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Dear Lay Servants, God’s creation is awesome, spectacular, wondrous, glorious, abundant, and often overwhelming in its bounty and, yes, also sometimes challenges us in our narrow bandwidth as humans. We who live out our lives in so small a slice of eternity, what can we know for certain? We can know that God loves us […]
In an effort to support faith and leadership formation in our young people, as well as the flourishing of local ministries, the California-Pacific Conference is seeking interns to serve in full-time, paid internship roles with partnering local churches and outreach ministries during the summer of 2019. Intern 2019, in its pilot season, welcomes intern applications […]
Current missionary itineration for 2019 is happening. Arriving on different dates, they will be traveling to all districts and hoping to visit as many churches as possible. Though some people visit California for our sun and fun places, missionaries are here to work, share how our mission money is used, and also to make new […]
A number of years ago we held a Transforming Ministry Conference in Los Angeles. This conference is designed to spark our imagination and innovative thinking and we had a once in a lifetime chance to learn at DreamWorks here in Southern California. Director Tim Johnson (Movie: “Home”) shared his thoughts with us. One of the […]
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, the youth and the leaders then toured the facility and […]
Check in with members of your church or community who identify as LGBTQ+ rather than expecting them to reach out to you. Make space for them to share their feelings and responses, and ask how you can be supportive to them. The following is a collection of resources from sources within and outside of The […]
Courageouns Conversations (Discipleship Ministries) Discussion Guide w/ Young People (Discipleship Ministries) Difficult Conversations Readiness Covenant By Rev. Darin ArntsonAssociate Director of LeadershipCalifornia-Pacific Conference Adapted from Brene Brown’s “Engaged Feedback Checklist” We are ready to sit next to the person, rather than across from them. We are willing to put the problem in front of both […]
As the first Sunday of the month, the traditional liturgy of the United Methodist Church invites us to gather around the Word and Table. Historically, this includes as a response to the proclamation of the Word a time of confession, assurance, and seeking reconciliation and peace with our neighbors, prior to approaching the table of […]
I greet you in the name of Jesus Christ! By now you have probably all heard that the General Conference Special Called Session is now over, and the Traditional Plan prevailed (53% – 438 votes to 47% – 384 votes). Although it does have repressive ramifications to our LGBTQI community, the Judicial Council has ruled […]
