With Heart, Soul, and Mind: Not Everything that Matters Happens When People Vote
By Rev. Lowell Greathouse
May 24, 2016
"Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in our lifetime; therefore we must be saved by hope. Nothing...
Greater NW Area leaders express disappointment over failure to ratify amendments expressing gender equality,...
Bishop Elaine Stanovsky and the district superintendents and staff of the Greater Northwest Area offer words of comfort and conviction in a video recorded after disheartening news of failed constitutional amendments concerning gender equality.
Mandatory penalties ruled unconstitutional
By Linda Bloom
May 18, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS)
Imposing a mandatory penalty during the “just resolution” process for a clergyperson admitting to committing a...
#UMCGC Reflection: #WhereAreTheYouth?
Updated to correct an error in the listed %.
By Amanda Tobey
May 12, 2016 | Portland, Oregon
0.23%. That is percentage of youth voting delegates on...
VIDEO: PNW Delegates offer extended thoughts on “A Way Forward” and #UMCGC
Video by Rev. David Valera*
May 19, 2016 | Portland, Oregon
On Wednesday, May 18th, delegates to the 2016 United Methodist General Conference received a proposal...
#UMCGC Reflection: A New Unity — a gift from and to the local church
By Rev. Richenda Fairhurst
May 18, 2016 | Portland, Oregon
We who pastor at the local church level are by and large leading struggling churches. Today’s pastoral...
What do I wear to General Conference?
By Megan Kilpatrick | WJ Lay Delegate
It started with a fairly innocuous question: "What do I wear to General Conference?"
True to my Millennial roots,...
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.
Climate Vigil Lanterns!
We need volunteers to help at the General Conference Climate Vigil! If you can come to Portland to volunteer for the Vigil or for our...
United Methodist Bishops Recommend a Way Forward
United Methodist bishops, meeting in Chicago, engaged in a prayerful process to discern a way forward. At the conclusion of the discernment process, the Council of Bishops strongly approved a recommendation.
