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By Marty Drake and Leyla Wagner Messy Church Leaders of Community UMC of Huntington Beach and Messy Church USA Regional Coordinators As we consider the reasons for the decline in Sunday morning worship, we must then look at new possibilities for worshipping together. That is why we have organized the Messy Church Training 2018 event […]
By Rev. Dr. Deb Shepherd-Webster (First UMC of Pasadena) and Rev. Ben Camp (Chair of the Cal-Pac Eco-Justice Task Force) With all of the things that we have been seeing on the news, we followers of Jesus Christ might sometimes ask exactly what kind of action we might be able to take. That is why […]
The following is a statement from the Mission Cabinet of the Western Jurisdiction of The United Methodist Church: “Grace and peace in the name of Christ to the people called United Methodist of the Western Jurisdiction. We are the Mission Cabinet of the Western Jurisdiction, composed of your bishops, Directors of Connectional Ministries, and Leadership […]
Recently, our friends from the Mountain Sky Conference of the Western Jurisdiction of The United Methodist Church posted this important reminder about their official Conference communications: Official conference emails will come from @mtnskyumc.org email addresses. If you receive an email that seems odd, email communications@mtnskyumc.org immediately. Do not respond/click on links from suspicious email addresses. […]
By Diane Gin and Annie Solomon, East District Co-Lay Leaders For a while now, Annie Solomon and I have been wondering how we could spark something within our Lay Leaders to work collaboratively in our mission areas and share what we have learned with each other. So, we came up with the Meet ’n Greet […]
We are pleased to announce that as of July 1, 2018, Bishop Grant J. Hagiya appoints the pastors to the churches indicated beside their names as listed in the PDF accessible below. This is the Master Appointment List as of August 16, 2018 which includes pastors whose appointment was previously announced. This list may be […]
By James J. Kang, Director of Communications of the California-Pacific Conference of The United Methodist Church There was a great feeling of anticipation (and I even took a deep breath) when I posted the details of our upcoming Communicating Christmas 2018 workshop on September 29, 2018 at First United Methodist Church of Riverside. It will […]
By Rev. J. Anthony Boger, Associate Director of New Ministries of the California-Pacific Conference of The United Methodist Church I have been feeling, lately, a great stirring in my heart because of our transformative Conference vision to establish several new worshipping communities (Church plants, satellites, pop-up worship, fresh expressions, Messy Churches, House Churches, Coffee Houses, […]
By Rev. Darin Arntson, Associate Director of Leadership of the California-Pacific Conference of The United Methodist Church I am excited to focus on the launch of a new initiative to increase the conversation about “calling” in the local churches and communities of our Annual Conference. Funded by a Young Clergy Initiative grant from the General […]
Camp Lazy W Ranch is in a mandatory evacuation situation due to the Holy fire which is currently about 3 miles from the camp above the canyon. The camp property is not currently in danger. There were no campers or guests on site at the time and all staff have temporarily relocated to areas safe […]
