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The California-Pacific Conference Lay Servant Ministries would like to share our first newsletter edition of what we hope to be quarterly issued! This edition includes information on the following: The United Methodist Church needs you! Peace & Blessings, Rev. Garth GilliamConference Director, Lay Servant Ministries
March 22, 2022 Negro spirituals are an intrinsic part of American music. We sing them and hear them sung or performed in churches, temples, schools, concert halls and many other settings. While we are moved by their beauty and the raw emotion they convey, we
Church and Society NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS for 2023 Grant Funding Cycle. See instructions below to apply online. June 12, 2023 The General Board of Church and Society (GBCS) awards grants to United Methodist congregations and groups related to The United Methodist Church through the Ethnic
June 2, 2023 The Rev. Susan Henry-Crowe’s worldview started when she was 16 and attended a United Nations seminar focusing on the Middle East. The youth group from Buncombe Street United Methodist Church in Greenville, South Carolina, spent six months studying the Middle East before
Agency statement critical of the Fiscal Responsibility Act, which creates barriers and budget cuts for those who need protection most June 1, 2023 Compromise Contradicts United Methodist Social Principles The bipartisan Fiscal Responsibility Act negotiated between President Biden and Majority Leader McCarthy reveals an insidious
May 25, 2023 Recently, two disaster response team members from the California-Pacific Conference traveled to remote Alaska with the idea they were going to focus solely on assessing damage caused to homes by last fall’s Typhoon Merbok, when they stumbled upon a pick-up game of
Through Peace, Health Matters Clinic, Pass It Forward, LA Vs. Hate, L.A. Care, L.A. County District Attorney African American & Asian American Pacific Islander Boards present Heal From Hate Clinic: a day of healing from trauma & getting the care you need to live in
This year’s annual conference will include online Pre-Conference Workshops, June 5-7 (PDT/HST), via Zoom. These workshops are tied to the Conference theme Nourish and the vision of Ending Spiritual and Physical Hunger. Led by staff members of the UMC’s General Agencies, community partner organizations, and subject matter experts, these
May 3, 2023 The Pananaw Newsletter, the Official Newsletter of the National United Methodist Youth Fellowship in the Philippines, is partnering with the Board of Women’s Work to launch a new initiative called #CloseTheGap: Using Information to Facilitate Innovation and Action. This project, funded by
And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit and teaching
