Social Media 101 for Churches is a practical webinar designed for pastors, church staff, and lay leaders who are relatively new to using social media for ministry or looking to level up their social media accounts. Learn strategies for planning content, crafting engaging posts, and reaching your community online. We’ll provide tips for a variety of social platforms, show some examples, and have an opportunity to answer your questions. Led by Dr. Alyssa Fisher, Cal-Pac Director of Communications.

Monday, August 11, 6:30-8pm PDT (3:30-5pm HST) on Zoom

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To see all Learning Lab events, including recordings of previous sessions, visit www.calpacumc.org/learninglab

(Si necesita ayuda para llenar este formulario, por favor contacte a Ervin Aguilon: confedeeducacion@gmail.com (818) 7701710 texto o llamada.

Introducción a la Predicación (Introduction to Preaching) | LAY SERVANT HISPANIC MINISTRIES. 
Agosto- Septiembre 2025 – Lunes/Mondays
Lunes, Agosto 11, 2025, Agosto 18, 2025, Agosto 25, 2025, Septiembre 8, 2025, Septiembre 15, 2025. 6:45 PM – 8:45 PM. California (PST). 
Zoom Online Platform and In Person|Por Zoom y en Persona

Regístrate con este enlace | Register at this link

Cost & Deadlines: $30.00 and you must provide your own book (see below). Please note the deadline to register is August 18, 2025. The class size will max at 25 participants and registration will close if that number is reached before the registration deadline.

About the Class:

• About the Course: This course is designed to equip students with a foundational understanding of the principles of preaching. It will guide them in the in-depth study of biblical texts, the development of sermon outlines, and provide practical experience through in-class preaching. Students will also receive constructive feedback and wise counsel from both peers and the instructor. Este curso está diseñado para capacitar a los estudiantes con una comprensión fundamental de los principios de la predicación. Les guiará en el estudio profundo de los textos bíblicos, el desarrollo de bosquejos de sermones, y les brindará experiencia práctica a través de la predicación en clase. Los estudiantes también recibirán retroalimentación constructiva y consejos sabios tanto de sus compañeros como del instructor.
• Provide your own book: Por favor compre su libro antes de clase, usando el enlace previo. All participants will need a copy of this book: Principios de Predicación por Pablo A Jiménez: Principios de Predicacion (Spanish Edition): Jimenez, Pablo A., Press, Abingdon: 9780687073771: Amazon.com: Books
• The instructor Ervin Adin Aguilon.
• Classes are open to participants from all districts, and the class will be in an online format. La clase está disponible para todos los distritos.
• Need-based scholarships are available. Participants must ask the pastor of their home church before requesting a scholarship from the Conference. If a scholarship is needed and not available from the local church, please complete the brief scholarship application below in the registration form.
• Attendance is required at all sessions for credit. To complete the 10 hour course requirement, outside assignments will also need to be completed.
• About Certified Lay Servant (CLS) and Certified Lay Speaker status: All those seeking certification as a Certified Lay Servant are invited to attend. The BASIC class and one Advanced Class is required to successfully apply for Certified Lay Servant status. If you have taken the Basic Lay Servant Class within the last three years, taking this advanced class will qualify you as a Certified Lay Servant. If you want to continue on to being a Certified Lay SPEAKER, you will need to take the following advanced classes: Preaching, Leading or Planning Worship, Discovering Your Spiritual Gifts, Leading Prayer, United Methodist Heritage or History, and United Methodist Polity. For more information about Lay Servant Ministries, click here.
• Technical requirements for Zoom participants: To participate in Zoom meetings, participants must have a reliable Internet connection, and a laptop, tablet, or smartphone device that can download and install the Zoom app. A web or phone camera and a microphone are highly recommended, although some users may call in via phone if a mic is not available. 
• Zoom information is included in your submission message and confirmation email.
• Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84824570034?pwd=s0sGNctFf17tTAMF7TztHNkcCZiay7.1

Para mas informacion contacte a: Ervin Aguilon at pastorervin2010@gmail.com, (818) 770-1710 or Cathy Wilson, Associate Director of Lay and Clergy Credentialing and Development at cwilson@calpacumc.org, (626) 824-2284.

CLERGY CONVOCATION 2025

August 12-14, 2025

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The Orders Executive Committee invites you to join us at Indian Wells for learning and conversation, as well as meaningful time for relaxation and connecting.

Location: Renaissance Esmeralda Resort & Spa, 44-400 Indian Wells Lane, Indian Wells, CA 92210
The event will begin with registration on August 12, 2025 at 12:30 p.m. (Pacific Time) and will end on August 14, 2025 at 12:00 p.m. (Pacific Time).

Registration Cost: $400 (includes all 5 meals, starting with dinner on Tuesday through breakfast on Thursday)

Spouse/Child Registration Cost:  $340 (for meals only) If spouses want to attend the training, they must register and pay the regular registration cost.  Child care will be available for any registered child at no cost.

Hotel Rate: $189.91 per night, which includes the resort fee and all taxes and fees (Total inclusive with taxes and resort fees for the two nights is $379.82)  Each hotel room may have up to 4 people at no additional fee.  The hotel rate does not include your registration fee.  You must pay the registration fee separately to receive meals with the group and attend the event.  Rates for the hotel will increase after the deadline.

Why you should book with the group and not on other websites:  Please help us to meet our contract with the hotel by booking your room with the link below or calling the hotel directly and reserve under the Clergy Convocation Group to receive the lower room rate. Our contract with the hotel is based on a certain number of rooms and meals. When you book this hotel directly you increase our likelihood of fulfilling the contract, which helps the rates for everybody. We also need all participants to register so that we meet our contracted meals.

Hotel Reservation Link: https://book.passkey.com/go/CALPAC 

If you call the hotel directly to book your room, let them know you are booking with the Clergy Convocation Group to receive the lower room rate, (760) 773-4444.

Continuing Education Event:  This is a continuing education event for Clergy of the California-Pacific Annual Conference. If you are not currently a provisional member, ordained clergy, appointed as a local pastor or appointed as a lay person assigned in the California-Pacific Annual Conference, please get pre-approval from your District Superintendent in order to attend. The Clergy Convocation is designed and formatted as a continuing education event for clergy.

Scholarships:  We are fortunate to have additional scholarships this year to help the costs of registration for this event.  There are scholarships available from the Board of Ordained Ministry out of the Ministerial Education Funds and The California-Pacific United Methodist Foundation this year.  Each District Superintendent may approve a limited number of scholarships given for registration for this event.  If your local church is not able to sponsor you to attend and you do not have other funds to help, you are welcome to select the “Request a Ministerial Education Fund Scholarship” at the bottom of this Registration Form. Your District Superintendent will have to approve the request for these funds.  For Ordained Clergy, if you have not applied for your Continuing Education funds for this Quadrennium, there are limited funds left available.  Please check with Orders Executive Committee and apply online at the website at www.calpacumc.org/bom/Orders.  Request for a scholarship first to see if it is available through the Clergy Convocation Scholarship funds, don’t apply for the Continuing Education funds until you hear back to see if you are awarded this scholarship.  Also, please do not send a registration payment until you hear back from the Registrar. Scholarships are not guaranteed so the earlier you register the better.  Scholarships are not available for spouses and children to attend. We thank the Board of Ordained Ministry and the California-Pacific United Methodist Foundation for their generous support.

For questions, please contact Associate Director, Cathy Wilson at cwilson@calpacumc.org.

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Guest Speaker:  Ashley Boggan D., PhD

Dr. Ashley Boggan D. is the General Secretary of the General Commission on Archives and History. In this role, she ensures that The UMC understands its past in order to envision a more equitable future for all Methodists. Boggan earned her PhD from Drew Theological School’s Graduate Division of Religion, specializing in both Methodist/Wesleyan Studies and Women’s/Gender Studies. She earned an M.A. from the University of Chicago’s Divinity School, specializing in American Religious History. She has previously worked as staff at the General Commission on Archives and History (2012-2014) and the Connectional Table of The United Methodist Church (2014-2016). She was the Director of United Methodist Studies and Assistant Professor Christian History at Hood Theological Seminary (Salisbury, NC), an AME Zion Seminary, from 2017-2019 and was the Director of Women’s and Gender Studies and Assistant Professor of Religion at High Point University (High Point, NC) from 2019-2020. Boggan is a lay member of the Greater New Jersey Annual Conference and the daughter of two ordained United Methodist ministers. Her Methodist lineage dates beyond this, back to the early 19th century when her great-great-great grandfathers were Methodist circuit-riders. Boggan is on the Advisory Board for the National Museum of American Religion and is the author of Nevertheless: American Methodists and Women’s Rights (2020); Entangled: A History of American Methodism, Politics, and Sexuality (2018); Wesleyan Vile-tality: Reclaiming the Heart of Methodist Identity (2025); and added to the revised American Methodism: A Compact History (2022).

Recommended Books by Dr. Ashley Boggan D.:  Wesleyan Vile-tality: Reclaiming the Heart of Methodist Identity (2025) & American Methodism: A Compact History (2022)

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Young People’s Academy (Crenshaw UMC)

Saturday, August 16, 2025 9:00 am – 3:00 pm

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The Board of Ordained Ministry is excited to invite you to the Training for the Fellowship of Local Pastors & Associate Members along with Lay Persons Assigned. 

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Monday, August 18, 2025 1:00 PM – 5:00 p.m. (Pacific Time), 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM (Hawaii Time)
Nominations & Leadership Development — Course Instructor:  Rev. Dr. Brian Parcel

Think of our churches as a group of people taking a bus trip together. Everyone is welcome to come along, some people will occasionally get to share their voice about where we are going, and some people will be given the keys to the bus and have total control over our destination. All too often we end up with the wrong people in the wrong seats, the wrong people leading, and the wrong opinion’s carrying too much weight. The answer to avoiding this nightmare that so many of our churches are embroiled in == Nominations & Leadership Development.  Learn effective structures & strategies for a functional nominations process and once nominated learn how to develop these leaders to be the best versions of Christ-centered leaders for the future of the church.

Registration Cost:  Free to all Local Pastors and Lay Persons Assigned

Location:  Zoom Online. Zoom link will be sent in registration confirmation

If you have any questions, please contact:

Pastor Vernon Kemp, Fellowship of Local Pastor & Associate Membership Chairperson (lp@bom.calpacumc.org)
Cathy Wilson, Associate Director to Lay and Clergy Credentialing and Development (cwilson@calpacumc.org).

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(Si necesita ayuda para llenar este formulario, por favor contacte a Ervin Aguilon: confedeeducacion@gmail.com (818) 7701710 texto o llamada.

Introducción a la Predicación (Introduction to Preaching) | LAY SERVANT HISPANIC MINISTRIES. 
Agosto- Septiembre 2025 – Lunes/Mondays
Lunes, Agosto 11, 2025, Agosto 18, 2025, Agosto 25, 2025, Septiembre 8, 2025, Septiembre 15, 2025. 6:45 PM – 8:45 PM. California (PST). 
Zoom Online Platform and In Person|Por Zoom y en Persona

Regístrate con este enlace | Register at this link

Cost & Deadlines: $30.00 and you must provide your own book (see below). Please note the deadline to register is August 18, 2025. The class size will max at 25 participants and registration will close if that number is reached before the registration deadline.

About the Class:

• About the Course: This course is designed to equip students with a foundational understanding of the principles of preaching. It will guide them in the in-depth study of biblical texts, the development of sermon outlines, and provide practical experience through in-class preaching. Students will also receive constructive feedback and wise counsel from both peers and the instructor. Este curso está diseñado para capacitar a los estudiantes con una comprensión fundamental de los principios de la predicación. Les guiará en el estudio profundo de los textos bíblicos, el desarrollo de bosquejos de sermones, y les brindará experiencia práctica a través de la predicación en clase. Los estudiantes también recibirán retroalimentación constructiva y consejos sabios tanto de sus compañeros como del instructor.
• Provide your own book: Por favor compre su libro antes de clase, usando el enlace previo. All participants will need a copy of this book: Principios de Predicación por Pablo A Jiménez: Principios de Predicacion (Spanish Edition): Jimenez, Pablo A., Press, Abingdon: 9780687073771: Amazon.com: Books
• The instructor Ervin Adin Aguilon.
• Classes are open to participants from all districts, and the class will be in an online format. La clase está disponible para todos los distritos.
• Need-based scholarships are available. Participants must ask the pastor of their home church before requesting a scholarship from the Conference. If a scholarship is needed and not available from the local church, please complete the brief scholarship application below in the registration form.
• Attendance is required at all sessions for credit. To complete the 10 hour course requirement, outside assignments will also need to be completed.
• About Certified Lay Servant (CLS) and Certified Lay Speaker status: All those seeking certification as a Certified Lay Servant are invited to attend. The BASIC class and one Advanced Class is required to successfully apply for Certified Lay Servant status. If you have taken the Basic Lay Servant Class within the last three years, taking this advanced class will qualify you as a Certified Lay Servant. If you want to continue on to being a Certified Lay SPEAKER, you will need to take the following advanced classes: Preaching, Leading or Planning Worship, Discovering Your Spiritual Gifts, Leading Prayer, United Methodist Heritage or History, and United Methodist Polity. For more information about Lay Servant Ministries, click here.
• Technical requirements for Zoom participants: To participate in Zoom meetings, participants must have a reliable Internet connection, and a laptop, tablet, or smartphone device that can download and install the Zoom app. A web or phone camera and a microphone are highly recommended, although some users may call in via phone if a mic is not available. 
• Zoom information is included in your submission message and confirmation email.
• Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84824570034?pwd=s0sGNctFf17tTAMF7TztHNkcCZiay7.1

Para mas informacion contacte a: Ervin Aguilon at pastorervin2010@gmail.com, (818) 770-1710 or Cathy Wilson, Associate Director of Lay and Clergy Credentialing and Development at cwilson@calpacumc.org, (626) 824-2284.

Do you have a great idea for a sermon series and need a little help with creating all of the supporting materials? Join us for this session on using AI as your sermon series partner. Led by Jason Moore of Midnight Oil Productions, and consultant for Cal-Pac. Jason will demonstrate this process while creating resources for a sermon series on our conference theme of Cherish. Attendees will leave with knowledge and will receive the resources for the Cherish sermon series!

Tuesday, Aug 19, 2025 6-8pm PDT (3-5pm HST) on Zoom

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To see all Learning Lab events, including recordings of previous sessions, visit www.calpacumc.org/learninglab

Join us for a sneak peek at the newly redesigned website for the California-Pacific Conference! This session is for anyone who uses the website, or helps to manage a ministry page on the website for a strategy group, task force, or conference committee. We’ll highlight the new look as well as new features for finding what you need quickly and efficiently. Led by Dr. Alyssa Fisher, Cal-Pac Director of Communications.

Monday, August 25, 6:30-8pm PDT (3:30-5pm HST) on Zoom

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To see all Learning Lab events, including recordings of previous sessions, visit www.calpacumc.org/learninglab

(Si necesita ayuda para llenar este formulario, por favor contacte a Ervin Aguilon: confedeeducacion@gmail.com (818) 7701710 texto o llamada.

Introducción a la Predicación (Introduction to Preaching) | LAY SERVANT HISPANIC MINISTRIES. 
Agosto- Septiembre 2025 – Lunes/Mondays
Lunes, Agosto 11, 2025, Agosto 18, 2025, Agosto 25, 2025, Septiembre 8, 2025, Septiembre 15, 2025. 6:45 PM – 8:45 PM. California (PST). 
Zoom Online Platform and In Person|Por Zoom y en Persona

Regístrate con este enlace | Register at this link

Cost & Deadlines: $30.00 and you must provide your own book (see below). Please note the deadline to register is August 18, 2025. The class size will max at 25 participants and registration will close if that number is reached before the registration deadline.

About the Class:

• About the Course: This course is designed to equip students with a foundational understanding of the principles of preaching. It will guide them in the in-depth study of biblical texts, the development of sermon outlines, and provide practical experience through in-class preaching. Students will also receive constructive feedback and wise counsel from both peers and the instructor. Este curso está diseñado para capacitar a los estudiantes con una comprensión fundamental de los principios de la predicación. Les guiará en el estudio profundo de los textos bíblicos, el desarrollo de bosquejos de sermones, y les brindará experiencia práctica a través de la predicación en clase. Los estudiantes también recibirán retroalimentación constructiva y consejos sabios tanto de sus compañeros como del instructor.
• Provide your own book: Por favor compre su libro antes de clase, usando el enlace previo. All participants will need a copy of this book: Principios de Predicación por Pablo A Jiménez: Principios de Predicacion (Spanish Edition): Jimenez, Pablo A., Press, Abingdon: 9780687073771: Amazon.com: Books
• The instructor Ervin Adin Aguilon.
• Classes are open to participants from all districts, and the class will be in an online format. La clase está disponible para todos los distritos.
• Need-based scholarships are available. Participants must ask the pastor of their home church before requesting a scholarship from the Conference. If a scholarship is needed and not available from the local church, please complete the brief scholarship application below in the registration form.
• Attendance is required at all sessions for credit. To complete the 10 hour course requirement, outside assignments will also need to be completed.
• About Certified Lay Servant (CLS) and Certified Lay Speaker status: All those seeking certification as a Certified Lay Servant are invited to attend. The BASIC class and one Advanced Class is required to successfully apply for Certified Lay Servant status. If you have taken the Basic Lay Servant Class within the last three years, taking this advanced class will qualify you as a Certified Lay Servant. If you want to continue on to being a Certified Lay SPEAKER, you will need to take the following advanced classes: Preaching, Leading or Planning Worship, Discovering Your Spiritual Gifts, Leading Prayer, United Methodist Heritage or History, and United Methodist Polity. For more information about Lay Servant Ministries, click here.
• Technical requirements for Zoom participants: To participate in Zoom meetings, participants must have a reliable Internet connection, and a laptop, tablet, or smartphone device that can download and install the Zoom app. A web or phone camera and a microphone are highly recommended, although some users may call in via phone if a mic is not available. 
• Zoom information is included in your submission message and confirmation email.
• Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84824570034?pwd=s0sGNctFf17tTAMF7TztHNkcCZiay7.1

Para mas informacion contacte a: Ervin Aguilon at pastorervin2010@gmail.com, (818) 770-1710 or Cathy Wilson, Associate Director of Lay and Clergy Credentialing and Development at cwilson@calpacumc.org, (626) 824-2284.

CERTIFIED LAY MINISTRY COURSE: “Congregational Caring”

California (PDT) : Tuesdays & Thursdays, August 26, 2025, August 28, 2025, September 2, 2025 & September 4, 2025, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Hawaii (HST) : Tuesdays & Thursdays, August 26, 2025, August 28, 2025, September 2, 2025 & September 4, 2025, 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Guam (ChST) : Wednesdays & Fridays, August 27, 2025, August 29, 2025, September 3, 2025 & September 5, 2025, 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Zoom Online Platform

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Cost & Deadlines: Register by Monday, August 25, 2025, and pay the $75 fee by Monday, August 25, 2025. Classes are open to participants from all districts.

About the Class:

• Who are invited: This course is a required  course for those seeking Certified Lay Minister status. For more about  Certified Lay Ministry, visit the CLM web page at www.calpacumc.org/clm.
  • For  Certified Lay Speakers and Certified Lay Servants, this course  qualifies as an Advanced LSM Course, but is not one of the 6 required  courses to qualify for Certified Lay Speaker.
  • This course is also open to anyone who would like to attend for self-improvement/edification purposes.
• A  minimum number of participants is required; if the class is canceled  because not enough people register, registrants will be notified by  email and those who have paid will be refunded. The maximum number of participants is 24.
• Attendance is required at all sessions for credit, as well as a two-hour assignment beyond the classroom, for a total of 10 hours.
• The Instructor is Pastor Greg LaDue (Retired). Pastor LaDue was the Director of the  Counseling Center at First UMC of San Diego for over twenty years and is  a Marriage and Family Therapist.
• About the Class:  This course focuses on the creation of caring communities within the frameworks of faith, ethics and theological reflection.
• Materials: Participants will use the book The Practice of Ministry Module 2 from Upper Room. You can order the text or wait until you start the class to see if a copy can be borrowed from available sources.
• Zoom information is included in your confirmation email.
• Technical requirements: To participate in Zoom meetings, participants must have a reliable  Internet connection, and a laptop, tablet, or smartphone device that can  download and install the Zoom app. A web or phone camera and a  microphone are highly recommended, although some users may call in via  phone if a mic is not available.
• For questions, contact CLM Registrar Denise Serino at deeserino@gmail.com.

For questions, contact CLM Director, Denise Serino at deeserino@gmail.com.

Join us for a weekend of spiritual renewal and family connection. This retreat is designed for the whole family, but individuals are also welcome. Through shared time, workshops, and worship, we’ll focus on the theme “Grow” : growing in love as families, growing as individuals, and growing in our spiritual lives.

RSVP by: August 20, 2025

Acompáñanos a un fin de semana de renovación espiritual y convivencia familiar. Este retiro está diseñado para toda la familia, pero también son bienvenidas las personas que asistan individualmente. A través de momentos compartidos, talleres y adoración, nos enfocaremos en el tema “Crecer”: crecer en amor como familias, crecer como individuos y crecer espiritualmente.

Confirma tu asistencia antes del: 20 de agosto de 2025

Register At This Link/Regístrate En Este Enlace

EARLY RESPONSE TEAM (ERT) TRAINING (8-HOUR CLASS)
Saturday, August 30, 2025, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM PDT (California)
Ontario First UMC, 918 N Euclid Ave, Ontario CA 91762-2320

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Cost & Deadlines: $40.00. Please register by Monday, August 25, 2025. Coffee, snacks, and lunch will be provided.

About the Class:

• About the Course:  Early Response Teams (ERT) support conference  preparedness and immediate response efforts in the aftermath of a disaster. Key activities for conference ERT and other response teams are supplying survivors with  food, water, shelter and help with mucking out and cleaning up.
• About ERT Certification and disaster relief Early Response Teams: Most Early Response Team members in the United States are required to be certified or to be supervised 1:1 by a certified team member. The Disaster Response Task Force highly recommends that all persons planning to work on an Early Response Team be certified prior to participation. Certification requires participation in an 8-hour class, a background check, and passing a written evaluation.
• The class is open to participants from all districts, but this one will be held in the East District. Attendance is required for the entire length of the class.
• For more information about this course, contact Karl Ports at kports95@gmail.com or (619) 823-8424.