The 2025 Annual Conference season kicks off this Saturday with our five District Conference sessions. Registration for district conferences is combined with our regular annual conference registration and can be accessed at this link. Meeting links and voting information will be emailed to registered attendees
by Rev. Catie Coots, East District Change Managerphoto from Community UMC of Pacific Palisades The fires are still burning as I write this. We don’t know yet the totality of our losses. But we know we have lost two of our churches. The buildings of
by Alyssa Fisher, Director of Communicationsphotos provided by Rev. Allison Mark and Rev. Cathie Capp In November, a team, including members from University UMC of Irvine and Faith UMC of Torrance traveled to Tijuana to complete a home build with local organization Corazón. The team
Photos by Stephen Hale, Capital Hope ProductionsWritten by Alyssa Fisher Sunday, September 8, 2024 was a homecoming and reunion at Downey United Methodist Church, as it celebrated its 170th anniversary. Local politicians, former pastors, and congregants from the present and past gathered in the pews on Sunday,
by Rev. Jennifer Burns, Associate Pastor of Shepherd of the Hills On Sunday, August 18th, over a dozen people representing a diversity of ages and races, showed up at Long Beach Rescue Mission with one purpose: to serve. These “Worker Bees” meet once a month
Report from Rev. Dr. Lui Tran, Vice-Chair, Vietnamese UM National Caucus and Rev. Ken Suhr, Director of Leadership and Congregational Vitality for Cal-Pac. The 34th Convocation of Vietnamese United Methodists in the United States took place July 26-28, 2024 at West Anaheim United Methodist Church
Affordable housing projects at Inglewood First United Methodist Church and East Whittier United Methodist Church were featured in a recent article by The New York Times. Rev. Victor Cyrus-Franklin, pastor of Inglewood First United Methodist Church, was interviewed about plans for 60 studio apartments on
On February 17th, 2024, a special Pow Wow was held at Native American United Methodist Church in Anaheim, CA. People from all over California, various states, and even Oklahoma gathered to honor and celebrate the 90th birthday of Winnie Esther James, a recognized elder in the
In January, California suffered a series of strong storms that resulted in the flooding and damage to land, homes, and our churches. Echo Park United Methodist Church sustained severe damage to its building, and the church recently discovered that its tower is in a state
Thanks to the community at St. Paul’s United Methodist in North Redondo Beach, a family who recently arrived from Ukraine now has a home, jobs, and place of worship. Lesia Nikitienko, her husband, Roman, daughter, Eliza, and their dog arrived in November after spending 12