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I hope that all of you had an opportunity to have some rest and renewal this past summer. I can share that I had some wonderful moments with family and friends, but I also had some amazing experiences that fill me with hope and high expectation for our ministry together in the months to come. […]
United Methodist Women is seeking a woman who is energetic, has experience in social media and organizing and a concern for social justice to fill a two year internship with the organization. This will be the Inelda Z. González Domestic Violence Internship in honor of the president of our organization during 2009 – 2012. It […]
Dear friend, On this Labor Day I am praying for all who labor with a particular concern for those who, though this is to be a day of rest from our labors, are working away. In our United Methodist Social Principles we say that we support the basic rights of all persons to a number […]
The Cal-Pac Annual Conference’s Justice and Compassion Essential Ministry Team has created a new TaskForce that aims to help end mass incarceration. The TaskForce was formed out of a study group that read The New Jim Crow Mass Incarceration in an Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander. In the book Alexander argues that America has […]
Dozens of clergy and lay persons gathered Tuesday at Pasadena First UMC for the Benefits Awareness Seminar regarding pension changes and the Affordable Care Act led by Rev. Ken McMillan of the Cal-Pac Board of Pensions as well as Alliance 360, an insurance brokerage that is assisting the Conference. The 2-hour session consisted of two […]
[By Joyce Zirkle, Cal-Pac Executive Secretary of Finance] The warm Friday evening started with four children from our United Methodist churches participated in Kids-Take-the-Field. Each child received a T-shirt before running onto the field to meet a Dodger player who signed an official Dodger baseball for them to keep. A sellout crowd helped 1,188 United […]
Gary Clover’s farewell party will take place this Sunday, August 11th from 3PM to 6PM at Camp Wrightwood. After nearly 23 years of service as Director of Camp Wrightwood, Gary is retiring and moving to Texas. Let us share our words and presence of appreciation to Gary! Chris Erickson, Director of Aldersgate Retreat, is leaving […]
Philadelphia Insurance Companies (PHLY) is proud to partner with Abuse Prevention Systems for a two-hour Continuing Education seminar at the Hilton hotel in Pasadena, CA. This seminar will educate professionals on effective, efficient, and inexpensive tools to reduce the risk of sexual abuse. Organizations with children’s programming can sometimes miss child abuse prevention best practices, […]
[By Alice G. Knotts] God has been at work with 58 teenagers and adults who went from First United Methodist Church in Duncanville, Texas, to San Diego, and it’s unique that such a large team would undertake a campus ministry mission project. The Texas team was inspired by the outreach of the United Methodist Wesley […]
The National Association of Filipino-American United Methodists (NAFAUM) celebrated 100 years of Filipino Methodist ministry in North America at the 14th Biennial Convocation held at Riviera United Methodist Church this past July 23 thru 26. According to Ben Vinluan, Chair of the Book Project Committee, NAFAUM formally began in January of 1984 in San Francisco, […]
