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Because of public health concerns, the 36th Annual Session AND the 2020 District Conferences will be held as virtual meetings. No in-person attendance or travel is necessary. In order to successfully participate, the Sessions Task Force recommends all Clergy Members and Lay Members RSVP and attend at least one demonstration of the Zoom Webinar platform* […]
Update: The Pastor and Leader Kit resources are also available in French. The official day of Peace with Justice Sunday is June 7, 2020. All are encouraged to celebrate this Sunday on any Sunday throughout the year. In Arizona border towns, communities facing social challenges are dramatically divided. In Liberian villages, citizens’ human rights are […]
We are in about the sixth week of social isolation now, and there are a number of observations to make about this time. The global pandemic has taken its toll on all of us, and even with “safer at home” protocols, we have probably been more pressed than ever. It is a conundrum: we have […]
Cal-Pac Summer Camp WILL HAPPEN this summer, one way or another! How? Here are three scenarios to be determined by conditions set by the government health officials and the Cal-Pac Conference: Option 1 – Summer camp would happen at the campsites. Our facilities will be clean and ready. Medical staff will provide safe protocols. We will follow government […]
Registration (online) for Annual Conference 2020 is now open. To successfully participate in Annual Conference this year, Clergy Members and Lay Members should complete all five items below. The Session will be held virtually through Zoom webinar*: Technological Requirements – Review the virtual meeting technology requirements via the button below. Registration – Register for Annual […]
By Kathy L. Gilbert April 15, 2020 | NASHVILLE (UM News) United Methodist black church leaders issued a call to action in the fight against COVID-19 in light of recent findings that African Americans are dying from the disease at disproportionate rates in the U.S. Strengthening the Black Church for the 21st Century, a national racial […]
As I begin this Monday Briefing for the California-Pacific Conference on the worldwide pandemic, let me remind you of the “Stockdale Paradox” made popular by leadership guru, Jim Collins. This paradox is about Admiral James Stockdale who was shot down over Vietnam during the war and held for 8 years as prisoner of war by […]
MARCHA and the National Plan for Hispanic/Latino Ministries (NPHLM), with the cooperation of, United Methodist Communications (UMCOM), General Commission on Religion and Race (GCORR) and Discipleship Ministries (GBOD), have created a webpage in Spanish with information to assist Hispanic/Latino congregations in the process of applying for the aid that the CARES Act provides. The Ministry […]
Right now, there is a tremendous opportunity for the California-Pacific Conference as a whole to be in ministry with the homeless through the use of our empty church facilities, halls, retreat centers, parking lots, commercial kitchens, staffing, and underutilized parsonages or vacant properties. Cal-Pac Connectional Ministries has been in ongoing conversation with the Los Angeles […]
