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Catch up on this two-and-a-half-hour training from Jason Moore on engaging your congregation in-person and online! RECORDED MONDAY, AUGUST 26 | 6-8:30PM PDTLearn how to extend radical hospitality both online and in-person, create great first impressions, and build lasting relationships within your community. Support materials:
You are invited to join us for a new series: Cal-Pac Learning Lab. The Cal-Pac Learning Lab is a series of webinars designed to equip clergy and lay leaders with the essential skills and knowledge needed to sustain and grow their ministries. Each session provides
From August 6-8, churches from across Cal-Pac brought small teams to Aldersgate UMC in Tustin for two days of workshops with Jason Moore. The teams learned about hybrid hospitality and creating welcoming churches for our guests online and in person. Tuesday evening, Jason led the
There will be a Group Book Study via Zoom (4 weeks in September) that welcomes ALL to join. The Discipleship Ministries of The United Methodist Church partners with the Anti-racist groups in The United Methodist Church to offer this study (more information available at this
In preparation for California SB 553: Preventing Workplace Violence going into effect July 1, 2024, the following resources are available to support training. Developing a Workplace Violence Prevention Program Watch the recording of this training above or at this link. This training was geared towards church
As we move forward from the postponed 2020 General Conference, here are some resources for catching up on what happened, speaking with your church about legislative changes, and sharing important messages with your community. Messages from Bishop Escobedo-Frank: Bishop Escobedo-Frank shared several messages during and
The General Commission on Archives and History (GCAH) announced Monday that it has been pilot-testing a new mobile app for recording and submitting oral histories. In a press conference, Dr. Ashley Boggan D., the Commission’s General Secretary, shared that the app, called United Methodist Stories,
As we continue to prepare for the General Conference in Charlotte, which will begin next month, we’d like to share more about a resolution sponsored by the California-Pacific Conference that calls for our attention and reflection. We invite you to join us in a profound
On April 15, 2024, from 9 to 10 AM Pacific Time, we invite you to attend the one-hour Zoom presentation with the Directors of Communications from each Western Jurisdiction Conference and Brenda Smotherman from UMCOM about communicating about the General Conference. In essence, this is
As we approach General Conference in April, there have been a number of groups providing resources for their annual conferences to share and use as, once again, the compatibility of homosexuals to Christian Teaching is up for discussion. Initiatives, resources, and advocacy efforts from Reconciling
