WASHINGTON – The Council of Bishops is offering partial scholarships for young adults (age 21-35) to attend the 2019 United Methodist Ecumenical and Interreligious Training (UMEIT:USA) and the National Workshop on Christian Unity (NWCU) next spring.
The COB is encouraging all ecumenical representatives in all US annual conferences to participate, as it is an excellent time of ecumenical worship, networking and formation. This year the United Methodist network (UMEIT) will be joining the Episcopal network (EDEIO) for an ecumenical training on the Monday of the NWCU. As we work toward full communion between our two denominations, this will an opportunity to get to know our Episcopalian colleagues and be formed ecumenically with them.
UMEIT is the annual training in the United States for United Methodists engaged in ecumenical and inter-religious ministry through the church. The NWCU is an opportunity for Christians who care about ecumenical and inter-religious ministry to learn and network.
The NWCU and UMEIT occur parallel to each other once a year in a different area of the United States. The 2018 sessions will be from April 1-4, 2019 in St. Louis, Missouri.
The Council of Bishops will offer up to six scholarships at $300 each to assist seminary students and other young adults (aged 21-35) who will be attending UMEIT and NWCU for the first time.
To receive a scholarship application, email Rev. Dr. Jean Hawxhurst, Ecumenical Staff Officer, The Council of Bishops, at jhawxhurst@umc-cob.org or click here to download the UMEIT Scholarship application.
The scholarship application is due to jhawxhurst@umc-cob.org no later than February 15, 2019.
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Media Contact: Rev. Dr. Maidstone Mulenga
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The United Methodist Church
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