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Over 100 people were in attendance in the dedication of this year’s nativity artwork at Claremont United Methodist Church. Designed by artist John Zachary, and built by members of the church, the scene depicts a woman and a child at a bus stop, resembling the Madonna and Child, who are overshadowed by commercial messages. A […]
The Walk to Emmaus is a leadership development organization serving all Christian churches, developed and managed by The Upper Room ministries of The United Methodist Church. We are a lay-led movement focused on preparing strong Christian leaders to go back into their churches and communities and serve. This program calls forth and renews Christian Discipleship. […]
One of the blessings and challenges we encounter in campus ministry is the opportunity to engage students in real world events and their impact on family, study and faith. Immigration reform is one such area that we have been actively involved in at Wesley Foundation Serving UCLA. The recent administrative action by President Obama was […]
Rev. Woong-Min Kim, a retired elder and former Hawaii District Superintendent in the California-Pacific Conference of The United Methodist Church, will begin serving as the Western Jurisdiction Korean Ministry Council Volunteer Coordinator in January 1, 2015. The responsibility of the Volunteer Coordinator will be to assist the Western Jurisdiction Korean Ministry Council in helping to […]
On October 18, 2014, members of the English ministry of Bell Memorial United Methodist Church marched in the annual Buckboard Days parade (Rowland Heights, CA). Why? They marched to lead their community in imagining no malaria in Sub-Saharan Africa. They marched with a banner with the “text to pledge” number. And, they hosted a booth […]
[UMNS] United Methodist Bishop Minerva Carcaño received the Ann L. Reskovac Courage Award from Scarritt Bennett Center on Dec. 6 in recognition for her work as an immigration activist. Carcaño, who leads the California-Pacific Conference, has been an outspoken advocate for comprehensive immigration reform for more than 10 years. She has promoted a variety of […]
November 26, 2014 An Invitation from the Los Angeles Council of Religious Leaders In this Thanksgiving season, we send warm greetings to the people of Greater Los Angeles with gratitude for the opportunity to be united in service addressing issues of spiritual and societal importance within our region. We give thanks for our faith communities […]
Happy Thanksgiving! We certainly have much to be grateful for. Our greatest blessing is that we belong to God who is ever faithful. God is a God of abundance; abundant grace, mercy, love, patience, and justice, to name just some of the ways we experience God from Thanksgiving Day to Thanksgiving Day. As I thought […]
Just released tonight are the first two episodes of The Branches podcast, a new media collaboration of the California-Pacific Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church and Claremont School of Theology. The first and second episodes, which comprise the Advent 2014 Series, feature Los Angeles Area United Methodist Bishop Minerva G. Carcaño and Claremont School […]
The California-Pacific Annual Conference has received a $100,000 bridge grant from the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) to assist in resourcing a new initiative entitled, “You Are Not Alone,” for the Unaccompanied Migrant Children’s Program of the Cal-Pac United Methodist Church Welcoming Congregations Network. This is a start up grant for this program with […]
