In addition to the decision on the work of the Commission on the Way Forward, our Council of Bishops was also tasked with certifying the results of our Constitutional Amendments. The results of the certification is explained in the news story below. Many of us
By now you have probably seen or heard of our Council of Bishop’s press release on our discernment and decisions concerning the recommendations coming from the Commission on the Way Forward. Our Council of Bishops has done hard, deep and visionary work together. It was
Matthew 28:1-10 After the sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. And suddenly there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord, descending from heaven, came and rolled back
It is always a joy to share good news with you and that is what we have found as we have wrapped up our 2017 apportionment giving. Both Archana Carey, our Conference Treasurer, and I are so grateful for the generosity of our churches who
In the wake of the school shooting in Florida, Los Angeles Area Resident Bishop Grant J. Hagiya states: I have been in touch with Florida Area Resident Bishop Ken Carter, and his Assistant to the Bishop, Rev. Alex Shanks, who previously served the United Methodist
I am pleased to announce that I intend to appoint Rev. Melissa Roux MacKinnon as the next Superintendent of the East District of the California-Pacific Conference, effective July 1, 2018. Rev. MacKinnon has been serving as the Lead Pastor of Santa Clarita United Methodist Church
Christmas joy to all of you: We are living through some difficult and challenging times. Our contemporary world has been described by the U.S. Army War College after the Cold War, as a VUCA world: “Volatility, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous.” Certainly, I think we can
The California-Pacific Conference is currently in touch with on the ground personnel, UMCOR, and local churches to coordinate our collective response. This is a Call to Action to be the light of hope in the Southern California area this Advent and Christmas. [tw-button size=”medium” background=””
There is some relief, even joy, as I write this message to our California-Pacific Conference. You see, I am not writing in the midst of the latest world catastrophe, responding to some act of mindless violence, or grieving over the latest injustice. It seems like
If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 1 Corinthians 13:1 (New International Version) I know that God is in agony over the nearly 60 lives lost