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Missionary Conferences Leader's Guide MISSIONARY CONFERENCES OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES LEADER’S GUIDE JUDITH PIERRE-OKERSON Missionary Conferences of The United Methodist Church in the United States Leader’s Guide by Judith Pierre-Okerson © 2017 United Methodist Women. All rights reserved. United Methodist Women 475 Riverside Drive, Room 1501 New York, NY 10115 www.unitedmethodistwomen.org This Leader’s Guide and material from it may be reproduced without adaptation for noncommercial purposes provided the following notice appears with the excerpted material: “From Missionary Conferences of The United Methodist Church in the United States Leader’s Guide © 2017 United Methodist Women. All rights reserved. Used by permission.” Copyrighted material within the book cannot be reproduced without permission from copyright holder. All biblical quotations, unless otherwise noted, are from the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) of the Bible, copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches in Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. United Methodist Women Purpose The organized unit of United Methodist Women shall be a community of women whose purpose is to know God and to experience freedom as whole persons through Jesus Christ; to develop a creative, supportive fellowship; and to expand concepts of mission through participation in the global ministries of the church. The Vision Turning faith, hope and love into action on behalf of women, children and youth around the world. Living the Vision We provide opportunities and resources to grow spiritually, become more deeply rooted in Christ and put faith into action. We are organized for growth, with flexible structures leading to effective witness and action. We equip women and girls around the world to be leaders in communities, agencies, workplaces, governments and churches. We work for justice through compassionate service and advocacy to change unfair policies and systems. We provide educational experiences that lead to personal change in order to transform the world. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 5 Session 1: Understanding the Context of the Missionary Conferences (Chapters 1–3) 7 Session 2: Alaska United Methodist Conference (Chapter 4) 13 Session 3: Two Contexts and a Common History: Appalachia Red Bird and Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conferences (Chapters 5 and 6) 18 Session 4: Distinguishing between Language Conferences: The Central Jurisdiction and the Missionary Conferences (Chapter 7) 25 Appendix A: Covenant 31 Appendix B: Alaskan Native Games 32 Appendix C: May 2014 Open Letter from Native American Leadership to the Five Jurisdictions 33 Appendix D: How to Make Corn Husk Dolls 37 Appendix E: United Methodist Women–Supported National Mission Institutions in the Missionary Conferences 40 Appendix F: Songs 42 About the Author 44 INTRODUCTION It is a daunting task to cover the missionary conferences of The United Methodist Church in one study. The three conferences cover diverse areas of the United States. The Alaska United Methodist Conference encompasses about 586,000 square miles of land.1 The Red Bird Missionary Confer- ence is located in southeastern Kentucky deep in the Appalachian Mountains. The Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference includes congregations in Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas. While these territories are diverse geographically and culturally, they share a common history with The United Methodist Church. This Leader’s Guide offers opportunities for participants to examine different General Conference decisions concerning the missionary conferences. To help partici- pants evaluate whether or not those decisions support true relationship rather than segregation, Session 1 will lead participants to an understanding of the missionary conferences, and Session 4 will look back at the church’s relationships with former language and/or ethnic conferences, as well as United Methodist Women’s ministries with the missionary conferences. The populations of all three missionary conferences are struggling with issues of poverty in vary- ing degrees as a result of past and current exploitation of their lands. Sessions 2 and 3 will bring the participants to the natural world of each missionary conference, while also addressing each conference’s unique history and relationship with the church. Those sessions will also challenge participants to reflect on the environmental injustice that affects the natural world of the Native Americans in Oklahoma as well as the inhabitants of the Appalachian Mountains and Alaska. Those sessions will invite the church to stand with these sisters and brothers in advocating for the elimination of all forms of systemic discrimination affecting them and their environments. This Leader’s Guide provides a glimpse into the lives of the people from the missionary conferences through prayers, games, music, and other activities reflecting their unique cultural identities. The guide was created with four two-hour sessions in mind. However, you may adapt the material here to fit your needs, such as for a program at a United Methodist Women meeting. 5 Materials for Each Session The following materials will need to be on hand for all sessions: • Bible • Painter’s tape • Computer, preferably with Internet access • Construction paper • Flip chart • Markers • Newsprint • Index cards • Missionary Conferences DVD, player and TV or projection equipment • Participants’ journals • Pens/pencils Create a Shorter Program or Adapt to a Single Session For a 30–45 minute program in a local United Methodist Women unit, the leader may want to adapt a session as follows: • Begin with the opening worship. • Lead a short meditation on the Amos passage (assigned to a member in advance). • Select one of the three missionary conferences to focus on. • Discuss the needs of the population and how that conference is in mission in the community. • Share ways United Methodist Women is in ministry with that conference. • Close with the litany and/or prayer in the section dedicated to that specific conference in the Leader’s Guide. To lead this study in one session as part of a district or a local United Methodist Women unit, the study can be facilitated in three hours with advance preparation: • Assign reading in advance to specific individuals. • Begin with the opening worship, including the reflection on the Amos passage. • Ask each reader to provide an overview of the history of their assigned missionary conference, followed by participants’ discussions after each presentation. • Provide a brief summary of the Central Jurisdiction. • Lead participants in a discussion that compares the Central Jurisdiction to the missionary conferences. • View the Missionary Conferences DVD and select segments to view and discuss as part of the session. • Lift up ways United Methodist Women is in ministry with the missionary conferences. • End with one of the closing litanies or prayers in the Leader’s Guide. Endnotes 1. Alaska United Methodist Conference, accessed May 22, 2016, www.alaskaumc.org. 6 SESSION 1 UNDERSTANDING THE CONTEXT OF THE MISSIONARY CONFERENCES (Chapters 1–3) Background This session is an invitation for the church to reevaluate its historical relationship with the mis- sionary conferences in an effort to increase mutuality in mission with those conferences. It is a plea for the United Methodist family to look back at its participation and/or silence in the face of the injustices perpetrated through the years toward indigenous people in their land, causing the “invasion and cultural decimation” author J. Ann Craig describes in the main study that affects individuals to this day; to advocate for the restitution of land taken from indigenous people, which is greatly responsible for the inherent poverty issues in these conferences; and to advocate as well for the elimination of all kinds of stereotypes and romanticism associated with the indigenous cultures in the United States. Preparation • Communicate with participants prior to the first session. Invite them to come to the first class ready to discuss Chapters 1–3, and request that they bring a Bible and personal journal. (You may want to have some extra journals handy in case some participants did not bring one so everyone may equally participate in the activities.) • Find out from the registrar if any of the participants is known to have a special need so you can accommodate her or him as you set up the room. • Gather materials to create a permanent worship center in the space. Imagery may include a cross, an open Bible, Native American religious artifacts, rocks, battery-operated candles, a hymnal, The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church, 2016, etc. • Bring Native American instrumental music to be played from your computer or a CD player as participants are entering the space. • Prepare copies of the quote from Mutuality in Mission for “Time with the Text: Part 1”; you may also write the quote on a flip chart or plan to project it. • Cue the Missionary Conferences DVD to the first session and ensure that it can be seen and heard by all. 7 Be intentionally respectful when using other cultures’ religious rituals or language, so they are not perceived to be ridiculed or stereotyped. Leaders will also need to be sensitive to the reality that some of the participants may have first-hand experience with one or all three missionary confer- ences, so make room to listen to their stories. Keep in mind that you are the facilitator of the study, not an expert in the geography, history, or culture of the missionary conferences. Opening (20 Minutes) Greet participants in the Cherokee language: ᎣᏏᏲ, ᎤᎵᎮᎵᏍᏗ (read phonetically “o-si-yo, u-li-he- lis-di”).1 Meaning, “Hello and welcome!” You may want to display these words for the entire session as well. CLASS COVENANT Invite participants to come up with a covenant consisting of three or four guidelines that they will live by in the class. You may also share the covenant found in Appendix A. This covenant is taken from the mission study text: The Journey: Forgiveness, Restorative Justice and Reconciliation by Stephanie Hixon and Thomas Porter.
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