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Join justice-seeking United Methodists in the California-Pacific Conference for an important day of discussion and planning for the long-term work of dismantling racism in our church and our society. Saturday, February 11, 2023 (10 AM – 3 PM PST | 8 AM – 1 PM HST)in person: St. Mark UMC in Los Angeles ($20 including […]
Effective Black Parenting is a parenting curriculum out of the DC Children’s Trust Fund and approved for parenting instruction by many social service agencies nationwide. It is a 15-module parenting curriculum. We serve families who have been court-mandated to take parenting training and seek reunification with their children. We have also served and welcome parents, […]
January 25, 2023 United Methodists are reeling after multiple mass shootings over the past few days took more than 20 lives, left dozens injured and sewed heartbreak across the U.S. Churchgoers are responding with prayer, comfort for the grieving and renewed calls for advocacy against gun violence. United Methodists especially are expressing solidarity with Asian […]
On Saturday, January 21, 2023, a mass shooting occurred just a few blocks away from one of our churches: Shepherd of the Hills United Methodist Church of Monterey Park. Tuesday evening, Rev. John Yoon, the senior pastor of the church, along with church laity and other UMC members attended a candlelight vigil at the Monterey […]
An Installation Service recognizing the newly elected Bishop Dottie Escobedo-Frank as our resident bishop will be held at First United Methodist Church of Pasadena on Sunday, January 29, 2023, at 3:00 PM PST (1:00 PM HST | Monday, January 30, 9:00 AM ChST). All laity, clergy, and Caucuses are invited to attend. The service will […]
January 24, 2023 The Rev. Dennis Blackwell is weary of the news reports of people being shot, many times Black people. “Every morning, I turn the television on,” said Blackwell, a United Methodist pastor at Asbury Community Church in Woodlynne, New Jersey. “There are people who’ve been killed by stray bullets, young people on the […]
Dear Church Leader, The General Council on Finance and Administration has replaced the EZRA statistical system with Brick River platform, naming it ACStats System. This new system is now open to local churches to enter 2022 Tables Data. I encourage you to please check out Guide to Statistics 2022, which will also provide you with […]
Beloved California-Pacific UM Family, Today we learned of the shooting at Monterey Park on the Lunar New Year holiday. Ten beloved souls lost their lives, and others were injured and traumatized. As I absorbed the news over the course of the day, my heart became both heavy and full. Heavy for the suffering of those […]
Hello friends! Greetings to you from Torrevieja, Spain, where I am currently serving as a General Board of Global Ministries (GBGM) missionary and pastor of La Siesta Evangelical Church. My work here has been challenging and exciting, as we move further from Coronavirus restrictions into a fully-active international Protestant church community in a majority Catholic […]
As a local church pastor, I know it seems like “one more thing” to attend the Loss Prevention Workshops sponsored by HUB International and Philadelphia Insurance, and to try to get lay people from your church to join you. But I’ve learned that these sessions are incredibly important to the overall physical and financial health […]
