by Samantha Houser | Feb 11, 2022 | Staff Blog
Hello! From the Book of Ephesians 4:12, we hear these words, “For the equipping of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the building up of the body of Christ.” One of the joys of my job is the invitation to gather with clergy and authorized...
by Kendy Miller | Dec 9, 2021 | Staff Blog
Hi, my name is Kendy Miller and I am one of the Associate Conference Ministers for the Tri-Conference, and I work specifically in the area of congregational wellbeing and discipleship. I’d like to share with you what I’ve been thinking about as we journey...
by Samantha Houser | Nov 22, 2021 | Staff Blog
My name is the Reverend Samantha Houser and I am one of your Associate Conference Ministers in the Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota Conferences and today I want to talk about the idea of a scarcity mentality. I was introduced to the idea of the ‘scarcity mentality...
by Aidan Spencer | Jul 23, 2021 | Staff Blog
Greetings to the Beloved Community of the Tri-Conference! My name is Kendy Miller and I am the newest addition to the ministerial staff as Associate Conference Minister for Congregational Vitality. In the years ahead I hope to dream with you about what’s next for your...
by Sarah Rentzel Jones | May 12, 2021 | Staff Blog
One of the experiences of my life that greatly informs my ministry is growing up with a father who was a pastor, which is a huge part of what called me into ministry after watching how he did things; and losing him to leukemia in 2012. It may seem like a heavy thing...
by Samantha Houser | Jan 22, 2021 | Staff Blog
As I exhale deeply after this week there is a hymn that has been rattling in my mind and so I share it with you: Breathe on me breath of God, fill me with life anew, that I may love what thou dost love, and do what thou wouldst do Breathe on me breath of God, until my...
