Youth Leadership Christmas Conference
Join youth from across the conference to worship, build relationships, share ideas and help shape the future of the Horizon Texas Conference.
Midwinter Planning Retreat
Want to serve as a junior counselor at Midwinter this year? Join youth from across the Horizon Texas Conference for a Christmas-season gathering where YOU help create the Midwinter experience.
Multiplication Masterclass: Bridge Events
Church doesn’t live inside the building—it exists in relationship. This webinar will equip you with practical ways to build bridges to your community, show the love of Jesus in meaningful partnerships and take faithful next steps with confidence and courage.
Bridgeport MidWinter 1
Midwinter is a retreat led by and for grades 6-12 students within the North Texas Conference. Our Conference Youth Leadership participants plan everything from the theme to the games and activities that we will participate in. They will also lead throughout the MidWinter Camp weekends, sharing prayers, testimonies, and much more.
Clergy Covenant Day
A sacred pause for the soul—restoring our call, strengthening our covenant and renewing our spirits for the year ahead. An opportunity to be Renewed Daily.
Altogether Bold
God plants seeds of bold faith, transformative love, and unshakeable hope within each of us - gifts that flourish when we trust and lean into God’s strength and calling.
Join us from Friday, January 30, to Sunday, February 1, 2026, as we journey with remarkable women who embody Altogether Bold living: Rizpah's unwavering protection, Rahab's courageous leap of faith, Mary's brave "yes" in the Magnificat, and the joyful support shared between Mary and Elizabeth. Their stories reveal that true boldness isn't about fearlessness - it's about faithful obedience even when the path seems uncertain.
For two nights and three days, we'll worship together, rest in God's presence, and discover how God empowers ordinary women to live with courage, love, and hope with confident expectation.
Come, embrace the bold woman God has created you to be.
Registration Fee Includes: worship services, powerful preaching, breakout groups, lunch and dinner on Saturday, materials, a welcome bag, and a t-shirt. (Does not include lodging.)
Hotel Information: There is a small block of hotel rooms set aside at:
Best Western Dinosaur Valley Inn & Suites
1311 NE Big Bend Trl,
Glen Rose, Texas 76043
Use Promotional Code for booking: SOCIAL2025
Or you are welcome to book a hotel or bed and breakfast of your choice.
Bridgeport MidWinter 2
Midwinter is a retreat led by and for grades 6-12 students within the North Texas Conference. Our Conference Youth Leadership participants plan everything from the theme to the games and activities that we will participate in. They will also lead throughout the MidWinter Camp weekends, sharing prayers, testimonies, and much more.
Glen Lake Winter Camp 1
We want to see your student/youth ministry strengthen relationships and grow deeper through the love of Jesus. Join us for unique adventures your students will remember for years to come.
Winter Camp is a weekend retreat.
A time apart.
A chance for you and your students to be together at camp.
Youth groups from across the state of Texas will come to camp in February for WINTER CAMP. Your group will grow as a community through small groups led by your church, passion filled worship, and dynamic speakers. Our team is beyond excited to take care of the details, so you and your group can focus on forming authentic relationships and capturing memories that will last forever.
See you in February!
This is the BEST WEEKEND OF THE YEAR!
https://www.glenlake.org/wintercamp
Enough: Internal Safety Leadership Workshop
Join us for a day of learning, reflection, and connection as we explore how to lead and serve with courage and care in this season of change. Together, we’ll practice ways to protect our energy, use our voices with confidence, and build trust across our churches and communities.
This workshop is designed to help you grow in self-awareness and strengthen your leadership presence, especially in the midst of post-disaffiliation challenges. You’ll leave with practical tools for collaboration, honest conversation, and sustaining your work in ministry and daily life.
All clergy, laity, and those who support them are invited to take part in this free event.
A welcome and community-building lunch will be provided
E-N-O-U-G-H™
Enough to Heal. Enough to Lead. Enough to Stay Whole.
🌱 Presented by Ascend & Transcend™ in partnership with Horizon Texas Conference, United Methodist Church
Glen Lake Winter Camp 2
We want to see your student/youth ministry strengthen relationships and grow deeper through the love of Jesus. Join us for unique adventures your students will remember for years to come.
Winter Camp is a weekend retreat.
A time apart.
A chance for you and your students to be together at camp.
Youth groups from across the state of Texas will come to camp in February for WINTER CAMP. Your group will grow as a community through small groups led by your church, passion filled worship, and dynamic speakers. Our team is beyond excited to take care of the details, so you and your group can focus on forming authentic relationships and capturing memories that will last forever.
See you in February!
This is the BEST WEEKEND OF THE YEAR!
https://www.glenlake.org/wintercamp
Glen Lake Children's Camp (Grades 3-8)
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Glen Lake Children's Camp (Grades 3-8)
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Glen Lake Children's Camp (Grades 1-4)
Save the date now! Details and registration to come.
Glen Lake Children's Camp (Grades 1-4)
Save the date now! Details and registration to come.
Bridgeport Camp Bible
Third- through fifth-grade students are invited to Bridgeport Camp for an overnight experience of God, nature and community. Camp begins at 10 a.m. Saturday and ends with a closing worship at 10 a.m. Sunday. This camp is a great place for first time campers and their parents. Our campers will spend time at camp learning, worshiping and playing games.
Glen Lake Bible Camp
Glen Lake Bible Camp is an opportunity for children grades 3-6 to come and learn about the Bible while enjoying the adventures and joys of camp. Campers will go through Bible Discovery and Bible Exploration.
https://www.glenlake.org/biblecamp
Bridgeport MidWinter 1
Midwinter is a retreat led by and for grades 6-12 students within the North Texas Conference. Our Conference Youth Leadership participants plan everything from the theme to the games and activities that we will participate in. They will also lead throughout the MidWinter Camp weekends, sharing prayers, testimonies, and much more.
Glen Lake Winter Camp 1
We want to see your student/youth ministry strengthen relationships and grow deeper through the love of Jesus. Join us for unique adventures your students will remember for years to come.
Winter Camp is a weekend retreat.
A time apart.
A chance for you and your students to be together at camp.
Youth groups from across the state of Texas will come to camp in February for WINTER CAMP. Your group will grow as a community through small groups led by your church, passion filled worship, and dynamic speakers. Our team is beyond excited to take care of the details, so you and your group can focus on forming authentic relationships and capturing memories that will last forever.
See you in February!
This is the BEST WEEKEND OF THE YEAR!
https://www.glenlake.org/wintercamp
Bridgeport MidWinter 2
Midwinter is a retreat led by and for grades 6-12 students within the North Texas Conference. Our Conference Youth Leadership participants plan everything from the theme to the games and activities that we will participate in. They will also lead throughout the MidWinter Camp weekends, sharing prayers, testimonies, and much more.
Glen Lake Winter Camp 2
We want to see your student/youth ministry strengthen relationships and grow deeper through the love of Jesus. Join us for unique adventures your students will remember for years to come.
Winter Camp is a weekend retreat.
A time apart.
A chance for you and your students to be together at camp.
Youth groups from across the state of Texas will come to camp in February for WINTER CAMP. Your group will grow as a community through small groups led by your church, passion filled worship, and dynamic speakers. Our team is beyond excited to take care of the details, so you and your group can focus on forming authentic relationships and capturing memories that will last forever.
See you in February!
This is the BEST WEEKEND OF THE YEAR!
https://www.glenlake.org/wintercamp
Bridgeport Camp Bible
Third- through fifth-grade students are invited to Bridgeport Camp for an overnight experience of God, nature and community. Camp begins at 10 a.m. Saturday and ends with a closing worship at 10 a.m. Sunday. This camp is a great place for first time campers and their parents. Our campers will spend time at camp learning, worshiping and playing games.
Glen Lake Bible Camp
Glen Lake Bible Camp is an opportunity for children grades 3-6 to come and learn about the Bible while enjoying the adventures and joys of camp. Campers will go through Bible Discovery and Bible Exploration.
https://www.glenlake.org/biblecamp
Bridgeport MidWinter 1
Midwinter is a retreat led by and for grades 6-12 students within the North Texas Conference. Our Conference Youth Leadership participants plan everything from the theme to the games and activities that we will participate in. They will also lead throughout the MidWinter Camp weekends, sharing prayers, testimonies, and much more.
Bridgeport MidWinter 2
Midwinter is a retreat led by and for grades 6-12 students within the North Texas Conference. Our Conference Youth Leadership participants plan everything from the theme to the games and activities that we will participate in. They will also lead throughout the MidWinter Camp weekends, sharing prayers, testimonies, and much more.
Glen Lake Winter Camp 1
We want to see your student/youth ministry strengthen relationships and grow deeper through the love of Jesus. Join us for unique adventures your students will remember for years to come.
Winter Camp is a weekend retreat.
A time apart.
A chance for you and your students to be together at camp.
Youth groups from across the state of Texas will come to camp in February for WINTER CAMP. Your group will grow as a community through small groups led by your church, passion filled worship, and dynamic speakers. Our team is beyond excited to take care of the details, so you and your group can focus on forming authentic relationships and capturing memories that will last forever.
See you in February!
This is the BEST WEEKEND OF THE YEAR!
https://www.glenlake.org/wintercamp
Glen Lake Winter Camp 2
We want to see your student/youth ministry strengthen relationships and grow deeper through the love of Jesus. Join us for unique adventures your students will remember for years to come.
Winter Camp is a weekend retreat.
A time apart.
A chance for you and your students to be together at camp.
Youth groups from across the state of Texas will come to camp in February for WINTER CAMP. Your group will grow as a community through small groups led by your church, passion filled worship, and dynamic speakers. Our team is beyond excited to take care of the details, so you and your group can focus on forming authentic relationships and capturing memories that will last forever.
See you in February!
This is the BEST WEEKEND OF THE YEAR!
https://www.glenlake.org/wintercamp
Bridgeport Camp Bible
Third- through fifth-grade students are invited to Bridgeport Camp for an overnight experience of God, nature and community. Camp begins at 10 a.m. Saturday and ends with a closing worship at 10 a.m. Sunday. This camp is a great place for first time campers and their parents. Our campers will spend time at camp learning, worshiping and playing games.
Glen Lake Bible Camp
Glen Lake Bible Camp is an opportunity for children grades 3-6 to come and learn about the Bible while enjoying the adventures and joys of camp. Campers will go through Bible Discovery and Bible Exploration.
https://www.glenlake.org/biblecamp
Equipped to Reach Information Session
"Equipped to Reach" is a six-to eight-week program designed to train and equip young, diverse laity across the Horizon Texas Conference. The program combines virtual learning with group check-ins, covering topics like HTC vision, Wesleyan theology, evangelism, small group leadership, MinistrySafe policies and intercultural development. By investing in these leaders, the Conference affirms that the future of the church depends on empowered, equipped laypersons. Upon completing "Equipped to Reach," these individuals will be ready to move from knowledge, to action, deploying into the mission field.
Lunch & Learn: Digital Media Presence for Churches
Join the Horizon Texas Conference Communications team for a virtual Lunch & Learn on how to build and maintain an online presence for the local church!
A Gathering for Maximizing Care & Healing
All clergy and laity are invited to join us in Waco, TX, to share your care ministry journey and be inspired by one another's experiences. Together, we'll explore the theology, theory and practice of care and healing, evaluate where we are, and celebrate the hope and healing emerging in our communities. This free event includes dinner with pre-registration.
Better Together Youth Gathering
Gather with other youth from across the Horizon Texas Conference for bubble soccer and pies and prayers
Contact Bill Mauldin (billmauldin@htcumc.org) for more information.
Unstoppable Impact: A Metro West Youth Event
A night of youth worship & Fellowship with the Metro West Youth of the Horizon Texas Conference.
What Do We Stand For? An Introduction to the United Methodist Social Principles
You're invited to a webinar on our Social Principles, hosted by the lay leadership of Texas, Rio Texas, New Mexico, and Horizon Texas conferences.
Hear from keynote speaker, Rev. Neal Christie, author of Justice in Everyday Life: A Look at the Social Principles of The United Methodist Church and principal of the The Religious Nationalisms Project. A facilitated discussion with panelists from the conferences will follow the presentation.
Churches are encouraged to host watch parties and reference the Social Principles.
Reaching Our Neighbors - Multiplication Masterclass: Virtual Español
Join with other churches in your district for a live, in-person workshop designed to explore practical ways to build relationships in your community.
You’ll hear how a local church has connected with its neighbors, discover simple strategies for meaningful engagement, and work with your team or others nearby to plan your next steps in reaching people where they are.
These live workshops will be held in multiple locations across the district.
Reaching Our Neighbors - Multiplication Masterclass: Virtual
Join with other churches in your district for a live, in-person workshop designed to explore practical ways to build relationships in your community.
You’ll hear how a local church has connected with its neighbors, discover simple strategies for meaningful engagement, and work with your team or others nearby to plan your next steps in reaching people where they are.
These live workshops will be held in multiple locations across the district.
Embodied Leadership for a Healing Church: In-Person
Join other ministry leaders for a transformative experience in trauma-informed practices, led by somatic theologian Nicole Melrose. Explore how physiological safety fosters spiritual connection and healing for you and your congregation.
Reaching Our Neighbors - Multiplication Masterclass: Northwest District
Join with other churches in your district for a live, in-person workshop designed to explore practical ways to build relationships in your community.
You’ll hear how a local church has connected with its neighbors, discover simple strategies for meaningful engagement, and work with your team or others nearby to plan your next steps in reaching people where they are.
These live workshops will be held in multiple locations across the district.
Embodied Leadership for a Healing Church: Online
Join other ministry leaders for a transformative experience in trauma-informed practices, led by somatic theologian Nicole Melrose. Explore how physiological safety fosters spiritual connection and healing for you and your congregation.
Reaching Our Neighbors - Multiplication Masterclass: Mid-South District
Join with other churches in your district for a live, in-person workshop designed to explore practical ways to build relationships in your community.
You’ll hear how a local church has connected with its neighbors, discover simple strategies for meaningful engagement, and work with your team or others nearby to plan your next steps in reaching people where they are.
These live workshops will be held in multiple locations across the district.
Reaching Our Neighbors - Multiplication Masterclass: South District
Join with other churches in your district for a live, in-person workshop designed to explore practical ways to build relationships in your community.
You’ll hear how a local church has connected with its neighbors, discover simple strategies for meaningful engagement, and work with your team or others nearby to plan your next steps in reaching people where they are.
These live workshops will be held in multiple locations across the district.
Cultivating a Culture of Care in Your Church and Community
Equip your pastoral and lay leadership with practical tools to create a culture of care that fosters discipleship, healing, and community support.
The training objectives are:
Understand the theological foundations of care and healing within the church.
Develop practical skills such as spiritual listening, praying with others, and conducting hospital or home visits.
Learn basic principles about boundaries in caring relationships to maintain healthy connections.
Recruit, organize, and evaluate care teams to maximize reach and impact in the community.
Please register ONLY if you’ll be joining us for the IN-PERSON gathering.
You’re welcome to take part in either the virtual training or both.
Facilitator: Alma Pérez, Director of Hispanic/Latino Resource Development, Discipleship Ministries of The United Methodist Church (UMC)
Lunch included. Clergy and laity are welcome.
Note: It is not necessary to have completed the training session videos. Join us to learn together and discuss how to be a caring and healing church.
Reaching Our Neighbors - Multiplication Masterclass: Mid-Central District
Join with other churches in your district for a live, in-person workshop designed to explore practical ways to build relationships in your community.
You’ll hear how a local church has connected with its neighbors, discover simple strategies for meaningful engagement, and work with your team or others nearby to plan your next steps in reaching people where they are.
These live workshops will be held in multiple locations across the district.
Reaching Our Neighbors - Multiplication Masterclass: West District
Join with other churches in your district for a live, in-person workshop designed to explore practical ways to build relationships in your community.
You’ll hear how a local church has connected with its neighbors, discover simple strategies for meaningful engagement, and work with your team or others nearby to plan your next steps in reaching people where they are.
These live workshops will be held in multiple locations across the district.
Reaching Our Neighbors - Multiplication Masterclass: Metro West District
Join with other churches in your district for a live, in-person workshop designed to explore practical ways to build relationships in your community.
You’ll hear how a local church has connected with its neighbors, discover simple strategies for meaningful engagement, and work with your team or others nearby to plan your next steps in reaching people where they are.
These live workshops will be held in multiple locations across the district.
Reaching Our Neighbors - Multiplication Masterclass: Metro West District - Español
Join with other churches in your district for a live, in-person workshop designed to explore practical ways to build relationships in your community.
You’ll hear how a local church has connected with its neighbors, discover simple strategies for meaningful engagement, and work with your team or others nearby to plan your next steps in reaching people where they are.
These live workshops will be held in multiple locations across the district.
Reaching Our Neighbors - Multiplication Masterclass: East District
Join with other churches in your district for a live, in-person workshop designed to explore practical ways to build relationships in your community.
You’ll hear how a local church has connected with its neighbors, discover simple strategies for meaningful engagement, and work with your team or others nearby to plan your next steps in reaching people where they are.
These live workshops will be held in multiple locations across the district.
Reaching Our Neighbors - Multiplication Masterclass: Metro East District
Join with other churches in your district for a live, in-person workshop designed to explore practical ways to build relationships in your community.
You’ll hear how a local church has connected with its neighbors, discover simple strategies for meaningful engagement, and work with your team or others nearby to plan your next steps in reaching people where they are.
These live workshops will be held in multiple locations across the district.
LSM Advanced Class Living Our United Methodist Beliefs
LAY SERVANT MINISTRIES COURSE
Living Our Beliefs: The United Methodist Way
Kenneth L. Carder
ISBN 978-88177-571-6
Registration Fee: Cost of Participant Book
Date & Time
Session i
Saturday, October 11, 2025
Session ii
Sunday, October 12, 2025
Facilitator
METRO EAST DISTRICT
Eric Markinson,
Metro East District
To register, send email to: MetroEastLSM@horizontexas.org
LSM Advanced Class Lay Servants as Christian Transformational Leaders Session 2
LAY SERVANT MINISTRIES COURSE
Lay Servants as Christian Transformational Leaders
Marc Brown, Kathy Merry, John Briggs
978-0-88177-881-6
Registration Fee: Cost of Participant Book
Date & Time
Session ii
Saturday, October 11, 2025
9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Facilitator
METRO EAST DISTRICT
Dorothy Pierce,
Metro East District
To register, send email to: MetroEastLSM@horizontexas.org
Extending the Table
Clergy and laity alike are invited to learn from Rev. Dr. Mark Stamm, author of Extending the Table, and experience the profound importance of Eucharistic Visitation, rooted in the early Christian practice of ensuring no member of the Body of Christ is forgotten or left behind. Together we'll discover how asking "Who's missing?" and responding with compassion through home communion strengthens our entire community and reflects God's inclusive love for all.
Embodied Exploration: A Children and Youth Worker Retreat
Training for children, family, and youth directors to provide safety for theological conversations for faith at church and in the home.
Join us for any or all of our three-day workshop:
Monday, Oct. 6
5 p.m. - Chuy's: 5501 Legend Lake Pkwy, Waco, TX 76712 (appetizers provided by the conference)
7 p.m. - Social Sharing in the breakfast area of Towneplace Suites Waco South
Tuesday, Oct. 7
9 a.m. - Welcome and Gather at Central UMC Waco: 5740 Bagby Ave. Waco, TX 76712
9:30 a.m. - Session 1 - TBD, but most likely De-escalation and ODD techniques
11 a.m. - Group think: preparing for Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, and Easter (plus ordinary time)
12 p.m. - Lunch, catered in
1 p.m. - Gather again
1:30 p.m. - Session 2, 3 - Nicole Melrose, Growing with Connection: Practicing Embodied Faith
3:30 p.m. - Break
4:00 p.m. - Session 4 - TBD
5:00 p.m. - Catered Dinner
6:00 p.m. - Worship together
7:00 p.m. - Social Sharing in the breakfast area of Towneplace Suites Waco South
Wednesday, Oct. 8
9 a.m. - Gathering at Central UMC
10:00 a.m. - Head to Homestead Heritage
12:00 p.m. - Cafe Homestead, (Chips and guac provided by conference)
3:00 p.m. - Christine will definitely be leaving by then!
Hotel rooms can be booked with a discount at this link:
Reaching Our Neighbors - Multiplication Masterclass: Mid-North District
Join with other churches in your district for a live, in-person workshop designed to explore practical ways to build relationships in your community.
You’ll hear how a local church has connected with its neighbors, discover simple strategies for meaningful engagement, and work with your team or others nearby to plan your next steps in reaching people where they are.
These live workshops will be held in multiple locations across the district.
Bishop’s Rally 2025
Schedule
2:00 Check-in
2:15 Welcome and Introductions
2:30 Games and Activities
4:00 Closing Worship: Message by Bishop Rueben Saenz
Cost: $5 per student
Theme: Called
Who: All youth, grades 6–12
Bishop’s Rally is a gathering for all students across the Horizon Texas Conference, open to every church in our connection. We are grateful to First UMC Paris for hosting this year’s event!
The afternoon will be filled with fun, faith, and fellowship, including:
Large group games to connect with new and old friends
Service project assembling hygiene kits to benefit CitySquare Paris
Modern worship led by Connections Worship
Message from Bishop Rueben Saenz Jr.
Scripture Jeremiah 1:7
This year’s theme, Called, reminds us of God’s words to Jeremiah: “Do not say, ‘I am only a youth’; for you shall go to all to whom I send you, and you shall speak whatever I command you” (Jeremiah 1:7). Just as Jeremiah was called as a young person, our students are called today—called to live as disciples, called to share their voices, and called to make a difference in the world around them.
Bishop’s Rally highlights the beauty of our connectional church, especially for confirmands and youth. Students will see that they are not just the future of the church—they are the NOW of the church. This event is a chance to listen to their voices, celebrate their gifts, and encourage both Gen Z and Gen Alpha with a message of inspiration and hope.
We encourage every youth to attend and experience this time together!
LSM Advanced Class Lay Servants as Christian Transformational Leaders
LAY SERVANT MINISTRIES COURSE
Lay Servants as Christian Transformational Leaders
Marc Brown, Kathy Merry, John Briggs
978-0-88177-881-6
Registration Fee: Cost of Participant Book
Date & Time
Session i
Saturday, October 4, 2025
9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Session ii
Saturday, October 11, 2025
9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Facilitator
METRO EAST DISTRICT
Dorothy Pierce,
Metro East District
To register, send email to: MetroEastLSM@horizontexas.org
Confirmation Camp: Bridgeport
5th grade and up
Learn about sacraments, grace, Wesleyan history, and more
Reaching Our Neighbors - Multiplication Masterclass: Metro North District
Join with other churches in your district for a live, in-person workshop designed to explore practical ways to build relationships in your community.
You’ll hear how a local church has connected with its neighbors, discover simple strategies for meaningful engagement, and work with your team or others nearby to plan your next steps in reaching people where they are.
These live workshops will be held in multiple locations across the district.
LSM Advanced Class Discovering Your Spiritual Gifts Session 5
LAY SERVANT MINISTRIES COURSE
LSM Advanced Class
Discovering Your Spiritual Gifts*
Participant’s book to be determined
*Course title counts toward Lay Speaker certification.
Date & Time
Sunday, September 28, 2025
Session v 2:00 – 4:00 pm
Facilitator
METRO WEST DISTRICT
Karen Goodwin,
Metro West District Director
To register, send email to:
kgoodwin1201@gmail.com