Join rural church leaders in as many countries as you wish as we work around the globe. Register to receive the Zoom link reminder by email. Join for an hour or several. Prayerfully stand alongside rural church leaders, learn from the wisdom of local speakers and share in their story and culture.

The Zoom link will be sent to those who register.

The same link applies to every hour of the event.

Mostly the event is continuous, switching between countries and hosts at the designated times. However, in some cases, there may be a break in the 5 mins before the hour as the host changes.

Full details of the hour by hour schedule is at https://irca.online/irca-2002-round-the-world/ and below.

24-HOUR ZOOM EVENT IN DETAIL

Come and share (some of!) 24 hours of celebrating rural people, places and ministries!

Starting at the Rural Ministry Conference hosted by the Center for Theology and Land at Wartburg Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa, USA, this Zoom event will circle the globe over 24 hours.

1500GMT, on Monday 7 March

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WARTBURG RURAL MINISTRY CONFERENCE

Opening hour: Bible Study led by Dr Craig Nessan

Keynote speaker: Rev Melanie Mullen Episcopal Church director of reconciliation, justice and creation care

PRAYER, WORSHIP AND SPEAKERS AROUND THE WORLD

Following the Bible Study and Keynote Speaker from the Wartburg Conference, Heather Major will be leading us in two sessions:

1730 GMT Prayer and Connecting

1800 GMT Stories from Wartburg Theological Seminary students

The schedule continues:

1900 GMT USA: Rural Church Network, United Methodist Rural Advocates, Rural Chaplains Association

2000 GMT Guatemala: CEDEPCA

2100 GMT Mexico

2200 GMT Eastern Canada

2300 GMT Western Canada: Faith and Land

0000 GMT Pacific Region: Around the Pacific

0100 GMT Aotearoa New Zealand: It’s tough out there

0200 GMT Australia: Saltbush, working with Scattered Communities

0300 GMT Indonesia

0400 GMT Japan

0500 GMT South Korea

0600 GMT India: Rural Farmers/Aftermath of War/Pray for India

0700 GMT Pakistan

0800 GMT Malawi

0900 GMT Uganda

1000 GMT South Africa: Farming God’s Way and Inundo Farm

1100 GMT Central Europe: Around Europe

1200 GMT UK: England, Wales, Northern Ireland

1300 GMT UK: Scotland

1400 GMT: The Rev Dr Mark Yackel-Juleen, Chair of IRCA will lead the closing worship and prayer.

Remember to check with Time Zone Converter for the correct time where you live!