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What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off? And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he is happier about that one sheep than about […]
The Sunday following the shootings was difficult for the Santa Barbara community including our Korean United Methodist Church (Goleta, CA) and Santa Barbara First United Methodist Church (Santa Barbara). A member of Santa Barbara Korean had witnessed the shooting. And, a member of Santa Barbara First was a recipient an email sent by the shooter. […]
While returning from its first Disaster Response project on May 25, 2014, the new Disaster Response Trailer donated by The United Methodist Men of Indio United Methodist Church (Indio, CA) was involved in a single vehicle accident. Occupants of the vehicle towing the trailer were transported to a hospital with injuries, but were later released. […]
The following, written by Rev. Paige Eaves of University United Methodist Church (Irvine, CA) on May 1, 2014, is recommended reading for Cal-Pac from Bishop Minerva G. Carcaño. “Watch, the black man will die,” says Forrest as he passes by the movie I’m watching. He doesn’t even have to know what’s going on. The black man […]
Let us, as the California-Pacific Conference, continue to keep in prayer the students, families, and communities affected by the shooting this week at Seattle Pacific University, the second such widely publicized college shooting in less than two weeks along the West Coast of the United States. Bishop Minerva G. Carcaño, Los Angeles Area Resident Bishop, […]
Los Angeles Area Resident Bishop Minerva G. Carcaño preached at the 2014 General Conference of The United Methodist Church of Mexico and was present for the dedication of the Chapel in the Encinal Camp in Tecate, Mexico in May of 2014. Bishop Carcaño preached a word of encouragement to the attendees of the 22nd General […]
Has your church planned for a Hunger Awareness Sunday yet? According to a report by the USDA, 15.9 million children and 33.1 million adults in the United States of America were food insecure in 2012. And, while the United States average of food insecurity rate is at 14.7%, the rate for the State of California […]
Arts Camp at Aldersgate Retreat Center has been combined with Lazy W Ranch “A Week in the Arts” and will be held at Lazy W Ranch July 6-12, 2014. Art Camp is open for youth in grades 7-12 who have an interest in dance, woodworking, art, music or sewing. For more information about the camp […]
Psalm 27 In the United States we have been observing Memorial Day since 1866. Throughout the generations we have remembered with much grief and pain the death of many, many brave men and women who have served this country in war. Today, Memorial Day 2014, the grief and pain of the loved ones of those […]
Let us, as the California-Pacific Conference, continue to keep in prayer the students, families, and communities affected by the shooting this week in Santa Barbara. Our United Methodist local churches in the Santa Barbara area are working together in an effort to provide a pastoral presence and compassionate community during this time of difficulty. Reports […]
