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Courageouns Conversations (Discipleship Ministries) Discussion Guide w/ Young People (Discipleship Ministries) Difficult Conversations Readiness Covenant By Rev. Darin ArntsonAssociate Director of LeadershipCalifornia-Pacific Conference Adapted from Brene Brown’s “Engaged Feedback Checklist” We are ready to sit next to the person, rather than across from them. We are willing to put the problem in front of both […]
As the first Sunday of the month, the traditional liturgy of the United Methodist Church invites us to gather around the Word and Table. Historically, this includes as a response to the proclamation of the Word a time of confession, assurance, and seeking reconciliation and peace with our neighbors, prior to approaching the table of […]
I greet you in the name of Jesus Christ! By now you have probably all heard that the General Conference Special Called Session is now over, and the Traditional Plan prevailed (53% – 438 votes to 47% – 384 votes). Although it does have repressive ramifications to our LGBTQI community, the Judicial Council has ruled […]
With a vote of 438 (Yes) to 384 (No), the Traditional Plan has passed in Plenary in the Special Called Session of General Conference 2019. Stay connected for further updates and information via email and social media.
Yesterday was a little tough for our Western Jurisdiction and Cal-Pac Annual Conference. The Prioritization process lifted the Traditional Plan and petitions to disaffiliate from the UMC ahead of all others. This means that they will be taken up first by the legislative body which is the entire delegation of the Special Called Session. It […]
Our opening worship for today highlighted a sermon by our COB President, Bishop Ken Carter, who spoke at our last California-Pacific Annual Conference Session. Bishop Carter gave a wonderful theological sermon calling for the unity of the church and submission to the will of God. The full text of Bishop Carter’s sermon is available here, and I […]
On the first Sunday after the Special Called Session, all are invited and welcome to a special worship service in celebration of our unity under the Lord, Jesus Christ, and the power of the Holy Spirit. We will gather on: Sunday, March 3, 2019, at 6:00PM PST at Pasadena First United Methodist Church500 E Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA […]
With this historic General Conference Special Called Session, we thought it might be helpful for me to send to our California-Pacific Conference personal updates and observations. I will try to do this daily and look forward to being in communication with all of you. Some of the bishops started early on Thursday to gather to […]
But speaking the truth in love, we must grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ.– Ephesians 4:15 (NRSV) “I love you, but…” We’ve all heard those words. Maybe we’ve even said them. They are painful words to hear, because they assert that there’s something fundamentally wrong with the person […]
Amazed and astonished, they asked, “Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? And how is it that we hear, each of us, in our own native language?”– Acts 2:7 My son likes to watch the Wild Kratts on PBS. Chris and Martin Kratt begin each episode of this nature show with a live-action introduction […]
