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As Annual Conference 2026 comes to a close, our hearts are full.What a gift it has been to gather in one place — to wors...
06/14/2026

As Annual Conference 2026 comes to a close, our hearts are full.
What a gift it has been to gather in one place — to worship, pray, discern, celebrate, remember, laugh, reconnect, and be reminded once again that we belong to one another in Christ. This week has felt like a family reunion in the truest sense: full of joy, love, holy work, and the comfort of being together.

So as we leave Billings and begin the journey home, we do so with gratitude for every conversation, every prayer, every act of service, and every shared moment that made this gathering so meaningful.

Travel safely, friends. Please know you are held in our hearts.
This is not goodbye. It is only until we see each other again.
Until then, may God watch over you, bless your journey, and continue to lead us all in The Way of Loving Boldly.

Day Three brought Annual Conference 2026 to a joyful and meaningful close.On our final day together in Billings, we cele...
06/14/2026

Day Three brought Annual Conference 2026 to a joyful and meaningful close.

On our final day together in Billings, we celebrated faithful leadership, elected delegates and reserves, approved important conference decisions, supported future pastoral leaders through the Miracle Sunday offering, and gathered for a powerful Ordination and Commissioning Service.

We give thanks for all who were commissioned, ordained, and licensed for ministry, and for Bishop David Wilson’s inspiring message reminding us that Creator God continues to shape us again and again for the work ahead.

This final day was full of celebration, gratitude, and sending forth. We leave Annual Conference encouraged by what God is doing among us and ready to continue walking The Way of Loving Boldly in our churches, communities, and across the connection.

Read the full Day Three recap here:https://www.mtnskyumc.org/files/websites/mountain/MSC_Daily_News_Saturday_June13.pdf

What a joyful and Spirit-filled Ordination Service at the close of Annual Conference!Today, we celebrated those who have...
06/13/2026

What a joyful and Spirit-filled Ordination Service at the close of Annual Conference!

Today, we celebrated those who have answered God’s call to ministry and stepped into a new chapter of faithful leadership. We give thanks for those commissioned as Elders: Ross Janovec, Maggie Taylor, Tapiwa Manyonga, and Matthew Utley; for Jonathan Drummond, ordained as an Elder; and for our newly licensed Local Pastors: Carmen Benoit, Jeanyoun Kim, Phillip Spicer, Wanda Denton, and Amy Sell and Deaconess Julie Hewson.

We are deeply grateful to Bishop David Wilson of the Great Plains Conference for preaching a powerful and hope-filled message from Jeremiah 18, reminding us that we are clay in the hands of Creator God — shaped, reshaped, and made ready again and again for the work of love, justice, service, and transformation.
As we celebrate these leaders, we are also invited to help make space for future leaders through our Miracle Sunday offering. This offering supports theological education for those answering God’s call in Africa, Europe, and the Philippines. When we give, we help equip pastors who will preach, serve, lead, and transform communities for generations to come.

A gift to Miracle Sunday is a gift to the future of the Church. It is a way of saying yes to the leaders God is still calling, still forming, and still sending. Give here: https://tinyurl.com/44ht5tx2

Congratulations to all who were commissioned, ordained, and licensed today. May Creator God continue to shape you again and again for the ministry ahead.

Day Three of Annual Conference felt like harvest time.After days of worship, discernment, remembrance, holy conferencing...
06/13/2026

Day Three of Annual Conference felt like harvest time.
After days of worship, discernment, remembrance, holy conferencing, celebration, and prayer, we could see the fruit of the Spirit moving among us — in the joy of connection, in the courage of our decisions, in the blessing of new leaders, and in the shared commitment to keep walking The Way of Loving Boldly.

Like the song reminds us, the seeds of faith are still being planted, tended, and gathered. Across the Mountain Sky Conference, God is bringing forth a harvest of hope, justice, love, and new life.

Thanks be to God for the work of these days — and for the harvest still to come.

What a joyful and Spirit-filled Day Three of Annual Conference!Today, we celebrated faithful leadership, meaningful conn...
06/13/2026

What a joyful and Spirit-filled Day Three of Annual Conference!
Today, we celebrated faithful leadership, meaningful connection, powerful worship, and the shared work of being the Church together. And we're not done!

We began the day with Clergy and Laity Sessions, including the election of Christina Ostendorf as our new Conference Co-...
06/13/2026

We began the day with Clergy and Laity Sessions, including the election of Christina Ostendorf as our new Conference Co-Lay Leader. We gathered for a deeply moving Memorial Service, remembering beloved clergy, spouses, partners, companions, and laity whose lives and ministries continue to ripple through the Mountain Sky Conference.

We celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Order of Deacons and gave thanks for deacons whose ministries connect the church and the world in powerful ways. We continued delegation elections, including the election of youth reserve delegates — a hopeful reminder that the future of the Church is already here and already leading.

We also held the sacred and tender work of change, prayerfully approving the closure of several churches. Each closing marked the end of a beloved chapter — and the trust that the same Spirit who breathed life into these congregations will continue to lead us into new life.

Day Two reminded us that the Church carries joy and grief together. We celebrate what God is doing. We honor what has been. And we step forward in faith, trusting God to guide us in The Way of Loving Boldly.

Read the full Day Two recap herehttps://www.mtnskyumc.org/files/websites/mountain/MSC_Daily_News_Friday_June12_v2.pdf

Today, we are honored to welcome Bishop David Wilson to the Mountain Sky Annual Conference as he preaches at our Ordinat...
06/13/2026

Today, we are honored to welcome Bishop David Wilson to the Mountain Sky Annual Conference as he preaches at our Ordination Service.

Bishop Wilson serves as the resident bishop of the Great Plains Conference and is a faithful, gifted leader whose ministry has blessed The United Methodist Church across many years and many places. As a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and the first Native American bishop elected in the history of The United Methodist Church, Bishop Wilson brings a powerful witness of leadership, faith, story, and connection.

As we gather for this sacred service of ordination, we give thanks for those being set apart for ministry and for the Spirit’s continued work in and through the Church.

Welcome, Bishop Wilson. We are grateful to receive your message today.

Day Two of Annual Conference held the fullness of what it means to be the Church together.We celebrated the 30th anniver...
06/13/2026

Day Two of Annual Conference held the fullness of what it means to be the Church together.
We celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Order of Deacons and gave thanks for the faithful, justice-seeking, bridge-building ministry of deacons across our connection. We voted and elected youth reserve delegates to Jurisdictional Conference, a hopeful reminder that the future of the Church is not far away — it is already among us, speaking, leading, serving, and helping shape the way forward.
We also looked honestly at both the bright future and the powerful past of the Mountain Sky Conference. We remembered beloved friends and colleagues who have died, giving thanks for the lives, ministries, and love that continue to shape us. And we marked the closing of several churches — sacred places where generations worshiped, prayed, served, grieved, celebrated, and encountered God.
It was a day of gratitude and grief. A day of endings and beginnings. A day that reminded us that change is rarely easy, but we do not walk through it alone.
As we step together into the future, we trust that God is still leading us — through memory and hope, through loss and new life, through the hard work of letting go and the holy work of loving boldly.

Today at Annual Conference, we paused for a deeply moving Memorial Service — a sacred time to remember, grieve, give tha...
06/12/2026

Today at Annual Conference, we paused for a deeply moving Memorial Service — a sacred time to remember, grieve, give thanks, and entrust those we have lost to the mercy of God.
Together, we spoke names. We held silence. We honored pastors, spouses, partners, companions, and all those whose lives have shaped our conference and our communities of faith. We remembered the public moments and the quiet ones, the love shared, the burdens carried, the prayers offered, and the faithful witness that continues to ripple outward.
We are especially grateful for the incredible preaching of Jon Hurst, whose reflection invited us to keep running the race with faith, courage, and hope. We also give thanks for our fantastic musicians, who helped carry the room through grief, remembrance, and praise with beauty and grace.
The service reminded us that grief is not something we solve. It is something we carry — with honesty, with tenderness, and with one another. And in the midst of that grief, we were reminded of this hope: love shared, given, and lived does not end.
May our remembering be an act of gratitude.
May our naming be an act of grace.
May we continue marching in the light, living in the love, and moving in the power of God.

What a full and faithful first day of Annual Conference!On Thursday, we gathered in Billings for joyful worship, an insp...
06/12/2026

What a full and faithful first day of Annual Conference!
On Thursday, we gathered in Billings for joyful worship, an inspiring Episcopal Address from Bishop Kristin Stoneking, meaningful moments of remembrance and celebration, mission stories from across the connection, and important work for the life of the Mountain Sky Conference.
Day 1 included a historic first as we elected our inaugural delegation to the 2028 General and Jurisdictional Conferences, celebrated 70 years of women’s ordination, reflected together through the Sand Creek Remembrance, heard financial and nominations reports, met in legislative committees, and blessed clergy in new appointments.
We have already done so much — and we are not done yet.
Read the full Day 1 Daily News recap here:https://www.mtnskyumc.org/files/websites/mountain/MSC_Daily_News_Thursday_June11_v3.pdf

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