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January 31, 2023 Centenary United Methodist Church’s regular Sunday worship service was anything but routine. The Memphis, Tennessee, church — where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. met with striking sanitation workers just days before being assassinated — now gathered to mourn Tyre Nichols, another
Beloved Cal-Pac family, Happy New Year and welcome to the first quarterly newsletter from the Justice & Compassion Essential Ministry Team (JCEMT). We are excited to bring you news of some of the work which is happening around our conference. We also want to make
The California-Pacific Conference’s vision: Ending Spiritual and Physical Hunger resonates and inspires the laity and clergy of our area to give, lead, and serve in new and exciting ways. Each week we will share a video from one of our churches that is living into
The Wednesday Witness Skill Building Series 2023 is a four-part series that will deepen the capacity of United Methodists to advocate for justice with decision-makers. January 30, 2023 Part one of this series will focus on formulating your story. There is power in sharing your
The LA For All Healing Circles are open dialogues to build a better Los Angeles held virtually or in-person to foster stronger community bonds, support community-based organizations, and provide safe spaces for Angelenos to discuss the impacts of racial trauma, identity, systemic racism, and the COVID-19 pandemic.
January 13, 2023 Nonagenarians are an integral part of our society. As I write this, news has broken about the deaths of legendary journalist Barbara Walters and Pope Benedict XVI at 93 and 95 years of age, respectively. The Rev. Carlton R. “Sam” Young, thankfully
Join justice-seeking United Methodists in the California-Pacific Conference for an important day of discussion and planning for the long-term work of dismantling racism in our church and our society. Saturday, February 11, 2023 (10 AM – 3 PM PST | 8 AM – 1 PM
Effective Black Parenting is a parenting curriculum out of the DC Children’s Trust Fund and approved for parenting instruction by many social service agencies nationwide. It is a 15-module parenting curriculum. We serve families who have been court-mandated to take parenting training and seek reunification
Beloved California-Pacific UM Family, Today we learned of the shooting at Monterey Park on the Lunar New Year holiday. Ten beloved souls lost their lives, and others were injured and traumatized. As I absorbed the news over the course of the day, my heart became
2023년 1월 20일 매년 중소형 한인연합감리교회의 성장을 돕기 위해 개최하는 성장교회 컨퍼런스(Growing Church Conference, 이하 GCC)가 2023년에도 코로나 이후 시대를 대비한 목회 전략과 경험을 나누고, 목회자들의 성장과 배움 및 치유와 회복을 돕기 위해, “새 술은 새 부대에”(막2:22)라는 주제로 2월 6일부터 9일까지 3박 4일 일정으로 라스베가스에서
