Happy Memorial Day to everyone, and a salute to all of our military veterans and a tribute to those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. We honor them on this day. As a modern tribute, let us also include all of our
Antes que todo, quiero darles las gracias por seguir los lineamientos de nuestra Conferencia Anual California-Pacífico y cerrar sus santuarios a toda persona para los servicios de adoración pública. Por ahora, la Seguridad debe ser nuestra principal preocupación, y su paciencia ha ayudado a disminuir
First of all, thank you for your faithfulness in following our California-Pacific Conference guidelines and closing your sanctuaries to all in-person public worship services. Safety has to be our number one concern right now, and your patience has helped to lessen the spread of the
I hope and pray that some of you were able to get a Sabbath from the heavy work of planning, production and distribution of your online worship services this past week. I realize that not everyone was able to take advantage of the Cabinet’s worship
Update: The video is now available at calpacumc.org/sabbath. The Appointive Cabinet and I realize how much dedication our clergy, worship teams and staffs have been putting into our online Sunday worship services. In order to honor them and give them a much needed Sabbath, we will be
I realize that we have been sheltering-in-place for what seems like a long while. With the coming of summer weather, people want to get out and have the freedom to go wherever they want. I can understand the temptation to disregard all of the protocols
At our online Council of Bishop’s meeting this past week, we discussed how so many elements of our current Book of Discipline do not address the current state of affairs that the worldwide pandemic has affected. One case in point is electronic voting, as the
We are in about the sixth week of social isolation now, and there are a number of observations to make about this time. The global pandemic has taken its toll on all of us, and even with “safer at home” protocols, we have probably been
As I begin this Monday Briefing for the California-Pacific Conference on the worldwide pandemic, let me remind you of the “Stockdale Paradox” made popular by leadership guru, Jim Collins. This paradox is about Admiral James Stockdale who was shot down over Vietnam during the war
With the COVID-19 infection spreading, it is bound to affect more and more of us. Whereas, in its early stages we were somewhat insulated from knowing people who were directly infected, that has changed dramatically. A number of our California-Pacific Conference laity from local churches