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Cal-Pac Young People is committed to supporting the conference initiative to raise $3 million for Imagine No Malaria. To help local youth groups lead in the fundraising efforts we are going to GIVE YOU A PRIZE! That’s right! The youth group that brings the biggest check made out to “Cal-Pac” (memo “Imagine No Malaria”) with […]
John 6:25-35 Our beloved Connee Freeman, Conference Co-Lay Leader, has been passionately challenging us to make a difference in the lives of persons who are homeless, hungry, alone. I am inspired by the love that radiates from her when she speaks about taking our faith to the streets. She reminds us that she’s not talking […]
Brothers and Sisters, I write to you from the meeting of the Council of Bishops of The United Methodist Church. As we have done our work as your bishops one of the concerns we have been actively carrying this week has been the situation in the Philippines. We have been praying without ceasing and encouraging […]
La Canada United Methodist Church is not on the “100% List” this month and had struggled with Apportionment giving for years. But, through the leadership of Rev. Elaine Cho and the determination of the congregation, La Canada UMC went from “giving what seems to be affordable” to “what is the faithful amount to give,” raising […]
Paul Jeffrey will be itinerating in our conference November 19-15, visiting his sponsoring churches. The Rev. Paul Jeffrey is a missionary documenting the work of the church around the world as senior correspondent for Response, the magazine of United Methodist Women, and as a media specialist for Action by Churches Together (the ACT Alliance), a […]
Brothers and Sisters, On this All Saints day in which we remember those faithful servants of God who have gone before us, we again find ourselves facing violence and death. Many of you are aware of the fact that several have been shot at the Los Angeles International Airport with one dead and several others […]
In a letter to Los Angeles Area Bishop Minerva G. Carcaño, General Board of Higher Education and Ministry General Secretary Kim Cape expressed gratefulness for the California-Pacific Annual Conference’s “strong support of the churchwide apportioned funds.” As was previously reported, a special offering was taken at Annual Conference 2013 for Africa University and the Ministerial […]
A message from the General Board of Pensions: We recognize that administering UMPIP is a responsibility that is shared between the local churches, conferences and the General Board of Pension and Health Benefits (General Board). To make this as easy as possible, we have developed a toolkit with educational materials that explain the contribution and […]
The Orders Executive Committee has counseling funds available to help Cal-Pac clergy members and their families with mental health assistance. The Orders of Ministry is able to assist provisional and full clergy members, including those in the retired relationship, in the amount of 50 percent of the out-of-pocket expenses for counseling services, up to a […]
An error was discovered in the Excel fillable Equitable Compensation application (Form 6 of Charge Conference Forms). The error is in the formula that calculates the number of years of service in the boxes on Page 1, Section B. It calculates one year less than it should be. This error will affect the minimum salary […]
