The Committee on Native American Ministries (CONAM) is a Book of Discipline-mandated standing committee that is made up of Native American & non-Native American partners who seek to minister to those often left out of society & our churches. The committee is charged with promoting Native American Ministry Sunday, determining distribution of the 50% that stays in the Annual Conference from NA Min Sun., as well as monitoring Native American ministries within the Conference.
UPCOMING EVENTS
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Dates: California & Hawaii: Wednesdays, May 3-24, 2023 (5:30 PM – 7:30 PM PDT | 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM HST) Guam &
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Dates:
- California & Hawaii: Wednesdays, May 3-24, 2023 (5:30 PM – 7:30 PM PDT | 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM HST)
- Guam & Saipan: Thursdays, May 4-25, 2023 (10:30 AM – 12:30 PM ChST)
Location: Zoom
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Cost: $75. The purchase or borrowing of two books is also required.
Registration due: May 1, 2023
This course is open to participants from all Cal-Pac districts. A minimum number of participants is required; if the class is canceled because not enough people register, registrants will be notified by email and those who have paid will be refunded. The maximum number of participants is 24.
“Cheap grace is the grace we bestow on ourselves. Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline, Communion without confession… Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ, living and incarnate.” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Developing as a disciple and helping to develop disciples takes effort and disciplines, which help form us into the image God has for us as exemplified in the person of the incarnate Christ. Discipleship is a born out of building right relationship with God, through Christ, to one another. Join us in the life-giving experience of identifying and applying intentional Christ-centered practices that transform lives by helping each of us become deeper “Disciples of Jesus Christ.”
All those seeking certification as a Certified Lay Minister are invited to participate. This course is a required course for those seeking Certified Lay Minister status. For more about Certified Lay Ministry, visit the CLM web page at www.calpacumc.org/clm. This course is also open to anyone who would like to attend for self-improvement/edification purposes. For Certified Lay Speakers and Certified Lay Servants, this course can be an Advanced LSM Course, but it is not one of the six required courses for Certified Lay Speaker.
- Attendance is required at all sessions for credit for a total of 10 hours.
- Instructor is the Rev. John Farley, Assistant to the Bishop for Leadership, a former pastor in the local church, former District Superintendent, and Cabinet Dean.
- Materials: Participants should have a copy of the following book: Discipleship in the New Expedition by Phil Maynard (Cokesbury, Amazon).
Zoom information will be included in your confirmation email.
- Technical requirements: To participate in Zoom meetings, participants must have a reliable Internet connection, and a laptop, tablet, or smartphone device that can download and install the Zoom app. A web or phone camera and a microphone are highly recommended, although some users may call in via phone if a mic is not available.
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For questions, contact Rev. John Farley at jfarley@calpacumc.org or Denise Serino at deeserino@gmail.com.
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Date: California & Hawaii: Monday, May 22, 2023 (Noon - 1 PM PDT | 9 AM - 10 AM HST) Guam & Saipan: Tuesday, May 23, 2023 (5 AM -
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Date:
- California & Hawaii: Monday, May 22, 2023 (Noon – 1 PM PDT | 9 AM – 10 AM HST)
- Guam & Saipan: Tuesday, May 23, 2023 (5 AM – 6 AM ChST)
Location: online (Zoom)
Cost: free
This conversation is for those who may have questions about Ordained Ministry, Licensing as a Local Pastor or Candidacy Certification. This event is not for any lay ministry certification.
The Board of Ordained Ministry is hosting Zoom meetings where Candidates for Candidacy Certification and/or Ordination can come, bring their lunch, and ask questions about the process. This will be a casual conversation with the Candidacy Chairperson, Rev. Dr. Elbert Kim, and the Associate Director of the Board of Ordained Ministry, Cathy Wilson. There is no formal presentation; we want to make ourselves available to those who may want to learn from the conversation and ask questions.
The same Zoom information will work for all Lunch & Learns in 2022 & 2023. There is no registration needed for this event. This conversation is for those who may have questions about Ordained Ministry, Licensing as a Local Pastor or Candidacy Certification. This is not for any lay ministry certification.
We plan to meet for one hour and will stay after if there is the need. Candidates are welcome to join for as much as they would like during this time.
Topic: Lunch & Learn for Candidacy Certification, Local Pastor License & Ordination
Join Zoom Meeting:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82504739426?pwd=WHpXK2xDYUNwWVEzNldoOEp0RFd3Zz09
Meeting ID: 825 0473 9426
Passcode: 899703
Find your local number: https://us06web.zoom.us/u/kwTHbRr3f
For questions about this event, contact Cathy Wilson at cwilson@calpacumc.org.
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23may7:00 PMCamp Open House on Zoom (Camp & Retreat)7:00 PM PDT
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Date: Tuesday, May 23, 2023 (7 PM PDT) Location: Zoom Cost: free Camp Open House! Come ask questions and learn about what this summer has instore for your campers. Video Link:
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Date: Tuesday, May 23, 2023 (7 PM PDT)
Location: Zoom
Cost: free
Camp Open House! Come ask questions and learn about what this summer has instore for your campers.
Video Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89396850775?pwd=M25OZnVrdUZhUG9Ca0MwM3laTXJMUT09
Meeting ID: 893 9685 0775
Password: 696212
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28may1:00 PM5:00 PMCamp Extravaganza 2023 (Wrightwood)1:00 PM - 5:00 PM PDT
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Date: May 28, 2023 (1 PM - 5 PM PDT) Location: Camp Wrightwood (1401 Linnett Rd, Wrightwood, CA 92397) CLICK HERE TO
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Date: May 28, 2023 (1 PM – 5 PM PDT)
Location: Camp Wrightwood (1401 Linnett Rd, Wrightwood, CA 92397)
Cost: $10/person
Registration due: May 25, 2023
This camp fun is for all ages.
Camp fun for the parents, pastors, counselors, and anyone! Camp Wrightwood’s annual pre-summer event is back and we hope to see you there!
Come hang out with us on-site! Bring your youth groups and whole families for a fun afternoon at our wonderful campsite. Camp Extravaganza is a great way to introduce new campers and camp families to what we do and who we are before Summer Camp.
Dinner will be provided.
For questions, contact canderson@calpacumc.org
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Date: Sunday, June 4, 2023 (3 PM - 5 PM PDT) Location: Crenshaw UMC, Hammond Hall (3740
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Date: Sunday, June 4, 2023 (3 PM – 5 PM PDT)
Location: Crenshaw UMC, Hammond Hall (3740 Don Felipe Dr, Los Angeles CA 90008)
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER ONLINE NOW
Cost: $15 per person
Register by: May 25, 2023
All are welcome!
“Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.” (1 Corinthians 12:27 NIV)
Refreshments will be served.
Payments & donations by check should be payable to “West District “UWF” and mailed to Barbara Hartell, WD Treasurer, 6140 Canterbury Dr, Apt 310, Culver City CA 90230-7184.
We welcome your donation of fast food restaurant gift cards for the Crenshaw UWF to benefit its outreach to the needy.
View event/registration flyer (PDF)
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For questions, contact Tina Pool, WD UWF Communications Coordinator, at trmpool@gmail.com or 310.210.7504.
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05jun(jun 5)6:00 PM07(jun 7)7:30 PMAC2023: Pre-Conference Workshops6:00 PM - 7:30 PM (7) PDT
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Dates: California & Hawaii: June 5-7, 2023 (6 PM - 8 PM PDT | 3 PM - 5 PM HST) Guam & Saipan: June 6-8, 2023 (11 AM - 1 PM ChST) Location:
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Dates:
- California & Hawaii: June 5-7, 2023 (6 PM – 8 PM PDT | 3 PM – 5 PM HST)
- Guam & Saipan: June 6-8, 2023 (11 AM – 1 PM ChST)
Location: online (Zoom)
Cost: free
This year’s annual conference will include online Pre-Conference Workshops, June 5-7 (PDT/HST), via Zoom. These workshops are tied to the Conference theme Nourish and the vision of Ending Spiritual and Physical Hunger.
Led by staff members of the UMC’s General Agencies, community partner organizations, and subject matter experts, these workshops will provide an opportunity for members of our Conference to learn more about the primary sources of spiritual and physical hunger in the world and about how to find and offer nourishment for those hungers. Some of the topics will include:
- re-imagining worship for both in-person and online audiences
- examining identity intersections in race and ethnicity, gender, culture, social location, and ability
- mental health and self-care
- building community
- climate care
- leading through change
- report from the border
Registration is required for all workshops. The appropriate Zoom link for your workshop will be emailed to you once you have registered. They are free, and everyone is welcome!
To learn more about the workshops, visit calpacumc.org/ac2023/workshops.
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Sessions Task Force
14julAll Day16Mission u 2023 (UWFaith)(All Day) PDT
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Dates: July 14-16, 2023 (PDT) Location: Azusa Pacific University (901 E. Alosta Ave., Azusa, CA 91702) CLICK HERE TO
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Dates: July 14-16, 2023 (PDT)
Location: Azusa Pacific University (901 E. Alosta Ave., Azusa, CA 91702)
Cost:
- Early Bird (May 20-31): $275 per adult, $175 per child/Youth (7-17 yrs)
- Regular (June 1-30): $300 per adult
- Korean language Mission u fee (July 14 & 15): $250
- T-shirts: $20/shirt
Scholarships are available.
Registration due: June 30, 2023
Living the Good News: Reflecting God’s Love
Mission u this year will be a weekend in person event where women of all ages will learn, worship, sing, have fun, and celebrate together.
Note: We cannot accommodate children under 6 at this event. However, we can provide a stipend of $40 per family to give to your off site child care provider.
View event flyer (PDF)
Scholarship Application (PDF)
For questions, contact Polly Petersen (Dean) at pollypetersen52@gmail.com or 619.721.1473.
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20julAll Day23NAIC 2023 Family Camp (CONAM)(All Day) PDT
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Dates: July 20-23, 2023 Location: Asbury Retreat Center (16 Lakeside Avenue, Silver Lake, NY 14549) Cost: Adults (18+): $120 Elders (65+): $90 Youth
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Dates: July 20-23, 2023
Location: Asbury Retreat Center (16 Lakeside Avenue, Silver Lake, NY 14549)
Cost:
- Adults (18+): $120
- Elders (65+): $90
- Youth (12-7): $50
- Children (4-11): $25
- Families with 3+ children (4-11) pay for 2 children
- Infants (0-3): no charge
Registration due: must be postmarked by June 15, 2023
This event is for UM Native Americans of all ages. This event is hosted by Native American International Caucus (NAIC) of The United Methodist Church.
The registration is on a first come, first served basis. If rooms are still available, late registrations can be accepted without late fee charge.
“Healing the Generations”
Family Camp returns! We welcome all our Relatives back to a time of connecting and healing, as well as time for fun, celebration, worship and growing in awareness as we walk
together.
- Keynote sessions: Native American Boarding School Trauma and Healing – Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives
- Additional Workshops: Trauma Healing Circle for your community, Sacred Spaces, Legislative Action on Native Concerns, Arts and Crafts, Exercise for Fun and Health and more
- Activities: Asbury Retreat Center offerings include swimming, canoeing, kayaking, archery, ping pong, horseshoes, soccer, volleyball, basketball, Challenge Course and Labyrinth for walking spiritual meditation
- Nearby attractions: Niagara Falls, Ganondagan/Seneca Iroquois Cultural Center, Letchworth State Park “Grand Canyon of the East”
Complete form and include check payable to NAIC and mail to: Rev. Jennifer Kerby, 1705 FouldK Rd, Wilmington, DE, 19803
Flyer & Registration form (PDF)
For more information about this event, contact Jennifer Kerby at jhkmicah6v8@gmail.com
25julAll Day28YOUTH 2023 (UMC Discipleship)(All Day) PDT
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Dates: July 25-28, 2023 Location: Daytona Ocean Center (Daytona Beach , FL) CLICK HERE TO REGISTER ONLINE NOW Cost: $425 per person (Adult Leader & Youth Participant) until March
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Dates: July 25-28, 2023
Location: Daytona Ocean Center (Daytona Beach , FL)
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Cost: $425 per person (Adult Leader & Youth Participant) until March 31; $475 from April 1 – May 31, 2023
Registration due: May 31, 2023
This event is for Young People Leaders and Youth Participants.
Every four years that national youth event for United Methodist Youth take place, and at this unique time in the life of the UMC and young people, YOUTH 2023 will be a place for youth to demonstrate the power of worshipping, learning, and fellowshipping together. We guarantee it will be a place for all youth to come together and set an
example for the adults of the church. We strongly encourage you to consider bringing the youth from your church to YOUTH 2023. If you have never been to a YOUTH event before, picture some of the biggest worship experiences you can imagine and add a variety of learning and service workshops, plus the chance to enjoy the sand and sun and waves on Daytona Beach.
Learn more at: https://www.umcyoungpeople.org/youth2023
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER ONLINE NOW
For more information about this event, contact eventhelp@umcdiscipleship.org
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THE LATEST
RESOURCES
02. RELATED MINISTRIES
- Justice & Compassion EMT:
- United Methodist Women
- Native American Communications
- UMC Native American Comprehensive Plan
- UMC Ethnic Ministries
- UM General Commission on Religion & Race (GCORR)
03. CONTACT
Rev. Greg Douglass
Co-Chair, Native American Committee
greatscottrev@aol.com
Poohwej
Co-Chair, Native American Committee
poohwej@aol.com
TAKE ACTION
Start a Study:
- The Four Vision Quests of Jesus (by Steven Charleston)
- Coming Full Circle – Constructing Native American Christian Theology (editors – Steven Charleston & Elaine Robinson)
- One Church Many Tribes (by Richard Twiss)
- A Native American Theology (by Clara Sue Kidwell, Homer Noley, & George Tinker)
- On This Spirit Walk (by Henrietta Mann & Anita Phillips)
- Prayer, Holy Living Series, Spiritual Practices for Building a Life of Faith, (by Ray Buckley; general editor: Elaine Heath; publisher: Abingdon Press)
To request a Speaker for local church worship service, please contact Rev. Greg Douglass at greatscottrev@aol.com.
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