June 26, 2025 Dear California-Pacific Conference, Grace and peace to you on this beautiful summer day! I would like to announce to you that Rev. Luan-Vu (Lui) Tran will become the new Assistant Chancellor for Church Law. As many of you know, our Chancellor, Lori
To continue with a deeply meaningful California-Pacific Conference tradition, we will be honoring distinguished laypersons and clergy with a Bishop’s Award at Annual Conference in Indian Wells. This year’s recipients exemplify a lifetime of extraordinary service devoted to the church and to this conference. Because
Watch the video above for a Good Friday message from Bishop Escobedo-Frank. In this video, she shares her recent experience with the Northern European and Eurasian Conference in Copenhagen and provides a devotional on Matthew 27, encouraging us to cry out to God in this
Bishop Escobedo-Frank shares a message for the 2025 Lenten season. You can watch at this link: https://vimeo.com/1063740688
Bishop Escobedo-Frank offers a message of support to the additional congregations whose members lost homes and jobs during the fires in January 2025.
February 21, 2025 Dear California-Pacific Annual Conference, It is with deep sorrow that I share the news of the passing of Rev. Dr. Lydia Waters on February 20, 2025. Rev. Dr. Waters was born and educated in Texas. Her undergraduate studies were done at Texas
Bishop Escobedo-Frank and the Cabinet have announced the first appointments for the 2025 year. Appointment announcements will be added to the announcement page as they are available throughout the calendar year.
Transcript: Hello everyone, it’s Bishop Dottie Escobedo-Frank, and I’m coming to you from St. Simons Island, Georgia, where I’m at Epworth by the Sea, a United Methodist retreat center.And I’m here with the Council of Bishops. But I wanted to take a moment to say
Please view the following message from Bishop Escobedo-Frank as we prepare for the upcoming election in the United States: Transcript: Hello everyone. I am Bishop Dottie Escobedo-Frank from the California-Pacific Conference. I’m speaking to you, those of you in my conference, coming from a place
We appreciate you taking the time to view the below video during this extremely difficult period in the 140-year life of the Claremont School of Theology. Bishop Escobedo-Frank, on behalf of herself and Bishop Grant Hagiya, is asking you to join in giving to The Campaign for Claremont and help