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Click here to download this message as a PDF. May 4, 2024 Dear California-Pacific Conference, Greetings to you on this beautiful day in Charlotte, North Carolina. I am finishing up meetings with the Council of Bishops and will be flying back to Los Angeles on
By Rev. Dr. Judy Chung, Reserve Clergy Delegate and Executive Director of Missionary Service at Global Ministries This morning at General Conference, 16 missionaries are being commissioned as the Missionaries of the United Methodist Church to take the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ into all
Bishop Escobedo-Frank shares about an exciting vote to remove the ban on gay clergy at the UMC General Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina. Transcript: Dear preacher, Dear lay leader, Dear church,It’s only Wednesday, but it’s also forty years later. It’s already the eighth day of
The General Commission on Archives and History (GCAH) announced Monday that it has been pilot-testing a new mobile app for recording and submitting oral histories. In a press conference, Dr. Ashley Boggan D., the Commission’s General Secretary, shared that the app, called United Methodist Stories,
Bishop Dottie Escobedo-Frank spoke during a Korean Community Gathering service on Sunday evening at Myers Park UMC. Speaking from Luke 14, Bishop Escobedo-Frank reminded us of our shared cultural traditions of meeting at the meal table. She helped us envision a heavenly banquet table where
Dear people of the California-Pacific Annual Conference, I am here in Charlotte, NC as one of your lay reserve delegates. I am loving seeing Cal-Pac friends, old and new! There are many people from our conference here in Charlotte, serving the church in a variety
By Allison Mark, Clergy Delegate to General Conference Scripture for Reflection:“A New Day will dawn on us from above because God’s love is loving and merciful.” (Luke 1:78) [The greater story comes with John the Baptist’s birth. This is part of Zechariah’s song! (Luke 1:67-79)] Silent
Transcript:Hello everyone. Greetings from General conference in Charlotte. I just wanted to say hello to you today, and let you know that the spirit of the Lord is here. The delegates are doing hard work. You can feel that God’s presence is helping us along,
By Monalisa Tu’itahi, Lay Delegate to General Conference Scripture for Reflection:So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch… This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship… (Acts 8:27) Silent Meditation:Please spend a few moments meditating on the passage. Reflection:I read
