You probably know that a special called session of The United Methodist Church’s legislative body, General Conference, will take place Feb. 23-26 in St. Louis. You probably know that the session will deal with the denominational stance on gender ...
By Rev. Michael Yoshii Chair of Advocacy & Justice Committee, and a Co-Chair of Order of Elders California-Nevada Conference of The UMC This past week, as communities remembered the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., prominent writer ...
A final judgment has been rendered in the case brought by Claremont School of Theology (CST) against Claremont Graduate University and The Claremont Colleges, Inc., formerly known as Claremont University Consortium (CUC), and related cross-claims. A ...
By Rev. Neal Christie Assistant General Secretary, Education and Leadership Formation General Board of Church and Society Ecumenical Advocacy Days for Global Peace with Justice will gather in Washington, D.C., April 5-8, 2019 for its 17th Annual ...
Pacific School of Religion (PSR) will host a Service of Commissioning, Word and Table on Friday, Feb. 15, on behalf of those planning to attend the upcoming special called General Conference of The United Methodist Church in St. Louis. The service ...
The current partial shutdown of the federal government is the longest on record, underway for nearly five weeks now, and with no end in view. Federal employees constitute those in the first wave of impact, bearing the initial financial brunt of the ...
“In the hours and days after disaster, those who survive are looking for anything to give them hope. ERTs can provide the kind of immediate response that restores hope, builds faith, and encourages those who are looking to their neighbor for support....
Since 1994 the Mission Handcrafts Project has provided $108,889 in support for Advance Specials and other missions around the world. Last year alone, the project raised $3,735 for missions and the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), with ...
The 2019 General Conference Delegation page has been updated with biographical information for some of the members of the California-Nevada delegation. (We’re awaiting bios from the others and will include them as they’re received.) The page ...
Rev. Jorge Domingues, Director of Connectional Ministries for the California-Nevada Annual Conference, was “randomly selected for further questions” while visiting the US-Mexico border at McAllen, Texas with Bishop Minerva G. Carcaño this week. “It ...
By Rev. Brian Diggs Associate Director, UMCOR West Located in the heart of downtown Salt Lake City, the UMCOR West Office and Depot seeks to be a vital part of the work and vision of the United Methodist Committee on Relief. As a member of UMCOR’s ...
Members of the Korean Caucus of the California-Nevada Annual Conference met with Bishop Minerva G. Carcaño and other conference leaders in December for a two-hour dialogue about the direction of The United Methodist Church, and the plans for A Way ...
Up to $2,000 is available to United Methodist churches and organizations for projects that support Advocacy and Justice Actions, but the Feb. 15, 2019 deadline is fast approaching. Don’t miss this opportunity to further your church’s justice work! ...
El Sobrante United Methodist Church invites you to an evening of wonderful Russian music beginning at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 13, when the Konevets Quartet presents its annual program at the church. Tickets are $15 at the door. The Konevets ...
Cal-Nev’s Rev. Hubert Ivery to Lead Workshop The United Methodist Council of Bishops is urging United Methodists to join in observing the global Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, organized by the World Council of Churches, Jan. 18-25. This year’s ...
“The bishop conveys these critically important ideas … in the kind of simple but powerful way that stays with listeners and deters them from giving up – a very real danger as the conflict stretches into months and then years.” – Ray Kirstein The ...
Get to know the delegates who will represent you next month at the special called 2019 General Conference of The United Methodist Church! We have created a 2019 General Conference Delegation page with delegate names, designations, and photos, ...
Church Mutual Insurance Company and its affiliate, Church and Casualty, is providing all participating churches with access to a cloud-based platform called ThinkHR that will help churches and annual conference agencies with their Human Resource ...
Clergy of the California-Nevada Annual Conference are to take Clergy Boundary Training once a quadrennium. Classes for the first half of 2019 have been announced: April (date to be determined) – Clergy Boundary 101 Training, as a part of the ...
Up to $2,000.00 is available to UMC churches and organizations for projects that support Advocacy and Justice Actions. We, who call ourselves Methodists, are called to works of justice, to discover the reasons why the homeless are homeless, why the ...
The deadline for churches to submit 2018 tithes and for making contributions to the Fulfilling Our Commitments/Close the Gap campaign is noon on Monday, January 14. Checks must be physically in the Conference Finance Office by noon Monday in order to...
The Office of Congregational Development’s Healthy Church Initiative (HCI) is pleased to host “Discipleship Is Everything,” February 22-23 at the Conference Center in West Sacramento, California. Discipleship is at the heart of the mission of The ...
By the Rev. Alex Joyner District Superintendent, Eastern Shore District of the Virginia Conference The traditional spot of Jesus’ birth is hardly more than a cleft in a rock. The cave beneath the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem preserves the ...
By Diane Knudsen Executive Director of Finance and Administration We only have a few more days to prepare ourselves for the mystery of the birth of our Lord, Jesus Christ. Are you and your church bearing witness to a weary world, shining the bright ...
Pacific School of Religion will lead an immersion experience at the 2019 Special Session of the General Conference of The United Methodist Church in February. In addition to PSR students, interested lay and clergy members of the California-Nevada ...
Human Relations Day is less than two months away and will be here before we know it! Pastors and churches, please plan to celebrate and give to Human Relations Day on January 20, 2019. United Methodist Communications (UMCom) has new resources to ...
The Korean Association of The United Methodist Church (KAUMC) has sent a $5,000 check to the California-Nevada Annual Conference’s disaster response fund, to aid Camp Fire recovery efforts. In a letter to Bishop Minerva Carcaño, signed simply “...
Bay District clergy and laity, get the New Year off to a great start – attend the Bay District Mission Strategy Event, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., at New Vision United Methodist Church in Millbrae, California. Be energized by this time ...
By this time of year, we would normally have started the process of the Annual Statistical Return. However, as a result of delays at GCFA, we're not able to start – yet! I hope we will be ready by January 1, 2019, and I will be writing to all ...
The Western Jurisdiction communicators are pooling their talents and resources to curate a contextual digest of the special called session of General Conference in February 2019, in the form of a limited-edition newsletter for the Western ...
Brothers and Sisters in Christ, As co-chairs of the California-Nevada Conference Delegation, we want to thank you again for the confidence you have placed in our delegation to represent the conference at the special called General Conference 2019 ...
By Jenny Copello Development Coordinator/Executive Asst., The Endowment Board Beginning November 8, 2018 and lasting 17 long days until its containment on November 25, the Camp Fire destroyed thousands of structures in Paradise, California and ...
Faith United Methodist Church in Sacramento will remember the survivors of the devastating Camp Fire during its Christmas Eve service this year. The church’s annual Candlelight Communion Service of lessons and carols will be at 6 p.m. on Monday, ...
Register now for the Gathering of the Orders! Registration closes on January 7, 2019 and late registrations will not be accepted (this is a change from past years). Your $130 payment also must be received by that date. Please note that unless you ...
Come honor the lives of our sisters and brothers who died without homes in Santa Clara County, and bring awareness to the ongoing tragedy of homelessness in our community. Held on the Winter Solstice, the longest night of the year, the Homeless ...
By Cate Monaghan Interim Communications Director, CA-NV Conference of The UMC “We are going forth to live lives of love,” Bishop Minerva Carcaño said in her benediction Sunday evening (Dec. 9, 2018), as a packed congregation of Christians, Jews, ...
By Fel Cao Director of Camping and Retreat Ministries and Young People’s Ministry I share the joy of both clergy and lay when we witness the growth of our children and youth as they are engaged in the ministries of the church. We have seen the ...
By Sonja Edd-Bennett Director of Disaster Response Ministry, CA-NV Conference Just slightly more than a month after being evacuated, Pastor Bob Chicou and Administrative Assistant Patty Wall were able to return for 30 minutes to Paradise United ...
Bishop Minerva G. Carcano has released the following message to the members of the California-Nevada Conference: December 11, 2018 Brothers and Sisters, Thank you for your prayers during this time of discernment in our work with the Glide ...
The Instant Connection publication dates for December and January are: December 13 December 20 January 10 January 17 January 24 January 31 There will be no Instant Connection on December 27 and January 3 because of conference office closures during...
By Kristin Stoneking CFA Chair Connectionalism is a key dimension to who we are as United Methodists. It fuels our understanding of our relationships and commitments to God, to each other, and to the world. Our connectional structure has ...
By Mary Nakamura Lay Leader, Los Rios District On November 17, 2018, in response to the need for disciple-making ministries in the local church, Rev. Dr. Craig Kennet Miller was invited to present “TeamWorks Tools for Creating Vital Faith ...
On Saturday, Dec. 1, around 20 volunteers responded to an appeal by the California-Nevada Conference’s Disaster Response Ministry and showed up at the United Methodist Center in West Sacramento, to lend their data entry skills to the Camp Fire ...
By Leslie Carmichael Emergency Response Team Coordinator CA-NV Conference Disaster Response Ministry Butte County announced last week that beginning December 10, they expect to reopen parts of Paradise to allow survivors of the Camp Fire to visit ...
It’s time to begin thinking about legislation for our Annual Conference Session, June 19-22, 2019, including petitions to the 2020 General Conference. Please note the following guidelines: Recommendations, resolutions and petitions may be brought ...
WASHINGTON, DC | The Council of Bishops (COB) of The United Methodist Church is mourning the death of the 41st U.S. President, George H. W. Bush. President Bush is the father of 43rd President George W. Bush. George W. Bush and his wife, Laura, are ...
El Amor No Conoce Fronteras: Un Llamado de Justicia para Migrantes The General Board of Church and Society (GBCS) of The United Methodist Church is joining in a National Week of Action for Migrant Justice, organized by the American Friends Service ...
Bishop Héctor F. Ortíz Vidal of the Puerto Rico Methodist Conference has written to Bishop Minerva Carcaño, extending his gratitude to the people of the California-Nevada Annual Conference for all their support, solidarity, and prayers since ...
2018 Advent can begin with the special blessing of having done something to help the victims of the Camp Fire disaster. This Saturday, Dec. 1, the day before the start of the Advent season, volunteers are needed for data entry at the United Methodist...
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