October 28, 2015

Meet Abel Vega, Director of Outreach Vitality!

October 28, 2015/ AWN

Take a moment to meet Abel Vega, Director of Outreach Vitality!

You can reach Abel Vega at avega@riotexas.org or 210-408-4514

To learn more about Outreach Vitality, click here.

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Mar 13, 2019

Hill Country District Asks for Donations of Clothes: Lenten Disaster Relief Clothing Drive

Mar 13, 2019

Mar 7, 2019

United Campus Ministry Takes Hands On Approach with Ash Wednesday

Mar 7, 2019

Students of the United Campus Ministry at Texas State prepared ashes from last year’s palms through a prayerful liturgy. They practiced creating and filtering the ashes to be ready for Ash Wednesday worship.

Mar 7, 2019

Mar 5, 2019

Ministry Builds Ramps for Disabled Rio Grande Valley Residents

Mar 5, 2019

Mar 1, 2019

A Reflection on General Conference 2019

Mar 1, 2019

I intentionally write this BEFORE any final plan decisions are made. You would have known the outcome of GC2019 long before reading this. More importantly, looking back at GC2019 (Praying Our Way Forward) and arguing its merits, regardless of its outcome, is now of lesser importance than “discerning a way forward” for our churches.

Mar 1, 2019

Feb 13, 2019

Meet Me in St. Louis by Rev. Teresa Welborn

Feb 13, 2019

In recent days, I find myself reflecting on past experiences and wondering about the future. I know I’m not alone in my thinking back and looking ahead. Here I join the many different people from many different places who are sharing their thoughts and hopes. I will meet some of you face to face in St. Louis. Others of you can meet me right here in this blog where I will share a few of my reflections over the next few weeks.

Feb 13, 2019

Dec 12, 2018

Oak Hill UMC Gives Away 300+ Stuffed Animals during Christmas Party

Dec 12, 2018

Dec 11, 2018

Rio Texas Churches & Missions Ship Relief Supplies to Asylum Seekers in Piedras Negras

Dec 11, 2018

"He was pretty blunt about that's what we got to do," Hill Country District Outreach Coordinator George Barnette said. "So who are we to argue with Jesus?"

Dec 11, 2018

Coker UMC Host Christmas Gift Giveaway

Dec 11, 2018

“What is so heart-warming about this is that it isn’t ‘us' donating to ‘them’ we are all in this together. Some former food pantry clients donate items and some current food pantry clients volunteer on the day of,” Jenn Clauser, director of Communications said. "Congregation and committee members donate & volunteer too, knowing that if God ever called them into hard times there’s loving help right here."

Dec 11, 2018

Dec 10, 2018

Being Present and Making Friends

Dec 10, 2018

“There is nothing like being present to make new friends. There is nothing like being present to see new possibilities. Being present sometimes means crossing borders, being present sometimes means being uncomfortable, being present sometimes means driving in a half air conditioned van. I plan to go back.”

Dec 10, 2018

Dec 4, 2018

Latin American UMC Continues to Serve Homeless

Dec 4, 2018

On the weekend before Thanksgiving, the church went all out and provided a warm dinner with all the fixings.

Dec 4, 2018

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Mar 13, 2019

Center for Youth Ministry Planning Offers Graduate Degree Program

Mar 13, 2019

The Master’s degree is offered through a unique intensive-based curriculum format in partnership with Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary. We are currently accepting applications from the first 12 churches to apply for partner churches for our Texas Regional Campus. Applications will be accepted through March 31st space permitting.

Mar 13, 2019

Feb 28, 2019

A message from Robert Schnase, Bishop of the Rio Texas Annual Conference

Feb 28, 2019

Jan 14, 2019

Seventy-eight legislative petitions headed for St. Louis for GC 2019

Jan 14, 2019

Dallas, Texas: United Methodist News Service

Seventy-eight legislative petitions headed for St. Louis

Dallas, Texas: The General Conference Committee on Reference has determined that 78 petitions submitted for consideration by the 2019 General Conference are in harmony with the purpose of the special session to be held February 23-26, 2019 in St. Louis, Missouri.

Jan 14, 2019

Dec 5, 2018

UM Army Rio Texas Hosts 100+ Camps, Prepares for 2019 Outreach

Dec 5, 2018

Nov 13, 2018

Watch: First Texas Planters Gathering held at Gruene UMC

Nov 13, 2018

The Rio Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church hosted the first Texas Planters Gathering, where pastors from all parts of Texas learned what's possible in church planting.

Join us next year in Houston on October 25-26, 2019.

Nov 13, 2018

Oct 22, 2018

Asset-Based Community Development program to begin 3rd year – APPLY NOW

Oct 22, 2018

Through support funding from Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc., The Mission Vitality Center / Outreach Vitality Office & Transforming Communities Vision Team announces the Transformational Communities of Praxis program.

Applications are now being received for the 2nd- year class of this program. The program is looking for church and community resident teams to participate in this program of learning processes in Asset-Based Community Development [ABCD]. Class size is limited to four teams.

Oct 22, 2018

Oct 17, 2018

South Central Jurisdictional General Conference Delegate Gathering

Oct 17, 2018

By Teresa Keese, Laura Merrill, and Abel Vega

Sixteen members of the Rio Texas General and Jurisdictional Conference Delegation attended the South Central Jurisdictional General Conference Delegate Gathering held at St. Luke’s UMC in Oklahoma City on October 4-5. The gathering, hosted by the SCJ Mission Council, was held to inform the delegates of the three structure options to be presented at the 2019 Special Session of General Conference. The pension implications of each plan were also presented. Delegates from across the jurisdiction joined in a time of listening, learning, worship, prayer, sharing, and developing a sense of community and understanding across different backgrounds and beliefs. The event planners purposefully assigned seating to create a mixed group from different delegations and beliefs at each table, which allowed for a new depth of conversation surrounding the UMC and our mission and purpose. We discussed how that depth applies to the decisions to be made at the General Conference Special Session next February in St. Louis.

Oct 17, 2018

Sep 12, 2018

Rio Texas Leaders Travel to South Africa for Global Young People's Convocation

Sep 12, 2018

Aug 26, 2018

UMC Bishops call for prayers in aftermath of 232nd mass shooting in US in 2018

Aug 26, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. _ The Council of Bishops President Bishop Ken Carter, who is also the resident bishop of the Florida Area, has issued the following statement in the aftermath of the mass shooting today in Jacksonville, Florida, USA:

Aug 26, 2018

Aug 22, 2018

Robert Schnase, Bishop of the Rio Texas Conference, Invites You to Leadership Institute 2018

Aug 22, 2018

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