1st Advent Graphic (UM News)
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Advent 2023: Nourishing Rhythms for a Flourishing Life (Calendar)
Your Connectional Ministries team has prepared an Advent Calendar for you and your church! Real Talk. We know that Advent and the holiday season can leave us drained and wondering if it was all worth it. We pray that this simple tool will spark ideas
In 2022, Christmas With Emphatic Meaning (Church & Society)
“No one can celebrate a genuine Christmas without being truly poor.” Saint Oscar Romero, Catholic Archbishop of El Salvador December 22, 2022 For many people around the world this is an especially welcome Christmas season. We can more comfortably gather with our families and loved
The intriguing history of ‘O Holy Night’ (UMCom)
December 7, 2022 The story of “O Holy Night” is as dramatic as when the popular Christmas carol crescendos to the verse that rings out, “Fall on your knees! O hear the angel voices! O night divine, O night when Christ was born!” Scandal, politics
What churches can do when students are home on break (UMCom)
December 4, 2014 When college students return home on break, some struggle to reconnect. These ideas will help United Methodist congregations make the most of that time. College students returning home on break or for the summer often long to reconnect with old friends, their former
Exploring the role of angels at Christmas and beyond (UM News)
December 14, 2022 One reason the Rev. Susan Robb wrote about angels is because she believes she met one when she was 12 years old. In Robb’s new book, “The Angels of Christmas: Hearing God’s Voice in Advent,” she tells the story of “a horrific accident” while
Times Square Remains a Centerpiece of Advent Advertising (UMCom)
November 28, 2022 The bustling holiday crowds in Times Square will see an invitation from The United Methodist Church in the weeks leading up to Christmas: join us as we seek out the hope present in God’s love. New York City is a top travel
Advent Season is Upon Us (Church & Society)
November 28, 2022 “In this strange season when we are suspended between realization and expectation, may we be found honest about the darkness and perceptive of the light.” – Jack Boozer, Professor of Religion, Emory University and community activist (1918-1989). Never has Advent been more poignant.
Worship Service for Christmas / New Year 2021-2022
Dear Siblings in Christ, As we celebrate the birth of our Savior, hearts and minds across the California-Pacific Conference unite and rejoice in joy and hope! Nothing unites us more than the community gathered in worship! Though many of us cannot gather in person as
Worship Service for Christmas 2021
Dear Siblings in Christ, “Light in the Darkness” is Bishop Grant J. Hagiya’s Holiday year-end message of hope to all clergy and all congregations of the California-Pacific Annual Conference. It is the Bishop’s hope that pastors and congregations will recognize the unique load pastors are