Pacific Northwest Conference United Methodist Women Collecting Quilts for “Children at Risk”
By Susan Chamberlain
A tradition since 1991 at the Pacific Northwest Conference United Methodist Church Annual Meeting is the collecting of United Methodist Women (UMW)...
The 146th Session of the Pacific Northwest Annual Conference
Story by Patrick Scriven
Note: The following report was prepared to share the work of the 2019 Pacific Northwest Annual Conference across the connection. It is also...
Jars for Jamaa Letu 2019
The 2019 label for the annual “Jars for Jamaa Letu” is now available. Local churches are invited to use the Jars program as a fun way of gathering funds for the support of our two orphanages in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo.
PNW Conference Lay Leaders reflect on a difficult General Conference
A word from Nancy Tam Davis
I’m in a prayerful frame of mind as I let the images and words from last week’s special session...
The 145th Session of the Pacific Northwest Annual Conference
The 145th Session of the Pacific Northwest Annual Conference offered many opportunities for members to discern for today a question posed by Bishop Elaine Stanovsky: "What does Love look like?" Patrick Scriven, director of communications, shares this visual summary of #PNWAC18.
New Scholarship fund empowers PNW Conference to offer grants to 16 students
In 2016, the PNW Conference made a change in its budget to reallocate existing support for student education to a new Scholarship Fund available to United Methodist students from the Pacific Northwest. This spring, the first round of student applications were received and grants awarded totaling $24,000.
What to expect when you’re expecting to be a General Conference delegate
The Pacific Northwest Conference is planning to elect its delegates for the 2020 United Methodist General Conferences during its Annual Conference at the Showplex Center in Puyallup on June 22-24, 2018. Rev. Mary Huycke provides this overview of what you are signing up for if elected to serve as a clergy or lay delegate.
Scholarships available for Two-Year Academy for Spiritual Formation
Scholarships are available for PNW laity and clergy who are registered for a Two-Year Academy for Spiritual Formation starting this summer. The Board of...
Jar$ for Jamaa Letu 2018!!
This year's labels for the annual 'jar' fundraiser to support the orphanages of Jamaa Letu in Lubumbashi, in the Democratic Republic of Congo are now available. Directions are provided for local churches and individuals seeking to support this important, life-giving, ministry.
“Yes, I am called, but how, and to what?”
By Sophia K.R. Agtarap
This notion of being called is not a new one.
Scripture is peppered with stories of our foreparents in faith being called...
