POD Strangely Warmed is a United Methodist Podcast produced by the Central Texas Conference UMC designed to engage in frank, direct and (as often as possible) entertaining conversations about what’s going on in and around the United Methodist Connection.

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Ep 47: "Whats Happening at General Conference 2020 in 2024 Part 2" with Rev. Dr. Tim Bruster & Kelly Carpenter

This week on the podcast, Rev. Daniel Hawkins is joined by Kelly Carpenter and Rev. Dr. Tim Bruster, lay and clergy heads of delegation for the Central Texas and North Texas Conferences of the UMC. Drawing from their significant experience, Kelly and Tim share their perspectives on the upcoming General Conference, offering listeners a glimpse into the inner workings of this monumental gathering, include reflection on the impact of disaffiliation, and the unexpected gift found in the delays of GC 2020. 

This episode we ask for grace as we had some Technical audio issues while recording. The storys told were too good to scrap or record, so we made it the best we could and have taken extra precautions to insure we don't have issues like this moving forward.