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
It is with full hearts of thanks for the outpouring of generosity from 25 California-Pacific churches, plus 8 other organizations and individuals, that provided school supplies, backpacks, comforters, snacks, gift cards, shampoo and conditioner, body wash, and more to Sherman Indian High School in Riverside
September 15, 2022 | CLAREMONT, Calif. Claremont School of Theology (CST) President Dr. Kah-Jin Jeffrey Kuan announced in an open letter yesterday that he will begin a sabbatical leave beginning January 2023, then step down as the school’s President on June 30, 2023. Kuan’s announcement ends a
Amazing things are happening with our local outreach to asylum seekers and immigrants from many parts of the world – but only through an extraordinary commitment from many volunteers. After suffering a catastrophic plumbing backup in one of the dorm buildings being used as an
June 24, 2022 A group of leaders from the Methodist Church of Mexico and The United Methodist Church traveled to southern Mexico April 16-23 to meet with groups working with immigrants crossing the country’s southern border. Though there is no Methodist presence in southern Mexico,
Beginning on April 27, 2022, asylum seekers found a new place to call “home” in LA County, for at least a little while. Approximately 30 old dorm rooms at the Claremont School of Theology (CST) campus have been transformed into critically needed temporary housing units
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Update: The contact information has been updated with a new email address. The California-Pacific Conference and its Disaster Response Task Force are seeking volunteers to work on restoring living quarters for refugees on the CST campus in Claremont, California. Work includes bed assembling, cleaning, painting,
Nov. 30, 2021 | CST When US troops withdrew from Afghanistan at the end of August, a local nonprofit began to search for temporary housing for refugees headed for the San Gabriel Valley. The major immediate need is always temporary housing. “That’s the biggest hurdle
Update: Following the first workday (Oct. 16), the next workdays have been scheduled to be Friday, Oct. 22, and Saturday, Oct. 23. Overnight volunteers are asked to pay $10/night to cover the cost of utilities. Volunteers wishing to stay overnight should: Be prepared to stay
Several California-Pacific Conference congregations provide items and donations in support of Sherman Indian High School. The director, Lorene Sisquoc, put out a call for school supplies, comforters, snacks, and beach towels. According to Revered Gregory Douglass, Pastor of Native American United Methodist Church (Anaheim, CA), approximately 100 backpacks were gathered, along with