October 24, 2023 Roland Fernandes Named as Successor to Lead Both Agencies Rev. Greg Bergquist, general secretary of the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry (GBHEM), has requested a retired relationship from the California-Nevada Annual Conference, effective June 30, 2024, after serving as GBHEM’s chief
October 24, 2023 Bishop Thomas B. Stockton’s favorite Bible verse was John 10:10: “I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” “He had an enthusiasm and joyfulness that was really contagious,” said the Rev. James Howell, senior
The second edition of the California-Pacific Conference Lay Servant Ministries (LSM) is here! This October edition includes information on the following: Click HERE to view the Fall 2023 Lay Servant Ministry newsletter.
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2023년 10월 20일 Read in English ‘할로윈’이라는 말은 ‘할로우의 저녁’이라는 뜻입니다. ‘할로우(Hallow)라는 말은 ‘성도(성인 saint의 복수형이 성도 saints입니다.)’를 의미하는 단순히 오래된 영어 표현입니다. 그래서 할로윈(Halloween 또는 Hallowe’en)은 성도의 저녁이라는 뜻이 됩니다. 그런데 왜 하필 ‘저녁’일까요? 창세기 1장을 보면, 유대인들은 하루의 시작을 아침이 아닌 해지는 저녁으로
The word “Halloween” (or “Hallowe’en”) means “the evening of Hallows.” “Hallows” is an older English way of saying “saints” — so, the Evening of Saints. But why “the evening?” Many ancient cultures in the Mediterranean world and the Middle East, including Jewish cultures, understood the
October 18, 2023 The Rev. Michele Johns shares the grief many United Methodists feel in seeing churches withdraw from the denomination. But the pastor and social worker also shares the joy many of her fellow LGBTQ United Methodists and their allies feel at the prospect
July 14, 2023 The recent decision by the majority of the Supreme Court justices to end affirmative action based on race in the college admissions process should alarm all justice-seeking Americans. Christians — and those who value a more equitable society that values diversity in
October 2, 2023 A covenant relationship begun by newly elected bishops over 20 years ago is still going strong today. Bishop Warner H. Brown was elected in 2000 along with Bishops Jose Quipungo and Gaspar João Domingos, both from Angola, and they discussed a conference-to-conference
October 17, 2023 원문 보기 The 2023 special session of the National Association of the Korean American United Methodists was held Oct. 2-5 in Northbrook, Illinois. Attendees included 69 clergy[women], 151 clergy[men], and 84 laity. This was the first in-person gathering since 2019 and was
October 10, 2023 Back in the early 1980s, the Rev. Kathy Sage would meet periodically with the handful of women administrators and faculty at United Methodist seminaries and ask them what they needed. One answer always came back the same, said Sage, who organized the