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Originally delivered by Bishop Minerva G. Carcaño at Washington National Cathedral, Sunday, February 28, 2016 – Video of the sermon is below Luke 13:1-9 This week we found ourselves living with those who one day surrounded Jesus with their questions about the tragedies of life. What did Jesus think about the people from Galilee who […]
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 arrived in LAX and as all the nearby housing facilities […]
The DisAbility Ministries Committee is going to General Conference 2016! We are excited about meeting United Methodists from around the world! We will be ensuring that everything is accessible, as well as promoting awareness and providing information. Eight petitions have been prepared by Committee chair Sharon McCart and submitted by the Committee. These petitions run […]
About 100 Lay Servants were treated to Keynote Speaker Jodi Cataldo’s address that challenged us to look at the paradigm shift that is taking place in our church recently. Jodi is the Director of Laity in Leadership at Discipleship Ministries. Four workshops were also held featuring “Whimsical Worship”, “Leading in Social Justice” “Forming Young Leaders […]
When Bishop Broderick Huggins of St. Paul’s Baptist Church of Oxnard received an anonymous death threat scrawled over a photo of him in a local newspaper, nearby Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church and North Oxnard United Methodist Church joined St. Paul’s Baptist for Ash Wednesday of 2016. This momentous occasion was the personification of the […]
The California-Pacific Conference is called to prayer for the Democratic Republic of the Congo where storms have destroyed homes, schools, and health facilities in the cities of Kananga and Lodja. Bishop Minerva G. Carcaño has conveyed prayers of encouragement to Bishop David K. Yemba of the Central Congo Episcopal Area who was in Nashville, TN […]
*Resources are available for One Great Hour of Sharing! 1) Nominations Now Accepted for 2016 Lay Person of the Year until March 7, 2016 (Laity) 2) Hawaii District's "How to" Workshops include Rev. Se Hee Han, Archana Carey, and Rev. Greg Batson as leaders on March 19, 2016 at Aiea Korean UMC 3) March Madness […]
I will never forget how we started our GCORR work this quadrennium. It goes back to the 2012 General Conference and I could not believe what I was hearing and experiencing. After 40 years the commitment of The UMC through GCORR to work to overcome institutional racism in the church and in the world was […]
This workshop gives a click-by-click tutorial of how to use canva.com to create digital graphics for use in social media, on websites, or even for print. For questions or to request an in-person training event for your area, please contact James J. Kang (jkang@calpacumc.org), Cal-Pac Director of Communications. [tw-button size=”medium” background=”” color=”” target=”_self” link=”https://www.calpacumc.org/academy”]All Courses[/tw-button]
1) Happening March 4-6, 2016 at Camp Lazy W Ranch, the <a href=”https://www.calpacumc.org/event/bishops-confirmation-retreat/” target=”_blank” data-cke-saved-href=”https://www.calpacumc.org/event/bishops-confirmation-retreat/”>Bishop’s Confirmation Retreat</a> is based on the theme, “Inspiring the World!” 2) <a href=”https://www.calpacumc.org/event/pathways-in-leadership-2016/” target=”_blank” data-cke-saved-href=”https://www.calpacumc.org/event/pathways-in-leadership-2016/”>Pathways in Leadership (LSM)</a> is a one-day multi-workshop event on February 27, 2016, open to all, with Keynote Speaker Jodi Cataldo, Director of Laity in Leadership […]
