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Appointments List Now on Line!
Written: 8/20/2010
The 2010 Appointments list is available now to view or download from the Conference website. The "Appointments" link, the third item under "Quick Links" on the right side of the Home Page at www.cnumc.org, has been re-directed from the midyear appointments listings to a new App...

Churches Challenged to Raise Hunger Awareness, Take Action to End Hunger
Written: 8/19/2010
September is National Hunger Action Month Hunger is a year-in, year-out problem. But during September hunger advocates, agencies, and alliances across the country work together to focus attention on the issue of hunger in America. Make no mistake – there is hunger in this, the...

Last Chance: Less Than Two Weeks Remains to Sign up for CLayM (DVD Study)
Written: 8/19/2010
Get in on the ground floor as the Conference Lay Minister (CLayM) program expands to enable at-home study. The first cycle of CLayM@Home is scheduled to get underway by September 1st - so register now! The new CLayM@Home alternative allows participants to study largely on line or by DVD, making the...

Disciple Online Groups Forming
Written: 8/19/2010
Groups are beginning to take shape for the second year of online Disciple Bible Study, dubbed Disciple Online. Enrollment is open at www.BeADisciple.com/discipleonlinecourses for individuals who wish to participate in Disciple I, Disciple II, and Youth Disciple in an online format, taking part ...

Transformational Leadership Course Being Offered in Great Northern District in October
Written: 8/19/2010
Transformational leadership is the art of developing teams of leaders who are fully alive in God. Would you like that to describe your leadership style? Sign up for a two-weekend course in Transformational Leadership for Clergy and Laity, to be taught in October by Anne Dilenschneider, D.Min., at ...

Materials Available on Web Will Help Boards of Ordained Ministry, District Committees
Written: 8/19/2010
By Vicki Brown* A variety of resources for those who work with candidates for ordained ministry are now available on the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry's website. "We wanted to make training materials and other resources easily accessible in a variety of formats,"...

Churches Struggle to Stay Connected to College Students
Written: 8/19/2010
By Renee Elder* Congregations routinely celebrate college-bound youth with farewell gifts, and parties featuring slideshows of preschool Christmas pageants, high school mission trips, and almost everything in between. But youth leaders and pastors who want to extend the relationship into the months...

Sign up for September Church Transformation Leadership Institute in Missouri
Written: 8/19/2010
Churches are dying all over the country. Have you seen this happen? Is there anything sadder than seeing a church slowly dying for years and then having to close its doors for good? If you've experienced this first hand or seen it happen in your area, you undoubtedly realize that unless our shrink...

Clergy Sexual Boundary Training: Dates Added in September, February, May
Written: 8/19/2010
Are gifts from parishioners really gifts? Can pastors be friends with parishioners? What about that $500 check at Christmas from a parishioner – should the pastor accept it? What about going to a doctor who is your parishioner? Sexual Ethics Training isn't just about the obvious! Join your co...

October Worship Design Studio Retreat at Lake Tahoe Is Open for Registration
Written: 8/19/2010
You're invited to spend three days on the shores of Lake Tahoe, in the company of people who are passionate about planning meaningful and memorable worship – to be guided by Dr. Marcia McFee! Over the course of the October 24-37 Worship Design Studio Retreat, you'll move through the seasons o...

Attend Free Screening of Powerful, Award-Winning Film
Written: 8/19/2010
Side-By-Side Ministries invites you to attend a free showing of an award-winning film, Lost in Woonsocket, on Tuesday, September 7 in Sacramento. There will be two showings, with an opportunity after each to meet a key figure in the film. Lost in Woonsocket introduces viewers to Normand Cartier. Li...

September is National Alcohol & Drug Addiction Recovery Month
Written: 8/19/2010
Theme is 'Join the Voices for Recovery: Now More Than Ever!' WASHINGTON, D.C. | September is National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month – an observance that marks its 21st year. The 2010 theme is, "Join the Voices for Recovery: Now More Than Ever!" &nb...

United Methodist Afghan Expert Killed in Early-August Massacre
Written: 8/19/2010
By Elliott Wright New York, NY | A United Methodist layman who devoted his life to the people of Afghanistan was among the 10 persons killed on August 6 as the group returned to the city of Kabul from an eye care camp in a remote northeast part of the country. Daniel Terry, 64, had been in...

Bishop Dew Memorial Service Video Uploaded to 'REEL Witness'
Written: 8/18/2010
A video of the Saturday, August 7 memorial service for retired United Methodist Bishop William W. ("Bill") Dew, Jr. of Elk Grove has been uploaded to "REEL Witness," the online video library of the California-Nevada Annual Conference. Click here to play the Bishop Dew memorial s...

Don't Miss Adam Hamilton Webinar on August 26
Written: 8/16/2010
Be sure to sign up for a free webinar on Thursday, August 26 from 8 to 10 a.m., Pacific time, with the Rev. Adam Hamilton, founding and senior pastor of the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, Kansas – one of the fastest growing, most influential mainline Protestant churche...

August Webinars: Human Trafficking, 'The Land Between,' UM Pastor Adam Hamilton
Written: 8/11/2010
When Christine Caine, on a mission trip, met with victims of human trafficking, one young woman screamed at her, "If what you say about God loving me and wanting to rescue me is true – then why didn't you come sooner?" "Why didn't I?" Caine wondered in horror. She realize...

Ruling Intensifies Debate on Homosexuality
Written: 8/10/2010
A UMNS Report By Heather Hahn A federal court's rejection of California's same-sex marriage ban is receiving condemnation and praise from United Methodists. One thing both sides agree on: The ruling only adds to the longtime debate on how the church ministers to gays and lesbians. &qu...

Bishop Brown Quoted in Sac Bee Story on Immigration Reform
Written: 8/10/2010
A July 18 story in The Sacramento Bee quotes Bishop Warner H. Brown, Jr., resident bishop for the California-Nevada Annual Conference (region) of The United Methodist Church, on the topic of immigration reform. The story "Broad Coalition of Faith Leaders Urges Immigration Reform," by Jenn...

PSR Applauds Federal Decision Striking Down Proposition 8
Written: 8/4/2010
BERKELEY, California - Pacific School of Religion and its Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry are applauding the decision by U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker, announced this afternoon, that California's ban on same-sex marriage violates the United States Constitution's...

Extrum-Fernandez to Head Board of Pensions
Written: 8/4/2010
OAKLAND, California—The California-Nevada Annual Conference Board of Pensions has announced the election of Paul Extrum-Fernandez to the position of Executive Secretary (Conference Benefits Officer), effective August 1, 2010. The appointment follows the July 9 announcement of Grady Knowles' r...