Ending Spiritual & Physical Hunger
June 11-14, 2025 California & Hawai`i
(June 12-15 2025 Guam)
With the theme “Ending Spiritual & Physical Hunger: Cherish!” the 41st Annual Session of the California-Pacific Conference will be held June 11-14, 2025 in Indian Wells, CA.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
REGISTRATION
Registration is Now Open! Register Here.
Register in 3 Steps:
- Download the Registration Guide.
- Fill out registration form.
- Complete payment – your invoice will be emailed to you after you register.
A late fee of $50 will be charged for registrations after Monday, May 19, 2025. The last day to register online is Saturday, June 7, 2025.
- Clergy Excusal Request Form
- Youth Liability Release Form
- Children’s Registration: Complete for ALL children who are not youth who are attending, even if they will not be in childcare.
CONTACT
Rev. Bob Rhodes
Conference Secretary
secretary@calpacumc.org
Jennifer Gaylord
Conference Registrar & Statistician
jgaylord@calpacumc.org
LOCATION INFORMATION
The 2025 Annual Conference will be held at the Renaissance Esmeralda Resort & Spa in Indian Wells.
Reservations for hotel rooms can be made at this link or by calling 760-773-4444 and mentioning the Cal-Pac UMC group. The deadline to reserve is May 20, 2025, or when all rooms in our block are fully booked.
**The rooms at the Renaissance Esmeralda are now completely sold out for Thursday, June 12. Availability remains for June 10, 11, 13, and 14. Additional hotel options in the region are now available at this link.
Key Information:
- Accessible rooms are available; contact the hotel directly at 760-773-4444 and mention the Cal-Pac UMC group to reserve.
- Special meals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner can be purchased during conference registration, all other meals are on your own. There are several on-site restaurants available.
- On-site self parking when booked through our group rate is $12 per day per car. Online reservations may include self-parking expenses, but they will not be added to your account until you check-in with a vehicle. Electric Car Charging Stations are also available.
- A reduced resort fee of $5 per day will apply when booked through our group rate.
- Pets are welcome with a non-refundable fee of $50 per stay; a maximum of 2 pets per room are allowed.
FORMS
Looking for a form? It might be here!
LEGISLATION
Instructions from the Conference Secretary on formatting and submission of Reports, Resolutions, and Rules are now available HERE (PDF).
- Rules changes are due by March 15, 2025
- Reports and resolutions are due by April 1, 2025
Please submit reports and resolutions via our online form.
Current Conference Rules can be found in the 2024 Journal on the Conference Secretary website.
PUBLICATIONS
Info
- Schedule Overview (PDF)
- Basic Parliamentary Process (PDF)
LAY MEMBERS
Lay equalization is the process by which the conference balances the number of voting lay persons (“Lay Members”) with the number of Clergy Members (with vote). The process is explained in Conference Rules IV.A (2024 Journal Section I). Calculations are based on local church membership as of December 31, 2023 as reported in Table 1, line 4^ and clergy membership as of October 1, 2024*.
The full report on Lay Equalization is available online by clicking here.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
More information about the four proposed constitutional amendments can be found on this at this link.
MEDIA & PRESENTER SUBMISSIONS
You can download an AC2025 themed virtual background here.
- Submissions for District Conferences are due May 2. Submit Media at this link.
- Submissions for the Annual Conference are due May 23.
- Submissions from Presenters: We encourage all submissions to incorporate the theme for message consistency.
