Disaffiliation – Is it Over?
by Rev. Sandy Olewine, General Conference Delegate, South District Superintendent At the 2019 Special-Called Session of the General Conference, a new paragraph was added to the 2016 Book of Discipline […]
A Prayer for LGBTQIA+ People During General Conference Season
Prayed by your Cal-Pac LGBTQIA+ Strategy Group and Rev. Dr. Denyse Barnes, Director of Justice & Compassion EMT Gracious and loving Creator, We marvel always at the amazing work of […]
Reproductive Justice, United Methodism, and the 2020 (2024) General Conference
By Katharine H. Henry I write to you as one of Cal-Pac’s lay reserves to the General Conference and a lay delegate to the Western Jurisdictional Conference. I also write […]
Video Resource: Hawaiʻi Acts of Repentance
As we continue to prepare for the General Conference in Charlotte, which will begin next month, we’d like to share more about a resolution sponsored by the California-Pacific Conference that […]
Webinar Resource: How to talk about General Conference
On April 15, 2024, from 9 to 10 AM Pacific Time, we invite you to attend the one-hour Zoom presentation with the Directors of Communications from each Western Jurisdiction Conference […]
LGBTQIA+ Resources for Annual Conferences During General Conference Season
As we approach General Conference in April, there have been a number of groups providing resources for their annual conferences to share and use as, once again, the compatibility of […]
LYNC Global Relationships is Working to Build Bridges at the Charlotte General Conference
by Rev. Richard Bentley, reserve General Conference delegate of the California-Pacific Annual Conference and Coordinator of the Global Relationships Team of the Love Your Neighbor Coalition (LYNC). The Global Relationships […]
General Conference Priorities: Creation Care
by Rev. Dr. Denyse Barnes, Director of Justice & Compassion EMT Creation care has been a topic on which we in Cal-Pac have become more focused over the last year […]
General Conference Priorities: Regionalization of Our UMC Structure
by Molly Vetter, General Conference delegate from California-Pacific Annual Conference As we get closer to the 2020 General Conference (which will be held starting in April of 2024), it feels […]
General Conference Priorities: Revised Social Principles
by Molly Vetter, General Conference delegate from California-Pacific Annual Conference As we get closer to the 2020 General Conference (which will be held starting in April of 2024), it feels […]