In February, 2025, St. Paul’s United Methodist Church will celebrate its 65th anniversary of serving Christ and our local Tucson community. As we prepare for a celebration in worship on Sunday, February 16, we invite you to share your memories of decades past. These memories will be shared in worship in our bulletin, on the screen, or perhaps within the service itself.
Hi! I’m Shirley Maddox. As a lay member to annual conference, I feel blessed to be able to represent our church at the 40th Desert Southwest Annual Conference June 13-16, to worship, make legislative decisions for our area, learn and grow together, and be strengthened for our non-clergy ministry.
The Gretta Moffat School and Mission was established in 2005 when St Paul’s UMC got actively involved. St. Paul’s built the school, maintains the building, provides the salaries for locally hired and well trained teachers, and provides uniforms and school supplies for the children.
Some of our church members, as well as people who may just be curious about what they hear in the news, are looking to know more about what is happening the The United Methodist Church as they hear about “disaffiliations.” Here is a summary of information, originally shared in a congregational meeting in April, 2023 but updated this August, about what is going on.
Rev. Ron Bartlow leads a four-week class for any who would like to learn more about the history of our Methodist movement as it was experienced in England. In these four sessions we will focus on the historical setting of 18th Century England, in which John and Charles Wesley began the Methodist movement
John Wesley, founder of the Methodist movement, used the term “connexion” to describe the connection between the Methodist societies of his day, and the term has continued to be used in both British and United Methodism (though United Methodists spell it differently!) to this day. We celebrate the way that the people and congregation of St. Paul’s United Methodist Church are connected with others around the world!
One contemporary challenge that many Christians feel is how to reconcile our faith beliefs with our civic engagement.
The Methodist movement had its start in the life and ministry of brothers John and Charles Wesley, priests with the Church of England in the 1700s. You are invited to join Revs. Ron and Lynn Bartlow on a Wesley Heritage Tour of England, May 29 – June 7, 2023.
Reverend Ron Bartlow explains ‘Conferences’ in the United Methodist Church.
