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Emergency Border Response Report & Request for Assistance in Calexico, CA (South District)
The rules change all the time, the needs are great, and funding is always a struggle. Rev. Baldwin Avendano of Calexico United Methodist Mission stays busy picking up asylum-seekers released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the Calexico port-of-entry. He and his case
Call for Diapers for Safe Harbors Shelter Network at Christ UM Ministry Center (Disaster Response)
Bishop Escobedo-Frank’s Pastoral Letter on Fires
Dear Siblings in Christ, Yesterday the wind was high as I took off from Honolulu to the West Coast. We were aware of the presence of Hurricane Dora, as the wind had been high for the last part of our trip. This morning I woke
Congregations leave UMC over defiance of LGBTQ bans (NPR)
July 25, 2023 A blue and white banner hangs behind the altar table at The Fount Church in Fountain Valley, Calif. “Come thou fount of every blessing,” reads Glen Haworth as he gestures toward the front of the sanctuary. “That’s where we get our name.”
Fireworks Fundraiser (Good Shepherd UMC of Westminster)
Excavation Youth (XcVnYtH), Good Shepherd United Methodist Church of Westminster‘s High-School and College-age Young People members, will be holding their 4th annual fundraiser: Fireworks Fundraiser Friday, June 30 – Tuesday, July 4, 2023 (10 AM – 10 PM PDT) at Good Shepherd UMC of Westminster
Ending Spiritual and Physical Hunger: A Costa Mesa Craft Market (Costa Mesa First UMC)
The California-Pacific Conference’s vision: Ending Spiritual and Physical Hunger resonates and inspires the laity and clergy of our area to give, lead, and serve in new and exciting ways. Each week we will share a video from one of our churches that is living into
Bishop Escobedo-Frank’s Response on the Border: Would You Harbor Me?
An old gospel song, sung by Sweet Honey in the Rock, echoes through my brain, my body, and tonight, through my soul. The haunting lyrical sound moans: Would you harbor a Christian, a Muslim, a Jew? A heretic, convict, or spy? Would you harbor a
[Urgent] Call for Assistance with Shelter Needs (Justice & Compassion)
Vandalized Newport Beach church looks to community for help on restoring shattered stained-glass windows (LA Times)
April 17, 2023 Those who helped clean up Christ Church by the Sea early Saturday morning recalled later the shocking vision that had awaited them when they arrived: piles and piles of shattered stained glass. The glass was not only piled on the ground near