UM Foundation Scholarship Opportunity
The California-Pacific United Methodist Foundation is excited to announce that the application process is now open for the 2026 Lois Balsley Scholarship Program! Please share this information with members of your congregation. Applications […]
Easter Message from Bishop Escobedo-Frank April 2026
In the video and pastoral letter below, Bishop Escobedo-Frank reminds us that being Easter People involves remembering to be a people who believe in the resurrection of Christ and to […]
Hawaii Flooding & Storm Update
The Cal-Pac disaster response team has been working to support churches, members, and their communities as recent severe storms and flooding in Hawaii over the past couple of weeks. Five […]
Spring 2026 Update: Immigration Ministries
Over the past few months, the Immigration Ministries team has been focused on scaling support across our districts and local churches. District response teams have been equipped with strategies to […]
Upcoming Volunteers in Mission Training Opportunities
UMVIM has just added online Team Leader training opportunities for 2026! These will be a 4-week online Team Leader Training course via Zoom meeting. This is for first-time mission team leaders […]
Listening and Learning Toward Repentance: Bishops Confront the Legacy of the Hawaiian Kingdom’s Overthrow
Written by Dr. Alyssa Fisher, Director of Communications, California-Pacific Annual Conference During their recent work in Hawaii, the Western Jurisdiction College of Bishops met with the Hawaiian Acts of Repentance […]
Constitutional grace in the regionalized United Methodist Church
Rev. Dr. Lui Tran, former Judicial Council member (2016-2025) and assistant chancellor for church law in the California-Pacific Annual Conference, introduces the concept of “constitutional grace”—the conviction that how we […]
Cal-Pac Joins Faithful Resistance in DC
A few of the California group in-between congressional meetings. Dr. Alyssa Fisher, Bishop Escobedo-Frank, and Monalisa Tu’iTahi Photos and written by Dr. Alyssa Fisher, Cal-Pac Director of Communications On February […]
Camp Colby to be Decommissioned
Open Invitation to Camp Colby Deconsecration Members and friends of the Cal-Pac Conference, especially any and everyone touched by the ministry of Camp Colby, is invited to a Ritual of […]
Western Jurisdiction College of Bishops Dedicate Lahaina UMC Worship Space
Photos and written by Dr. Alyssa Fisher, Director of Communications, California-Pacific Annual Conference In January, hymns echoed from the property at Lahaina United Methodist Church for the first time in […]