We want to thank the Tuell Center for making the upcoming Creating Congregational Cultures of Generosity workshop possible.  The Creating Congregational Cultures of Generosity workshop is being held this weekend at UMC of Chugiak.

The Winter Rendezvous meetings will be held after the CCCG event at East Anchorage UMC on February 19-20, 2016.

• The 2016 General Conference of the UMC will be held May 10-20 in Portland, Oregon, and the UMC Global AIDS Fund (UMGAF) will be present! The day prior to the General Conference, the UMGAF will sponsor a one-day seminar. If you are planning on being at General Conference, please plan to join us for this exciting event.

• India is a diverse country comprised of 1.27 billion human beings - 2.7 million living with AIDS - the third highest number worldwide next to South Africa and Nigeria. I traveled to this land in January 2016 to visit AIDS projects one of which received start-up funding from the UMC Global AIDS Fund.

• This 2015 UNAIDS publication provides information country by country on what's happening to eradicate AIDS by 2030. Check out the projection data and how countries are progressing towards eradicating AIDS. This is an excellent resource filled with information local churches can use to inform members of what's happening around the globe.

• Our updated Racial Justice Timeline flipbook, which highlights important moments of racial justice history. 
• Dorothy Ravenhorst's story. Mrs. Ravenhorst, trailblazer and United Methodist Women member, shares her memories of integration in Virginia and her conference's decision on the Charter for Racial Justice during the years after Brown vs. Board of Education. 
• The February 2016 response article - "Beyond Good Intentions: Cultivating an Antiracist White Identity".
• Our action alert and download our Voter's Rights Toolkit. This toolkit will help us protect the Voting Rights Act passed in the Civil Rights era.

For the past 6 years, First UMC Anchorage has partnered with United Way to help raise money that specifically goes to the 211 program in Anchorage.  This program helps families with financial support with utilities and rental assistance.  Their goal is to keep their neighbors housed and prevent family financial instability from ever reaching a crisis point!

The event will take place on February 20th at 9:00 at First UMC Anchorage.  Visit  http://bit.ly/RunWalkforWarmth to register yourself, form a team, or to just donate to the cause.

You can sign up for the 2016 Idita-Walk online at www.idita-walk.com.

The Western Jurisdiction Quadrennial Meeting for United Methodist Women will be held in Salt Lake City, Utah from April 22-24, 2016.  If you are interested in finding out more about the event or want to attend, click on the link above or visit their website www.wjumw.com.  Missionary Paul Jeffrey will have a special presentation during the Saturday evening banquet.