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February 2, 2023 United Methodist Women is now called United Women in Faith. Methodist suffragette and temperance advocate Frances Willard had a longtime female partner. What are respectful ways to refer to different ethnicities? In the first 12 chapters of the updated denomination history book “American Methodism,” published by Abingdon Press, the majority of the edits are of […]
January 31, 2023 Centenary United Methodist Church’s regular Sunday worship service was anything but routine. The Memphis, Tennessee, church — where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. met with striking sanitation workers just days before being assassinated — now gathered to mourn Tyre Nichols, another man whose brutal death has shaken the national conscience. The […]
THE EPISCOPAL OFFICE AND THE BOARD OF PENSION AND HEALTH BENEFITS It is with sadness that we inform you of the death of Mrs. JoAnn Shore, the spouse of Rev. Walter Hays, a member of the California-Pacific Conference, on December 30, 2022. Mrs. Shore is survived by her spouse, Walt, and step-children: Thomas, Robert, and Kenneth. A […]
Beloved Cal-Pac family, Happy New Year and welcome to the first quarterly newsletter from the Justice & Compassion Essential Ministry Team (JCEMT). We are excited to bring you news of some of the work which is happening around our conference. We also want to make sure we are providing you with contacts and details of […]
The California-Pacific Conference’s vision: Ending Spiritual and Physical Hunger resonates and inspires the laity and clergy of our area to give, lead, and serve in new and exciting ways. Each week we will share a video from one of our churches that is living into the vision. Many of the examples and expressions of grace, […]
The Wednesday Witness Skill Building Series 2023 is a four-part series that will deepen the capacity of United Methodists to advocate for justice with decision-makers. January 30, 2023 Part one of this series will focus on formulating your story. There is power in sharing your story. Communicating effectively about why you care and are passionate […]
The LA For All Healing Circles are open dialogues to build a better Los Angeles held virtually or in-person to foster stronger community bonds, support community-based organizations, and provide safe spaces for Angelenos to discuss the impacts of racial trauma, identity, systemic racism, and the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s important that we take care of ourselves in community. […]
January 13, 2023 Nonagenarians are an integral part of our society. As I write this, news has broken about the deaths of legendary journalist Barbara Walters and Pope Benedict XVI at 93 and 95 years of age, respectively. The Rev. Carlton R. “Sam” Young, thankfully still with us, is another nonagenarian, one with few peers […]
January 24, 2023 The General Board of Church and Society of The United Methodist Church joined 164 other faith-based organization as a signatory to a letter denouncing their plans to create a new asylum ban through the federal rule-making process. The United Methodist Church believes that “at the center of Christian faithfulness to Scripture is […]
Join justice-seeking United Methodists in the California-Pacific Conference for an important day of discussion and planning for the long-term work of dismantling racism in our church and our society. Saturday, February 11, 2023 (10 AM – 3 PM PST | 8 AM – 1 PM HST)in person: St. Mark UMC in Los Angeles ($20 including […]
