PNW delegates share their hopes for General Conference 2016
Marie Kuch-Stanovsky, Joan Holms, Megan Ernst Kilpatrick, Dave Reinholz, Amanda Tobey, the Rev. David Nieda, Austin Adkinson, Kay C. Barckley, the Rev. Monica Corsaro,...
Guaranteed No More
This morning General Conference voted to strike language in the discipline guaranteeing appointments for “all elders in full connection who are in good standing.”
The...
How do you discern and not just decide? #UMCGC #GC2019
"How do you discern and not just decide?" PNW Clergy delegate to #UMCGC Rev. Mary Huycke offers some insight into how she addresses that question in her preparation for #GC2019
GC Delegates: What You’re In For
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General Conference Delegates: What You're In For
By Joan Holms with Amory Peck
The year 2016 will bring us the opportunity to be more fully engaged...
#UMCGC Reflection: Can the UMC Change?
By David Reinholz
May 11, 2016 | Portland, Oregon
Powerless. That’s how it can feel sometimes as a member of a large bureaucratic and hierarchical institution. We...
#UMCGC Reflection: The Gift of Hospitality
By Rev. C. Shane Moore
May 15, 2016 | Portland, Oregon
The other day I was asked how my experience has been so far at General Conference. I...
How do we see the shades of our faith? #UMCGC
Video by Patrick Scriven
May 16, 2016 | Portland, Oregon
“We do need to be seen; we do need to see each other. If we can’t...
Thoughts from Amory Peck – Wednesday, Week 2
Post submitted on April 30, 2011 by Amory Peck, First Elected Lay Delegate to General Conference and Conference Lay Leader. Our PNW delegation is pictured...
Holy Conversation
This article, written by Amory Peck, originally appeared in Channels Newsletter.
My intent was to write a review of a recent church-related trip. It was two-and-a-half...
#UMCGC extends “one small step of sacramental rights” to deacons
Today, delegates approved Petition 60489 which says, "ffering the means of grace to the world, the resident bishop of an annual conference in which the...
