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2023년 4월 24일 미국 서부지역 한인연합감리교회 파트너즈목회협의회(Partners In Ministry, 이하 PIM)의 2023년 컨퍼런스가 4월 10일부터 13일까지 나흘간 하와이 호놀룰루에 소재한 그리스도 연합감리교회(담임 한의준 목사)에서 개최되었다. PIM 3기 회장인 한의준 목사는 개회예배에서, “지난해에 이어 올해도 그리스도 연합감리교회의 환대 속에 PIM 컨퍼런스가 ‘쉼을 통한 파트너십 강화’라는 주제로
April 11, 2023 Friends and leaders from across the Alaska Conference and Western Jurisdiction gathered March 19 in Anchorage to celebrate the chartering service of Ola Toe Fuataina United Methodist Church, a primarily Samoan congregation. Bishop Cedrick Bridgeforth of the Greater Northwest Episcopal Area presided over
Conference Secretaries for Global Ministries from the Western Jurisdiction gathered together February 28 – March 1, in Mill Vally, California, along with California-Nevada Conference and Global Ministries staff members. The Conference Secretary for Global Ministries (CSGM) are lay and clergy who promote relationships between annual
The Western Jurisdiction LGBTQIA+ Ministries team recently connected with a fellowship of young trans women in Uganda. The women are living in basic conditions in a challenging area of the country with limited resources. Many have been ejected from their homes and churches because of
Before the assignments of bishops in the Western Jurisdiction were announced on November 5, 2022, a team of WJ Communicators conducted video interviews with the three newly elected bishops. Among the them was Bishop Dottie Escobedo-Frank. “I’ve always worked from the ground,” said Bishop Escobedo-Frank.
As we welcome the three new bishops of the Western Jurisdiction, the new College of Bishops offers a short Epiphany message to share in local churches during worship service or online. Epiphany falls on Friday, January 6, 2023. The video features Bishops Karen Oliveto of
December 6, 2022 Unique to the North Central Jurisdictional Conference, 10 candidates for bishop recited a liturgy of solidarity and purpose before any votes were cast in the November elections. “Even when the outcome is not what we’d hoped, even when seven of us return home to
We come with hearts broken, yet again, by another senseless act of violence perpetrated against the LGBTQIA+ community, this time at Club Q in Colorado Springs on the eve of the Transgender Day of Remembrance. Because we believe that God’s heart is broken when any
Contributing writer and United Methodist Rev. Larry Jent offers his perspective of Indigenous Peoples contributions to America and the world. November 11, 2022 In 1990, Congress passed and President George H. W. Bush signed into law a joint resolution designating the month of November as the first
November 4, 2022 After electing 13 new bishops during their Nov. 2-5 meetings, the denomination’s five U.S. jurisdictional conferences announced episcopal assignments effective Jan. 1. Jurisdictional leaders recommended electing 14 new bishops; however, the Northeastern Jurisdictional Conference voted to suspend its rules and delay the
