UPCOMING EVENTS
20aug3:00 PM6:00 PME.P.I.C. Raíces Gala 2022 (Echo Park Immigration Center)3:00 PM - 6:00 PM PDT
Event Details
Date: Saturday, August 20, 2022 (3 PM - 6 PM PDT) Location: online & in person at Pico House (424 N Main St, Los Angeles, CA 90012)
Event Details
Date: Saturday, August 20, 2022 (3 PM – 6 PM PDT)
Location: online & in person at Pico House (424 N Main St, Los Angeles, CA 90012)
Cost: varies
RSVP Deadline: August 15, 2022 (maximum at 60)
Echo Park Immigration Center (EPIC) is a faith collective that provides essential resources, mentoring and career connections for our immigrant youth and their families from a decolonizing approach. We launched in 2021 in through Echo Park UMC to work in solidarity with our greater Los Angeles community. With YOUR help, we’re sure to achieve our fundraising goal of $25k as we expand our collective work in our community.
EPIC Raíces Gala 2022 Program:
Program Emceed by Ernesto Rocha
Musical Performance by Talip Peshkepia
EPIC Honorees:
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- Guillermo Torres (CLUE Immigration Program Director and EPIC board member)
- Jeanne Roe Smith (Campus Minister, Executive Director at Wesley Foundation UCLA and EPIC board member)
- Canon Lydia Lopez (Elder in the Immigrant Rights Movement)
Silent Auction with Local LA Art from: Bobby & John August Swanson
Can’t make it to the event? Simply donate by CLICKING HERE. Checks can be mailed to Echo Park United Methodist Church (1226 N Alvarado St, Los Angeles, CA 90026). Please write “Raíces Gala – EPIC” in the memo line.
Online location will be provide upon RSVP.
For questions, contact Josh Lopez-Reyes at mjlopez.reyes@gmail.com.
Organizer
20aug6:00 PMUM Dodger Night 20226:00 PM PDT
Event Details
Date: Saturday, August 20, 2022 (6 PM PDT) Location: Dodger Stadium (1000 Vin Scully Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012) CLICK HERE TO REGISTER ONLINE NOW Cost: $47 each for Sections
Event Details
Date: Saturday, August 20, 2022 (6 PM PDT)
Location: Dodger Stadium (1000 Vin Scully Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012)
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER ONLINE NOW
Cost: $47 each for Sections 43RS along 3rd base line
Registration Deadline: Noon on Friday, August 12, 2022, or until sold out
This event is sponsored by the West District of the Cal-Pac Conference and is open to members of all Cal-Pac districts.
LA Dodgers vs Miami Marlins
It has been three years since we were all able to gather at Dodger Stadium as a group! This year, United Methodist Dodger Night is Saturday, August 20, against the Miami Marlins. The game starts at 6:10 PM.
- Tickets are $47 in section 43RS and the first 40,000 to enter the stadium get a Walker Buehler jersey!! The gates at Dodger Stadium open 2.5 hours prior to start of the game, so get there early if you want a jersey.
- We will be accepting online credit card payments as well as payment by check. If paying by check, we must receive the checks in the West District Office (1225 W. 190th Street, Suite 205; Gardena, CA 90248) no later than Noon on Tuesday, August 16. We will not be accepting checks at Dodger Stadium.
- All tickets will be distributed (after payment has been received) via email August 17-19. The cost of General Parking is $25 in addition to your ticket and can be purchased directly from Dodger Stadium. More on that when the tickets are distributed.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER ONLINE NOW
For more information, please contact West District office at westdistrict@calpacumc.org. Because we are still working remotely, all communication will be via email to be able to best track purchases and answer questions.
Organizer
West District
03sepAll Day05Urban Kids Camp/Next Step 2022 (Camp Wrightwood)(All Day) PDT
Event Details
Note: The camp was rescheduled from June to September due to unforeseen circumstances. Dates: June 28-30 September 3-5, 2022 (PDT) Location: Camp Wrightwood (1401 Linnett Rd., Wrightwood, CA 92397)
Event Details
Note: The camp was rescheduled from June to September due to unforeseen circumstances.
Dates: June 28-30 September 3-5, 2022 (PDT)
Location: Camp Wrightwood (1401 Linnett Rd., Wrightwood, CA 92397)
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER ONLINE NOW or use the QR code on the right: 
Cost: $145/camper
- $96 Scholarships available reducing the minimum registration cost to $49
- Multiple Family Camper Discounts available
Registration Deadline: TBA
This fun, adventure camp is a dual camp for both 2nd-5th grade children & Middle/High School Young People designed to strengthen their mental & emotional health.
Theme: “Resilient”
In times of trouble, God is with us, and when we are knocked down, we get up again. – 2 Cor 4:9 CEV
Highlights:
- designed to address and counteract a mental health crisis in America that is hitting Young People the hardest
- 3-day retreat is designed to build resilience within our Young People and strengthen both their mental & emotional health
- Each Camper will receive a mental health Survival Guide entitled “Blessed Youth”.
- Each Camper will receive “Resiliency” training.
Some of the areas this camp will address:
- Active & Quality Listening to our Young People’s challenges & concerns
- Remove the stigma of mental illness
- Bullying, Cyber Bullying, Drugs, Self-Esteem
- Depression & Suicide Prevention
- Anxiety & Social Media
- Identity, Purpose & Goals
Specialty, fun items:
- Remote Control Cars & Dirt Race Track Competition
- Laser Tag Competition
- Nerf Gun Competition
- Low level Challenge Course
- Hiking, Crafts
- Swimming, Volleyball, Basketball
- Archery, Water Balloon Fights
- Campfire & Smores
View event flyer (updated 6/7/2022)
Don’t let cost be a barrier – contact us if financial help is needed.
This Retreat will give you tools to survive & thrive when you are feeling some of these ways:
- “My life has no meaning”
- Disconnected
- Confused
- Lost and alone
- “No one is there for me”
- “There’s something different about me”
- “My life sucks”
- “I hate myself”
- “I suck”
- “I’m stupid”
- “I’m a disappointment”
- “I don’t know how to get help”
- “I can’t do this anymore”
- “I don’t want my life to be like this”
- “I know people who want to die but I don’t know how to help them”
- “I don’t know what’s happening to me, but I need help”
- “I’m not ok”
Whatever it is you are feeling is valid. And if you are not struggling right now, remember that it’s likely a friend, family member, or someone you love is feeling some of these things and is struggling. Or maybe you have felt this way in the past or might feel this way in the future. Taking time now to learn more about mental health while you are in a good space will help you in the future.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER ONLINE NOW or use this QR code:
For questions, please contact soumc@sbcglobal.net.
Organizer
Cal-Pac Urban Camp & Retreat Ministry Task Force
RESOURCES
03. RELATED MINISTRIES
- Leadership & Discipleship EMT:
- Hispanic/Latino & Border Ministries
- UMC Discipleship Ministries:
- Justice & Compassion EMT:
04. CONTACT
Rev. John Farley
Assistant to the Bishop for Leadership
Pastor Dr. Monalisa Siofele-Lolohea
Program Manager for Young People’s Ministries
msiofele-lolohea@