Historic Cooperation Agreement Signed
Bishops Grant J. Hagiya and Kainda Katembo sign a Cooperation Agreement during the South Congo & Zambia Dinner at General Conference 2016 in Portland,...
An Open Letter to My Clergy Friends
Dear Clergy friends,
We need you to lead.
Most of us good people in the pews know that leadership is a difficult task. Many of us...
A Place at the Table ‘Update’: Plans for Breaking Ground
By Dave Burfeind | Director, Lazy F Camp and Retreat Center
Fundraising plans for the Place at the Table campaign have been going very well. We have...
A couple of words about Used Books
By the Rev. John J. Shaffer
As many people know, we have a tradition of providing a place at Annual Conference to recycle used books. They...
Sermon: So You Want to Bear Fruit?
Rev. Dr. Craig Parrish preaching to the ordinands during the Service of Commissioning and Ordination at the 2013 Pacific Northwest Annual Conference Sessions in...
Brian McLaren headlines Bishop’s Symposium in Seattle on November 4
The Bishop’s Symposium this year is NO JOKE LIVE! November 4, 10am – 4:30pm at Seattle First United Methodist Church. Brian McLaren will introduce...
What are we called to do? What’s next?
By Amory Peck | Photo by the Rev. David V. Valera
I spent several days thinking and praying about the latest edition of Channels. During...
A report on the 2014 Pacific Northwest Annual Conference Session
The 141st session of the Pacific Northwest Annual Conference took place at the Washington State Fairgrounds in Puyallup, Wash., June 19-22, 2014. Bishop Grant...
Commentary: The cessation of trials & of debate about the same
Commentary by Patrick Scriven | Director of Communications & Young People's Ministry
LLet me first name that I write from a place of deep privilege....
Conforming with Nonconformity
Commentary by Irene R. DeMaris, M.Div
Earlier today, The Pacific Northwest Conference of The United Methodist Church began a conversation that the New England, Desert Southwest,...