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The General Commission on Religion and Race received 120 grant applications from the United States as well as 8 grant applications from the Central Conferences. According to GCORR’s press release, the grants were for projects that are “bold, innovative initiatives across local churches, annual conferences, jurisdictions, seminaries, and central conferences and that will increase intercultural […]
Among the Ventura County Star’s “25 over 50” of 2014 is Rev. Rick Pearson of North Oxnard United Methodist Church. Rev. Pearson was profiled as “instrumental in [North Oxnard UMC] becoming a reconciling congregation,” and for his previous service as Executive Director of Project Understanding, a faith-based social service agency in Ventura, CA. Included in […]
After a ruling by the Judicial Council of The United Methodist Church to uphold the reinstatement of Rev. Frank Schaefer, Bishop Minerva G. Carcaño of the California-Pacific Conference stated, “I rejoice in the decision of the Judicial Council in the case of Rev. Frank Schaefer for I believe it affirms our United Methodist commitment to […]
On Friday, October 31, 2014, three missionaries from the United Methodist General Board of Global Ministries left for Liberia on a mission to assist the Liberia Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church and the Health Board to respond to the Ebola crises in Liberia. Photos of the sending are available as a GBGM Facebook […]
Knowing the average low temperature in the San Fernando Valley in December is 41F degrees, the Pacoima United Methodist Church chapter of the United Methodist Men (UMM) is getting to work now to collect warm coverlets for the homeless for the winter. At just $8 each (or $50 for a box of 7), the church’s […]
I rejoice in the decision of the Judicial Council in the case of Rev. Frank Schaefer for I believe it affirms our United Methodist commitment to doing all the good we can in the name of Jesus our Lord. Already Rev. Schaefer’s ministry is bearing much good fruit in Southern California. The Judicial Council decision […]
Approximately 30 United Methodists from across the Cal-Pac Conference, joining 60 from other conferences, were encouraged to be “Stepping Out in Faith” for justice in the world at the first of many retreats of the Western Methodist Justice Movement. The retreat was sponsored, in part, by the California-Pacific Justice and Compassion Essential Ministries Team. Leaders […]
Hope Hutchison, a student at Methodist Theological School in Ohio (MTSO) and a member of the California-Pacific Conference, is featured in a promo video for the school’s Seminary Hill Farm promo video. Seminary Hill Farm is a USDA certified organic farm covering a sizable, formerly unused portion of the 80-acre MTSO campus. Freshly picked fruits […]
Rev. Jonathan Lee of Holliston United Methodist Church (Pasadena, CA) has been elected to the Board of Trustees of the United Methodist Higher Education Foundation (UMHEF). UMHEF provides scholarship aid for United Methodist students attending the over 100 United Methodist-related institutions. The UMHEF is a leader in church-related foundations and agencies in providing scholarship support […]
Has your United Methodist Youth Group been envisioning what you can do to RETHINK church and CHANGE THE WORLD? Are there mission projects that the Youth in your community are interested in, but may need some seed money to start? Well, if so, the Cal-Pac Conference Council on Youth Ministries wants to encourage your Youth […]
