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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Anniversary of the LA Fires: Message from Bishop Escobedo-Frank
As we approach the one year anniversary of two fires that devastated our communities in 2025, Bishop Escobedo-Frank shares a message, saying: “Our conference, our world, our community was changed […]
Pacific Palisades, One Year After the Fire
Photo courtesy of Bryan Swanson.
UMCOR Grant Sustains LA Fire Recovery Work in Cal-Pac
By Dr. Alyssa Fisher, Director of Communications On January 7, 2025, as fires popped up across Southern California, the Palisades and Eaton Fires destroyed communities, homes, and two church buildings […]
A Call for Fire Recovery Build Teams in Altadena
Submitted by Greg Fellers and the Disaster Response Task Force/UMVIM The Disaster Response Task Force, United Methodist Volunteers in Mission, and Hope Crisis Response Network (HCRN) are asking for volunteer […]
Cal-Pac Disaster Task Force Continues Recovery Work from 2024 Flooding in San Diego
Report submitted by Judy Lewis and the Cal-Pac Disaster Task Force In January 2024, an historic rainstorm doused San Diego with nearly three inches of rain in a very short […]
Centenary UMC’s Youth Mission Team Plants Seeds of Renewal in Lahaina
By Dr. Alyssa Fisher, Director of Communications Centenary UMC in LA just completed a mission trip to Hawaii to support ongoing recovery efforts at Lahaina UMC after the fire in […]
LA-area churches seek to rebuild after fires
by Rev. John Coleman, United Methodist News Published August 25, 2025 on United Methodist News. Read the original story here. As August’s wildfires north of Los Angeles reach containment, survivors […]