The 2021 National Christian Rural Overseas Program (CROP) Hunger Walk will take place on World Food Day, October 16, in an effort to end hunger in the U.S. and around the world. Walk on your treadmill, in your neighborhood, in a park with friends –
Stephen Ministries St. LouisSeptember 14, 2021 St. Louis, MO—Stephen Ministries St. Louis is now training caring ministry leaders through a live, interactive online training experience called the Bridge Leader’s Training Course (BLTC). This event fully trains Stephen Leaders—the pastors, church staff, and lay leaders who
In September 2021, I came across an online article that was posted May 2019 and I had to read it. I was uber curious of what the “experts” thought and taught about the digital age a full year before the entire church world was forced to migrate
Nicole Reilley is Lead Pastor of Valencia United Methodist Church (Valencia, CA). She is a gifted preacher; she loves making the Bible come alive while connecting today’s people to God’s great love in Jesus Christ. Nicole grew up in Southern California (Westlake Village) and graduated from California State University,
The official day of World Communion Sunday is October 3, 2021. All are encouraged to celebrate this Sunday on any Sunday throughout the year. According to the 1972 Book of Discipline paragraph 163.b there shall be a World Communion (formerly Fellowship of Suffering and Service) offering
The New Ministries essential ministry team (EMT) invites all interested clergy, laity and our partners in ministry to submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) that they intend to respond to our Request for Proposals (RFPs) for the fourth quarter of 2021. We want to know
Several California-Pacific Conference congregations provide items and donations in support of Sherman Indian High School. The director, Lorene Sisquoc, put out a call for school supplies, comforters, snacks, and beach towels. According to Revered Gregory Douglass, Pastor of Native American United Methodist Church (Anaheim, CA), approximately 100 backpacks were gathered, along with
The Conference invites all clergy, church admins, SPRC chairs, and Trustees Presidents to attend one or more of the following online workshops to learn about the new structure of Charge Conference forms for the 2021-2022 year, as well as how to complete them, the new
Actualización: En base a que hemos recibido varias preguntas acerca de la información sobre las máscaras especiales que uso el coro, usadas durante el Servicio Conmemorativo de la Conferencia Anual de 2021. Estamos compartiendo la información sobre el proveedor al que se compraron las máscaras
Hello to all of you fellow travelers on the spiritual journey of Lay Servant Ministry and to all of you interested in Lay Servant Ministry. Your Lay Servant Ministry Committee will be offering three classes in the coming months. Unfortunately, the first two classes are