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On October 18, 2014, members of the English ministry of Bell Memorial United Methodist Church marched in the annual Buckboard Days parade (Rowland Heights, CA). Why? They marched to lead their community in imagining no malaria in Sub-Saharan Africa. They marched with a banner with the “text to pledge” number. And, they hosted a booth […]
[UMNS] United Methodist Bishop Minerva Carcaño received the Ann L. Reskovac Courage Award from Scarritt Bennett Center on Dec. 6 in recognition for her work as an immigration activist. Carcaño, who leads the California-Pacific Conference, has been an outspoken advocate for comprehensive immigration reform for more than 10 years. She has promoted a variety of […]
November 26, 2014 An Invitation from the Los Angeles Council of Religious Leaders In this Thanksgiving season, we send warm greetings to the people of Greater Los Angeles with gratitude for the opportunity to be united in service addressing issues of spiritual and societal importance within our region. We give thanks for our faith communities […]
Happy Thanksgiving! We certainly have much to be grateful for. Our greatest blessing is that we belong to God who is ever faithful. God is a God of abundance; abundant grace, mercy, love, patience, and justice, to name just some of the ways we experience God from Thanksgiving Day to Thanksgiving Day. As I thought […]
Just released tonight are the first two episodes of The Branches podcast, a new media collaboration of the California-Pacific Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church and Claremont School of Theology. The first and second episodes, which comprise the Advent 2014 Series, feature Los Angeles Area United Methodist Bishop Minerva G. Carcaño and Claremont School […]
The California-Pacific Annual Conference has received a $100,000 bridge grant from the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) to assist in resourcing a new initiative entitled, “You Are Not Alone,” for the Unaccompanied Migrant Children’s Program of the Cal-Pac United Methodist Church Welcoming Congregations Network. This is a start up grant for this program with […]
The energy that new faith communities bring was palatable as 70 clergy and laity from the Yellowstone, Rocky Mountain, Oregon-Idaho, Pacific Northwest, Desert Southwest and Cal-Pac Conferences gathered at Trailhead 2014, from November 13 – 15, 2014, for an event focused on exploring planting new faith community in the United Methodist Church. At Redondo Beach […]
On this night when a grand jury has determined that no charges will be brought against the police officer who killed unarmed Michael Brown, I keep seeing in my mind the picture of Michael’s father crying at his funeral. It is an anguished cry that only fathers who have lost their sons fully understand. What […]
Last night immigrant families received a word of mercy and a measure of justice. Through executive action President Barack Obama announced that undocumented immigrants who have lived in the U.S. more than five years and who have children who are U.S. citizens or residents will be able to stay in the U.S. for the next […]
This statement was delivered on November 20, 2014 at a press teleconference with Church World Service on the Obama Administration’s planned action on immigration reform. Thank you for the privilege of being on this call with immigrant rights leaders who have been working diligently and sacrificially for years for justice for immigrant families. Undocumented immigrant […]
