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Cal-Pac Ministries Among $1.2 Million in GCORR Grants
The General Commission on Religion and Race received 120 grant applications from the United States as well as 8 grant applications from the Central Conferences. According to GCORR’s press release, the grants were for projects that are “bold, innovative initiatives across local churches, annual conferences,
30 Cal-Pac Leaders Participate in WJ Justice Movement Retreat
Approximately 30 United Methodists from across the Cal-Pac Conference, joining 60 from other conferences, were encouraged to be “Stepping Out in Faith” for justice in the world at the first of many retreats of the Western Methodist Justice Movement. The retreat was sponsored, in part,
Cal-Pac Seminary Student Featured in MTSO Farm Video
Hope Hutchison, a student at Methodist Theological School in Ohio (MTSO) and a member of the California-Pacific Conference, is featured in a promo video for the school’s Seminary Hill Farm promo video. Seminary Hill Farm is a USDA certified organic farm covering a sizable, formerly
Youth Service Fund Available for Projects By, With, and For Young People
Has your United Methodist Youth Group been envisioning what you can do to RETHINK church and CHANGE THE WORLD? Are there mission projects that the Youth in your community are interested in, but may need some seed money to start? Well, if so, the Cal-Pac
Cal-Pac Staff Begins September With Devotion
Cal-Pac Conference staff members at The United Methodist Center were gathered on Thursday, September 4, 2014, for a spiritual devotion led by Resident Bishop Minerva G. Carcaño. Sitting in chairs around the lunch room, staff members heard from this week’s lectionary epistle, Romans 13:8-14. The
“Re-Creando la Esperanza en Tiempos de Cambio” – MARCHA 2014 Comes to Cal-Pac
150 United Methodists, including 30 youth and young adults, from across the denomination gathered in El Segundo, CA for the 43rd gathering of the Metodistas Asociados Representando la Causa Hispano Americana, Methodist Associated to Represent the Cause of Hispanic-American, or MARCHA. MARCHA began 42 years
Early Response Training (Cal-Pac)
Participants learn the basics of disaster response, including how to stabilize and secure homes safely, and how to work effectively with survivors and others on the response team. This standardized class is required for the basic ERT UMCOR identification badge. Saturday, August 23, 2014 8am
#pray4relief – Bishop Carcaño, Cal-Pac clergy and leaders arrested with others at White House
112 faith leaders from a variety of religious backgrounds and immigrant activists were arrested at the White House on July 31, 2014 while protesting President Obama’s deportation policies which have reached a daily rate of 1,100 aspiring Americans. A crowd of more than 500 supporters
A Great Big Thanks to All!
Brothers and Sisters, I want to thank all of you who attended our 30th Annual Session of the California-Pacific Conference. Special thanks to the Sessions Committee and our Worship Team who planned all year long and led us so very well. There were, however, many,