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Disaster Response Task Force Recovery Teams Respond to Saipan 2019
Many are aware that late last year the Island of Saipan, which is our furthest location of a United Methodist Church in our California-Pacific Conference, suffered a direct hit from Typhoon Yutu with 200 mph sustained winds for as long as eight hours. Massive destruction
Youth Group raises funds for Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Pearblossom Community United Methodist Church’s new youth group began a service project in August of 2018 for the Literally Healing program at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. By January 2019, five youth raised $1,500 for books read to the children in the hospital. On February 2,
First Early Response Team Responds to Woolsey Fire
by Greg Fellers of Disaster Response Task Force The last day of 2018, weather wise, proved to be cool generally sunny but windy. Ideal conditions for wearing Tyvek suits which quickly get very hot when wearing them. Ten Early Response Team members converged by prior appointment at
Cal-Pac is Present at LA County Disaster Assistance Center
Our churches and volunteers of the California-Pacific Conference have made a great impact providing support, immediate assistance, and a caring Christian Presence to survivors of the recent Woolsey Fire from mid-November to early December 2018. Based at the Conrad Hilton Foundation offices in Agoura Hills,
Korean Association Sends Cal-Pac $5,000 for SoCal Wildfire Recovery
12/19/2018 The Korean Association of The United Methodist Church (KAUMC) has sent a $5,000 check to the California-Pacific Annual Conference’s disaster response fund, to aid Southern California wildfire recovery efforts. In a letter to Bishop Grant J. Hagiya, signed simply “Members of” the association, the
Circled Around a Fire and Confirmed by the Rain
It was 9:15 p.m. on Saturday night with the fire circle ablaze at Lazy W Ranch. There were 111 confirmands and adult leaders from 13 churches and five districts eagerly awaiting the message from Bishop Minerva G. Carcaño. The music – a three-part mash-up round
Living with Grace UMC in Riverside
The following is what a newly immigrated family experienced when they moved nearby Grace United Methodist Church in Riverside, CA and visited on Sunday: “I, Mohammad Nekarae (Hamouon) moved here to the United States on June 15th 2015 with my wife and 3 daughters. We