Iowa Annual Conference

Make plans today for the Annual Conference MLRM Luncheon with George Morris, June 8, 2007.

To view information about the luncheon, click here.

To register for the Luncheon, click here.

For more information about Dr. George E. Morris, click here.

To read Dr. Morris' address upon receiving the 2005 Distinguished Evangelism Award at The foundation for Evangelism Annual Banquet at Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, October 29, 2005, click here.

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How to Become A Delegate to General Conference

For general information about the election process in a PDF format, click here.

For a Clergy Delegate Nomination Form in a PDF format, click here.

For a Lay Delegate Nomination Form in a PDF format, click here.

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How to Become A Member of the Annual Conference

Action: Help Your Local Church Elect a Pro-Reform Lay Member
of the Iowa Annual Conference.

Please act now. Key points:

1. This year your Local Church will elect its Lay Member(s) of the 2007 Iowa Annual Conference —which will elect Iowa's delegates to the vitally important 2008 UMC General Conference.

2. Pray and plan together with pro-reform friends in your Local Church.

3. Get information: How many Lay Members does your Local Church elect? What is the date of your Charge Conference this year? Who are the members of your Local Church's Committee on Lay Leadership? (This was the Nominations Committee; now renamed; see The Book of Discipline, par. 251.c.) The Charge Conference is usually held in the September-to-December time period.

4. Prayerfully choose a strong pro-reform candidate for each Lay Member position and for each Alternate position. They must have been United Methodist members for at least 2 years and active participants for at least 4 years, except in a newly organized Church. (The Book of Discipline, par. 251.2.)

5. Consider and pray: are YOU willing and able to serve as a Lay Member? Also consider recommending persons to serve on the Committee on Lay Leadership; usually the Charge Conference each year elects three, for three-year terms. Your recommendations will be most effective if made in the Spring or Summer .

6. Several pro-reform persons should talk with your Pastor and the Committee on Lay Leadership members, and recommend your candidates. Do not delay. The Committee usually discusses nominations before the Charge Conference.

7. If the Committee on Lay Leadership does not nominate your candidate(s), go to the Charge Conference, nominate your candidate(s), and request a written ballot. You have the right to make nominations from the floor (The Book of Discipline, par. 249). Don't let opposition or criticism stop you. Many more Methodist Laity Reform Movement members are needed.

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Three Ways to Become an Equalization Member of the Iowa Annual Conference

I. Be a lay person serving in a Conference position. (There are 32 positions or
categories listed in the 2006 Conference Journal, pages 405-406.)

II. Be a lay person serving in District leadership as Lay Leader, UMM
President, UMW President, or Council on Ministries Chairperson.

III. Be a lay person elected at District Conference in April or May upon
recommendation of the District Nominating Committee (see next section).

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To be Elected at District Conference:

        1.    Contact your District office (see below for information) of your desire to
               be an equalization member of the 2007 Iowa Annual Conference. Talk
               with both the District Secretary and the District Superintendent, if
               possible.

2. Inform the Chairperson of the District Nominating Committee of your
desire. The District Secretary has the contact information.

3. Speak with members of the District Nominating Committee of your
interest.

The more people who know of your desire, the more likely you may be selected
by the District Nominating Committee to be put on the slate of names. This is
not an election where you will be running against another person with a vote
taken.

District Superintendents:

Cedar RapidsDistrict: James Hanke
3047 Center Point Road NE, Suite C
Cedar Rapids, IA 52402-4064
Office Phone: (319) 365-6273
Fax: (319) 365-5310
Email: James.Hanke@iaumc.org

Council Bluffs District: Karen Dungan
35 Main Place, Suite 100
Council Bluffs, IA 51503-0702
Office Phone: (712) 322-1238
Fax: (712) 322-4904
Email: Karen.Dungan@iaumc.org

Creston District: Mel Ammon
228 N Pine Street, PO Box 582
Creston, IA 50801-2412
Office Phone: (641) 782-4281
Fax: (641) 782-5207
Email: Mel.Ammon@iaumc.org

Des Moines District: Wes Daniel
2301 Rittenhouse Street
Des Moines, IA 50321-3101
Office Phone: (515) 974-8925
Fax: (515) 974-8975
Email: Wes.Daniel@iaumc.org

Dubuque District: William W. Poland
2728 Asbury Rd., Suite 515
Dubuque, IA 52001-2974
Office Phone: (563) 556-4286
Fax: (563) 556-7816
Email: Bill.Poland@iaumc.org

Fort Dodge District: Gary Armstrong
726 1st Ave. N.
Fort Dodge, IA 50501-3820
Office Phone: (515) 576-2444
Fax: (515) 576-1399
Email: Gary.Armstrong@iaumc.org

Mason City District: Darline Balm-Demmel
5 N Federal Ave., Suite 105
Mason City 50401-3270
Office Phone: (641) 423-5911
Fax: (641) 424-5603
Email: Darline.BalmDemmel@iaumc.org

Muscatine District: Bill Cotton
216 Sycamore St., Ste 508
Muscatine, IA 52761-3809
Office Phone: (563) 264-6836
Fax: (563) 264-6838
Email: Bill.Cotton@iaumc.org

Ottumwa District: Chuck Kellogg
227 W. 4th, Suite 1-D
Ottumwa, IA 52501-2544
Office Phone: (641) 682-9655
Fax: (641) 682-7455
Email: Chuck.Kellogg@iaumc.org

Sioux City District: Bernabe Colorado
4716 1/2 Morningside Avenue
Sioux City, IA 51106-3000
Office Phone: (712)-224-4716
Fax: (712)-224-4718
Email: B.Colorado@iaumc.org

Spencer District: Rose Blank
1012 W. 11th Street
Spencer, IA 51301-3146
Office Phone: (712) 262-6269
Fax: (712) 262-9843
Email: Rose.Blank@iaumc.org

Waterloo District: Anne Lippincott
614 Randolph
Waterloo, IA 50702-1591
Office Phone: (319)234-0077
Fax: (319)235-4391
Email: Anne.Lippincott@iaumc.org