United Methodists in the California-Pacific Conference, while affected by fires in different areas of Southern California, are responding with courage and hope. Things are moving fast and reports are still coming in about damage to, or loss of, homes. Many have been evacuated from their
In an effort to assist our churches in the development of abuse prevention policies, a sample policy has been developed and is now available via the button below and as a resource at calpacumc.org/localchurch In the sample, there are references to Safe Gatherings certification, and
A little over a month ago, a United Methodist Volunteers in Mission (UMVIM) team of 18 volunteers from Cal-Pac (11 from the South District, 4 from the East District, and 3 from the North District), 1 family member from Idaho, and 1 friend who recently
November 9, 2017 | Council of Bishops LAKE JUNALUSKA, N.C. – Placing emphasis on the values of unity, space and contextuality – all for the sake of mission – the Council of Bishops (COB) is exploring sketches of three models as possible directions for a
All United Methodists are invited to participate in UMC #Giving Tuesday on November 28, 2017. This yearly initiative grew out of the need to shift focus from consumer-driven shopping to charitable contributions. Donations collected on this day will support the work of Advance projects and
United Methodist Volunteers in Mission (UMVIM) Western Jurisdiction sent the first Early Response Team (ERT) to Victoria, Texas from September 18 through September 30, 2017. Tom Mattick lead the thirteen person team. It included ten (Kristy Albanece, Nancy Cushman, Annie Gildner, Trish Hamrick, Julie Littler,
The Spanish American Institute (SAI) continues to carry-on a century old mission of the Methodist Church School for Boys located in Gardena, California. Opening its doors in 1913 and enrolling several dozen well deserving Mexican youth with the purpose of preparing them, through education, to
The Desert Southwest Conference (DSC) of The United Methodist Church is inviting California-Pacific Conference to participate as sawyers in Victoria, Texas, to clean up hurricane-damaged trees. When: The trip will start on October 17, 2017, and may take two days to travel. Work will begin
In July 2018, young people from different social, economic, cultural, political, and even theological backgrounds will come together in Johannesburg, South Africa to share their stories with one another at the Global Young People’s Convocation (GYPC). The GYPC is the global event for United Methodist
At Annual Conference 2017, the California-Pacific Conference passed two resolutions pertaining to gun violence. The text of the resolutions are as follows: [tw-divider][/tw-divider] RESOLUTION: NO TO CONCEALED CARRY RECIPROCITY WHEREAS, The States of California and Hawaii have strict and effective rules about who may carry