rural Ministry Conference

The 2012 Rural Ministry Conference, “Courage in a Caring Community,” will be held march 4-6 in [Continue]

Preparing Our Faith-Based Communities for Disasters: The What and How

What people do before a disaster can make a dramatic difference in their ability to cope with and [Continue]

Penn State a Reminder of Church’s and Clergy’s Responsibilities

By Jeff Whitman Last week was a rather difficult one for me—and all because of events at a [Continue]

From Our Staff and Leaders

A Tale of Two Cities – The Vine

A Tale of Two Cities – The Vine

Ande Reiter offers this monthly column for and about older adults. There are 2 cities in the Biblical story which framed Jesus’ life and ministry: Bethlehem with the joy and hope of his birth. And Jerusalem with his death, and later resurrection. They both existed under the cloud of war, the darkness of Roman occupation. [Continue]