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The Conference invites all active clergy to Wespath Benefits and Investments: Delivered to You which takes place in the afternoon for two days, November 8-9, 2021 PST/HST. The informational and helpful event just for United Methodist clergy will begin at 11:00 a.m. and end at 2:00 p.m. in California (9:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon Hawaii; November 9-10, […]
The Reverend Mark Feldmeir is a clergy member of The California-Pacific Conference who serves as Lead Pastor at St. Andrew United Methodist Church in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. He is the author of four books, including his latest work, A House Divided: Engaging the Issues through a Politics of Compassion. He has served on the Adjunct Faculty at Claremont School of Theology, […]
October 18, 2021, is the third annual United Methodist Men (UMM) Give Day. The General Commission on United Methodist Men receives less than 25% of its yearly budget funding from World Service Funds. Give Day is an essential funding source that enables the commission to provide resources and support to United Methodist Men in our […]
Jeffrey Joe Swenson was born January 30, 1943, to Joe and Kathleen Swenson. Known to friends and family as “Jeff,” he was the oldest of seven children raised on a dairy farm in Elma, Washington. In 1961, he graduated from Elma High School where he played bass drum in the high school band. After high […]
The 2021–2022 United Methodist Women (UMW) Program Resource is now available for purchase online. It will focus on finding healing and joy in many areas of our lives, guided by those in the scriptures who felt a similar need to find healing and joy in the midst of transition and hardship. Given the events of […]
The 2021 National Christian Rural Overseas Program (CROP) Hunger Walk will take place on World Food Day, October 16, in an effort to end hunger in the U.S. and around the world. Walk on your treadmill, in your neighborhood, in a park with friends – you choose the location and the experience. Walk one day […]
THE EPISCOPAL OFFICE AND THE BOARD OF PENSION AND HEALTH BENEFITS It is with sadness that we inform you of the death of Rev. Bobbie McMullen, a retired member of the California-Pacific Conference, on August 13, 2020, and her spouse, John Lester McMullen, on October 30, 2017. Rev. and Mr. McMullen are survived by their children: Michele […]
September 15, 2021 At the July 2021 of the special called session of the Western Jurisdiction, delegates approved the following motion: “It is with gratitude for the work completed and shared here, we move that: the work of each Workgroup shall be completed and reported out by September 15; open forums shall then be held […]
Stephen Ministries St. LouisSeptember 14, 2021 St. Louis, MO—Stephen Ministries St. Louis is now training caring ministry leaders through a live, interactive online training experience called the Bridge Leader’s Training Course (BLTC). This event fully trains Stephen Leaders—the pastors, church staff, and lay leaders who begin and lead Stephen Ministry in their congregation. The BLTC […]
In September 2021, I came across an online article that was posted May 2019 and I had to read it. I was uber curious of what the “experts” thought and taught about the digital age a full year before the entire church world was forced to migrate and commiserate the myriad of digital platforms. The title “Church ministry […]
