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Monday, February 8, 2010
2009 Statistical Forms


Statistical Forms are due February 15, 2010

Tables I, II, III, Audit Report and Trustees Report are now on-line.

To access the forms, go to 'My Account' and enter your User ID and Password.

If you are in need of hard-copies of the forms, go to 'Forms & Publications'.

(Note: If you have forgotten your User ID or Password, call Heidi at the Conference Office)

CONVO 2010


Registration Form

Youth Grades 9th-12th
First UMC Great Falls, MT
February 12th - February 15th


Camping 2010


2010 YAC Camping Season
COMING SOON.....Camp information and Brochures
Contact: Janna Huhtala (406) 599-5705



Yellowstone Methodists respond to Haiti
Yellowstone Methodists have responded with great generosity to the suffering in Haiti.

As of 2-1-10 a total of $29,501.68

Has been raised in churches across the conference and sent to UMCOR for Haiti emergency relief. 100% of this money goes to provide aid to the people of Haiti; providing food, water, and temporary shelter.

Around the conference people are responding to the need for UMCOR Health Kits. Youth groups, children's after school programs, UMW groups and churches, are assembling kits or collecting items for kits to be sent to the UMCOR Salt Lake City Depot. It is our hope to achieve our goalin filling a 14' U-Haul with Health kit supplies.

Once again here is the Haiti Emergency Advance #418325.

IRS Announces
2010 Standard Mileage Rates
IR-2009-111, Dec. 3, 2009


WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today issued the 2010 optional standard mileage rates used to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, charitable, medical or moving purposes.

Beginning on Jan. 1, 2010, the standard mileage rates for the use of a car (also vans, pickups or panel trucks) will be:

• 50 cents per mile for business miles driven
• 16.5 cents per mile driven for medical or moving purposes
• 14 cents per mile driven in service of charitable organizations

Revenue Procedure 2009-54 contains additional details regarding the standard mileage rates.



Bishops’ letter pledges to protect God’s creation
Pandemic poverty and disease, environmental degradation and a world full of weapons and violence are the wages of our sins against God’s creation.

But there is hope if we change our ways, the 69 active United Methodist bishops say in a pastoral letter that will be read in churches during Advent.

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God's Renewed Creation
The following core documents on God’s Renewed Creation (In Defense of Creation 2) were adopted by the Council of United Methodist Bishops last month.

The Committee is asking that you distribute the Pastoral Letter to all the churches in your Areas and ask that it be read to the congregation on the second Sunday of Advent, December 6, 2009. Pastors are encouraged to also use the version with the liturgy incorporated into it.

If you or any of your pastors have any questions, you may direct them to the website: www.hopeandaction.org or to the e-mail of Pat Harper: pharper@umc-gbcs.org



God's Renewed Creation Release

Foundation Document for Renewal of Creation

Pastoral Letter in Liturgy for Renewal of Creation

Pastoral Letter for Renewal of Creation