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.
Women's Retreat - Altogether Worthy
When we find ourselves weary, drained or feeling insignificant, Jesus meets us and offers living water. Join women from across the HTC as we drink from the well and discover that, in Jesus, we are altogether worthy. Our preacher will be Rev. Dr. Jaime Clark-Soles, a scholar on the Gospel of John.
Care Ministry Training
Cultivating a Culture of Care in Your Church and Community: A Two-Day Seminar
Equip your pastors and lay leaders with the tools to create a culture of care that fosters discipleship, healing, and community support. This interactive, hands-on seminar is designed to help you:
Understand the theological foundation of care and healing within the church
Develop practical skills like spiritual listening, praying with people, and providing hospital and home-centered visits
Learn the basics of boundaries in caregiving relationships to maintain healthy connections
Recruit, organize, and evaluate care teams to maximize outreach and impact in your community
Whether you're forming a new care team, strengthening an existing one, or are a lay leader seeking to deepen your care practices, this seminar is tailored for you.
A Time for Children and Youth at Prothro
A Time for Children & A Time for Youth are spiritual support, mentor, and coaching programs. Each person that comes brings their stories, expertise, and experience to share, and leaves being encouraged, equipped, and empowered.
For Children, Rev. Dr. Leanne Hadley leads this spring. She began her ministry working with children and has spent the past 35 years figuring out how to best help children discover their best selves. Leanne joins with Children’s Ministry leaders to help you create spiritually transformative spaces for the children in your life!
For Youth, we are currently collecting the requests from the directors and pastors to better ascertain the best learning experience. If you have suggestions, please share with Christine or any of the Area Coordinators (Tessa Armes, Julia Castleman, Jen Chickering, Abigail Harrison or Bill Mauldin.)
Register Now!
For questions email: christinepeirce@ctcumc.org
Bishop's Rally
Bishop’s Rally is a gathering of confirmands from the Horizon Texas Conference. This event is open to any churches in the Horizon Texas Conferences. The afternoon is packed with large group gatherings, worship, an address from the Bishop, and plenty of games and activities. This year, we are thankful to Trinity UMC in Arlington for agreeing to host this event on April 6 from 2-5 p.m.
This event is designed to highlight the beauty of our connectional church for confirmands around our conferences. Through this event, they will have the opportunity to connect or reconnect with friends from other churches and hear an inspiring message from our Bishop.
If you would like to register your church to attend this event, please fill out the information below. If you have any questions, please email Christine Peirce at christinepeirce@htcumc.org.
Care Ministry Training for Laity in Spanish
Equip your pastors and lay leaders with the tools to create a culture of care that fosters discipleship, healing, and community support. This interactive, hands-on seminar is designed to help you:
Understand the theological foundation of care and healing within the church
Develop practical skills like spiritual listening, praying with people, and providing hospital and home-centered visits
Learn the basics of boundaries in caregiving relationships to maintain healthy connections
Recruit, organize, and evaluate care teams to maximize outreach and impact in your community
Whether you're forming a new care team, strengthening an existing one, or are a lay leader seeking to deepen your care practices, this seminar is tailored for you.
NOTE: This seminar is offered in Spanish.
Care Ministry Training for Laity in Spanish
Equip your pastors and lay leaders with the tools to create a culture of care that fosters discipleship, healing, and community support. This interactive, hands-on seminar is designed to help you:
Understand the theological foundation of care and healing within the church
Develop practical skills like spiritual listening, praying with people, and providing hospital and home-centered visits
Learn the basics of boundaries in caregiving relationships to maintain healthy connections
Recruit, organize, and evaluate care teams to maximize outreach and impact in your community
Whether you're forming a new care team, strengthening an existing one, or are a lay leader seeking to deepen your care practices, this seminar is tailored for you.
NOTE: This seminar is offered in Spanish.
Bridgeport: Midwinter Session 2
Midwinter is a retreat led by and for grades 6-12 students within the North Texas Conference. Our Conference Youth Leadership Program (CYLP) 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.
Laity Covenant Day
Join Bishop Ruben Saenz, Jr. for Laity Covenant Day 2025!
We are excited to kick off the new year with renewal, inspiration, and a spirit of covenant at The Horizon Texas Conference. Join us for an uplifting and interactive Zoom event led by Hesha Abrams, Esq., an internationally acclaimed mediator, negotiator, speaker, and author. She will guide us in finding the sacred calm in our lives.
Event Details:
Date: Saturday, January 25, 2025
Time: 8:30AM - 11:00 AM (CST)
Platform: Zoom (link will be sent in confirmation email)
IMPORTANT REGISTRATION STEPS:
1. Register on this page: Complete your registration here to save your spot for the event.
2. Zoom Registration: You will receive a confirmation email with a Zoom registration link AFTER registering here.
3. Register with Zoom: We only need your name and email. Please don't miss this step.
4. Check your email inbox for your Zoom link. Please save the email to join us on January 25.
We can’t wait to see you there!
Bridgeport: Midwinter Session 1
Midwinter is a retreat led by and for grades 6-12 students within the North Texas Conference. Our Conference Youth Leadership Program (CYLP) 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 Spouse Retreat
Join us for the first-ever Clergy Spouse Retreat for the Horizon Texas Conference. This retreat is designed specifically for clergy spouses, and we are so excited for this year!
January 24-26, 2025 at The Prothro Center
This weekend will be a time to relax, reflect, and rediscover how God can take the fragmented pieces of our busy, often chaotic lives and weave them into something beautiful and whole. Through meaningful conversations, hands-on activities, and moments of rest, you’ll find renewed strength and connection with others who understand this journey's unique joys and challenges. Don’t miss this opportunity to step away, breathe deeply, and find peace in community!
Registration “deadline” is December 12th!
If there are any questions at all, please feel free to reach out to Retreat Chair, Caitlin Vaughan at caitlinavaughan@gmail.com
Clergy Covenant Day
As a new year dawns, a fresh opportunity for renewal and transformation comes. This year, Ms. Hesha Abrams Esq., an internationally renowned mediator, negotiator, speaker, spiritual leader, and author, will join us in person for Clergy Covenant Day.