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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 […]
One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?” “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.[a] Love the Lord […]
“Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, […]
“Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.” – 1 Corinthians 12:27 Christ and the church formed one body as the Scripture explains us. Christians become members of this body by Baptism, the upward rite is a sign of the relationship with the body and becoming […]
“Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.” […]
