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Western Jurisdiction Meetings, 'A New Thing,' Are Well Received

By Cate Monaghan Director of Communications, CA-NV Annual Conference   See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland. – Isaiah 43:19   When Bishop Grant Hagiya (resident in the Pacific Northwest Annual Conference, shown at right) posed the question on Sunday, "Should we do this again?" he received a warm response. There were nods throughout the roomful of bishops,...

Link to Registration for WJ Clergywomen's Consultation Is on Cal-Nev Website

A link to registration for the Western Jurisdiction Clergywomen's Consultation, Feb. 19-22, 2012, in Reno, has been added to the California-Nevada Conference website. You'll find it in the "Quick Links" section, on the upper right side of the Home Page at www.cnumc.org (the last item in blue). It will take you to the Clergywomen's Consultation website, where you'll be able to find out more about the event as well as sign up to attend (look for the large "Register Now!"...

Registration Opens for Western Jurisdiction Clergywomen's Consultation in Reno

Registration is now open for clergywomen interested in attending the Western Jurisdiction Clergywomen's Consultation, Feb. 19-22, 2012, at the Grand Sierra Resort, 2500 East 2nd Street, in Reno. The theme, "Taking Flight: Leading Into the Unknown," will celebrate the ways in which women are leading the Church into the future in creative and Gospel-filled ways.   Registration fee is $130. Scholarships are available upon request: Contact Sharon Moe at revmo1@aol.com. To receive...

26th Annual Coast Tour Rides Again, July 24-30

United Methodists will cycle the Pacific coastline again this summer, July 24-30. Sponsored in the Western Jurisdiction by the California-Pacific Annual Conference, the annual bike adventure known as the Coast Tour will travel the Oregon State-designated bike route along the ocean for nearly 400 miles. The tour, now in its 26th year, has become a full spectrum event for ages 15 to 70+, with friends, couples, parent-teen combos, and other mixes taking part (marriages have been proposed!)....

Western Jurisdiction College of Bishops Unveils Realignment Plan

SAN FRANCISCO – In a meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 25, the College of Bishops of the Western Jurisdiction shared with the jurisdiction Leadership Team, their plan for realignment of the episcopal areas of the Western Jurisdiction. The plan calls for the current Portland and Seattle areas to be joined into one area. This means the Oregon-Idaho and the Pacific Northwest Annual Conferences, along with the Alaska Missionary Conference, will be supervised by one episcopal area. The Alaska...

There's Still Time to Register for Immigration Event

There's still time to register for the Western Jurisdiction Immigration Training Event taking place in San Francisco next Saturday (Jan. 22). "If you are interested in learning more about the work of The United Methodist Church in immigration, or how you or your church might be involved, please plan to attend [this] excellent event on January 22 right in our area," says El Camino Real District Superintendent, the Rev. Kristie Olah.   Bishop Warner H. Brown, Jr. says the naming...

Bishop Invites Participation in 'Call to Radical Hospitality'

Don't forget to register for the January 22 immigration training event at the San Francisco Airport Hyatt Hotel. The Saturday event is designed to equip, inspire, and mobilize leaders for just and compassionate immigration reform – and all lay and clergy who are committed to creating safe places for our immigrant brothers and sisters are encouraged to attend.   Workshop topics include Race and Immigration, Immigration and Economics, Immigration Reform, Justice for Our Neighbors,...

Cal-Nev Clergy and Laity: Attend 'A Call to Radical Hospitality' in January

All clergy and laity committed to creating safe places for our immigrant brothers and sisters are encouraged to register to attend "A Call to Radical Hospitality," a Western Jurisdiction immigration training event, Saturday, January 22, 2011 at the San Francisco Airport Hyatt Hotel. The event, 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., is designed to equip, inspire, and mobilize leaders for just and compassionate immigration reform. Be prepared to increase your knowledge, awareness, commitment, and...

Jurisdictional Training Series for Transitional-Interim Pastors Starts in July

Think only other denominations use interim pastors? Think again. Think only other denominations train interim pastors? Think again.   United Methodists have been training and appointing interim pastors for nearly 10 years! More than 200 United Methodist pastors from many different conferences have been trained for interim work, and many are appointed as TIMS – transitional-interim ministry specialists.   Are you interested in being trained for transitional-interim ministry?...

California-Nevada Sends $200K to Haiti Relief

The California-Nevada Annual Conference has contributed $246,203.70 so far to the Western Jurisdiction's Lenten project, "Operation Resurrection 2010." The United Methodist Committee on Relief depot in Salt Lake City, UMCOR West, is in the process of tabulating the number of health kits that have been donated by the conference and hopes to have those statistics by the end of this week.   All Cal-Nevada totals, along with those of other conferences, are being posted on the...

Lenten Project for Haiti: 'Operation Resurrection 2010'

A Compassionate Response to the Earthquake From the Western Jurisdiction On this, Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, the bishops and other leaders of the Western Jurisdiction of The United Methodist Church are calling on their people and churches to devote themselves to a special Lenten project focused on Haiti. "Operation Resurrection 2010" honors the spirit of the Haitian people and of the UMC staff members who were caught in the January 12 earthquake which devastated that...

Western Jurisdiction Global Ministries Secretaries Meet in Cal-Nevada

The California-Nevada Annual Conference is hosting the fall gathering of the Western Jurisdiction Conference Secretaries of Global Ministries this week. Thursday and Friday (November 19-20), the group is gathering at the United Methodist Center in West Sacramento, California, with a mission exposure trip scheduled for Saturday. On Friday, the conference secretaries will hear a message from Cal-Nevada's resident bishop, Warner H. Brown, Jr., followed by a briefing by staff of the General Board...