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For 19 summers now, I have journeyed with a group of youth to faraway lands on a mission to work repairing homes, building relationships and transforming lives (mine included). Several people have asked me why I would give up a week of my life each
By Dr. Helene Slessarev-Jamir, Mildred M. Hutchinson Professor of Urban Studies at Claremont School of Theology The seeds of the current humanitarian crisis unfolding along the southern border of the United States lie in its deep historical entanglement in Central and Latin America. Already in
The following prayer was delivered by Rev. David Farley, Cal-Pac Director of Justice and Compassion Ministries, The United Methodist Church at a gathering of advocates for unaccompanied migrant children at Port Hueneme, Ventura, CA on Tuesday, July 8, 2014. O God of all Creation and
The following, written by Rev. Paige Eaves of University United Methodist Church (Irvine, CA) on May 1, 2014, is recommended reading for Cal-Pac from Bishop Minerva G. Carcaño. “Watch, the black man will die,” says Forrest as he passes by the movie I’m watching. He doesn’t
Por la mañana cuatro jóvenes adultos junto con su pastora (Rev. Carrie Cesar), de la IMUGG llegaron con suficiente tiempo para ayudar al Rev. Iván Sevillano (anfitrión del evento) con los preparativos y posteriormente a servir de ujieres durante el servicio. El servicio dió comienzo
In the morning four young adult members and the associate pastor (Rev. Carrie Cesar) of our GGUMC arrived early enough to help Rev. Ivan Sevillano (host of the event) with set up and later on helped with ushering. Worship service started with lively choral music
Ash Wednesday became real for people living their everyday lives last week as clergy persons from different parts of the California-Pacific Conference blessed strangers in public. Rev. Vilma Cruz-Baez, Pastor of La Plaza United Methodist Church, and other clergy persons of United Methodist Churches in
On January 11, 2014, Cyclone Ian hit Tonga with gusts of up to 178 miles per hour. The storm was later downgraded from Category 5 – the most destructive level – to Category 4, with gusts of up to 155 mph. The powerful storm cut
“Good night,” she murmurred as her eyes were closing. With that, Erin Foellmi (pronounced “fell-mee”), Manager of Young People’s Ministry fell asleep at Pasadena First United Methodist Church. It was the semi-annual meeting of the Young People’s Ministry Council and, to make sure youth and
Pulling the cap off of the marker, Rev. Dr. Stephen C. Hundley looked up from his hand at the Connectional Ministries staff huddled in a small conference room and asked, “How are we going to do this?” Next to him was a blank “post-it” posterboard
