June 23, 2023 In Matthew 22:36-40, Jesus makes it clear that the greatest commandment is: “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.” He states that the second greatest commandment is: “Thou
Last Saturday, June 3, a second fire broke out at St. John’s United Methodist Church in historic Watts (Los Angeles) and in California-Pacific Conference’s West District of The United Methodist Church. Friendly neighbors first reported the fire while the church’s senior pastor, Rev. Dr. Kathey
The RMC is offering free membership to all churches within the Greater Northwest Episcopal Area starting immediately and continuing through January 1st, 2022. United Methodist Churches within the Western Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church are also included in this offering, but not automatically enrolled (interested churches
Learn best practices your church can use to increase in-person and online worship attendance. Tuesday, October 25, Noon-1:30 p.m. EDT (9 a.m.-10:30 a.m. PDT; 6 a.m.-7:30 a.m. HST) For most congregations, attracting new people was a challenge even before the pandemic. Now, churches must focus
August 4, 2022 Since before the pandemic, Barna has been tracking “worship shifting” and the uncertain digital and physical realities of churches in America. As the pandemic era accelerated the reality of a “New Sunday Morning,” many pastors have been been asking “what is going on with
June 2, 2022 Doing church on the internet isn’t going to fade away even if COVID-19 does, according to a United Methodist pastor in Louisiana. “I have seen the Holy Spirit working in more powerful ways through the online ministry in the last couple of
The General Commission on Religion and Race (GCORR) has created a PDF downloadable resource to assist both clergy and lay preachers to attend faithfully to the biblical text while engaging Intercultural Competency (ICC) as a value and skill set. The resource format is decidedly exegetical.
A Conference-sponsored virtual worship service with the theme “Believing is Seeing” targeted for the second Sunday of Easter, April 24, 2022, is now available at calpacumc.org/aftereaster2022. The service can be used in total or in part with liturgy, music and message downloadable individually. While this
March 23, 2022 The Nigeria Episcopal Area of The United Methodist Church recently welcomed its first church of the Deaf. Resident Bishop John Wesley Yohanna introduced the new congregation, First Wesleyan United Methodist Church of the Deaf in Mutum Biyu, Gassol, in Taraba State. Deacon
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Note: The available date for the Easter videos has been corrected from April 1 to April 11. Dear Friends in Christ, As you prepare for the sacred seasons of Lent and Easter, your Bishop and Conference leadership want to continue to support pastors and worship