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By Cat Holbert, Director of Camp Lazy W Ranch, and Anthony Gomez, Program Manager at Camp Lazy W Ranch Many of us feel the tension in the room, in our newsfeeds, or on our television screens. But, instead of conversation, familiar patterns have emerged across platforms: one-sided sharing of facts intermixed with opinions, demands of […]
By Rev. Mary Scifres, Author and Editor at our United Methodist Publishing House, and Rev. John Farley, South District Superintendent and Lead for Transforming Vital Congregations The challenge of growing our churches, strengthening our finances, and energizing our ministries is more demanding than ever. To meet this need, New Ministries EMT is an enthusiastic sponsor […]
Update: Annual Conference 2019 is set for the week of June 12-15, 2019 The Sessions Task Force for the 35th Session of the California-Pacific Conference in 2019 is seeking talented and inspiring musicians from Cal-Pac’s local churches (bands, vocalists, choirs, instrumentalists, etc.) to serve during worship at our next Annual Conference. Leaders of all styles, […]
By Marty Drake and Leyla Wagner Messy Church Leaders of Community UMC of Huntington Beach and Messy Church USA Regional Coordinators As we consider the reasons for the decline in Sunday morning worship, we must then look at new possibilities for worshipping together. That is why we have organized the Messy Church Training 2018 event […]
By Rev. Dr. Deb Shepherd-Webster (First UMC of Pasadena) and Rev. Ben Camp (Chair of the Cal-Pac Eco-Justice Task Force) With all of the things that we have been seeing on the news, we followers of Jesus Christ might sometimes ask exactly what kind of action we might be able to take. That is why […]
The following is a statement from the Mission Cabinet of the Western Jurisdiction of The United Methodist Church: “Grace and peace in the name of Christ to the people called United Methodist of the Western Jurisdiction. We are the Mission Cabinet of the Western Jurisdiction, composed of your bishops, Directors of Connectional Ministries, and Leadership […]
Recently, our friends from the Mountain Sky Conference of the Western Jurisdiction of The United Methodist Church posted this important reminder about their official Conference communications: Official conference emails will come from @mtnskyumc.org email addresses. If you receive an email that seems odd, email communications@mtnskyumc.org immediately. Do not respond/click on links from suspicious email addresses. […]
By Diane Gin and Annie Solomon, East District Co-Lay Leaders For a while now, Annie Solomon and I have been wondering how we could spark something within our Lay Leaders to work collaboratively in our mission areas and share what we have learned with each other. So, we came up with the Meet ’n Greet […]
We are pleased to announce that as of July 1, 2018, Bishop Grant J. Hagiya appoints the pastors to the churches indicated beside their names as listed in the PDF accessible below. This is the Master Appointment List as of August 16, 2018 which includes pastors whose appointment was previously announced. This list may be […]
By James J. Kang, Director of Communications of the California-Pacific Conference of The United Methodist Church There was a great feeling of anticipation (and I even took a deep breath) when I posted the details of our upcoming Communicating Christmas 2018 workshop on September 29, 2018 at First United Methodist Church of Riverside. It will […]
