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We are pleased to announce our 2024 UMEA Endorsed Community Retreat will be held November 13-16 in Lake Junaluska, NC. The theme is Advising Leadership: How to Inspire and Influence Change. The retreat begins with check-in and a welcome dinner at 5 p.m. ET on Wednesday, November 13 and ends at 11 a.m. EST on Saturday, November ...
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Growing up a pastor’s kid in the Missouri Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, Rev. Kevin Kosh Jr. rebuffed the idea of becoming a pastor himself when he grew up. Despite what people observed about him and what he knew deep down, he wanted to blaze his own trail....
If YOUTH 2023 illustrated anything to the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry (GBHEM) staff taking part, it was that the future looks brighter than a lot of people may realize. With teenagers from all over the world converging on the Daytona Beach (Fla.) Ocean Center from July 25-28,...
Julia Tippen’s college career may have been temporarily interrupted by a pandemic. That wasn’t going to stop the recent university graduate from making the most of her opportunity, though—not even close. Heading into the second half of her freshman year at New Orleans’ Dillard University, one of the 11 United...
