Please click the button above to see the schedule for West District Missional Office locations. It is our hope that when you notice where we are planning our "office for the day" you will join us for conversation and share what exciting events are taking place in your places of worship and ministry. This office time is open to both laity and clergy. 

Blessings and Prayers,

The West District Staff

The schedule for 2015 charge conferences has been set! The format for meetings this year will be different than in years before. Instead of having one meeting for each cluster, we will have four regional charge conference meetings. Each church needs to choose which meeting to attend. Reports will be due to the district center no less than two weeks prior to the meeting chosen.

Because of limited space at each location, we will be limiting the number of churches that will be able to attend each date. Please contact Katie Swisher at the district office by email or telephone as soon as possible to reserve your church's chosen date and location.

Below is the schedule of charge conference meetings in the West District: 

Mark your calendars now for the next West District Lay Servant School! More details and a registration form will be released soon. Join us for a great day of learning!

The Conference Board of Laity, in partnership with the Cabinet, is encouraging local churches to engage in Mission Indiana 2015: Share Your Story as missional experience to impact communities across the Hoosier state. Churches are asked to plan local mission activities during the week leading up to AC2015, Saturday May 23 through Saturday, May 30. To share the mission opportunities, churches are asked to provide information by completing the form at this link: https://indiana-reg.brtapp.com/WDMP-AC15. 

The Indiana Conference's Lay Leadership Team offers an opportunity to express thanks and praise to God by asking laity to submit an original sermon manuscript for judging. This contest is open to all lay people in the Indiana Conference. Following the theme of Indiana's 2015 Annual Conference Session, the theme for this year's manuscript contest is "Share Your Story," based on Joel 1:3.

The winning sermon manuscript will be presented during the Laity Session or Laity Luncheon on Thursday, May 29. Manuscripts should be no more than 15 minutes in length. Entries will be judged based on creative and original development of the theme, but could be eliminated due to length.

Manuscripts need to be mailed to Doris Clark, 7504 Normandy Blvd., Indianapolis, IN 46278 or sent by email to dfc49@comcast.net.

The manuscript must be accompanied by a cover sheet or letter that includes the writer's name, address, phone number, email address, local church name and district. Entrants are asked not to include any personally identifying information in the manuscript itself since it will be assigned a number and judged anonymously.

All entries must be received by April 28 and the winner will be notified by May 12.

For additional information about the contest, please contact Anthony Swinger, Central District Associate Lay Leader, at anthonyswinger@yahoo.com or call 317-372-4991.

SILENT RETREAT POSTPONED

United Methodist Women of Indiana's Silent Retreat scheduled for May 15-17,2015 in Evansville has been postponed.  Sarto House cannot accommodate those dates due to staff concerns.   The registrar will return checks to all who are already registered. 

Please be patient and prayerful that another date and venue may be found that will accommodate our needs for a meaningful Silent Retreat yet this year.  

Information will be shared once a new date and venue are in place. 

Thank you for your help in sharing this information with your local and district organizations of United Methodist Women. 

Please make plans to attend the West District UMW Spring Celebration on Saturday, April 25th at Fillmore UMC. Anne Bunch will be presenting a program entitled "Be Just. Be Green." 

Please RSVP by Saturday, April 18th. Child care is available for those who request when they RSVP. 

Click here to view the detailed flyer for this event!