{"id":1198,"date":"2021-06-30T16:54:26","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T23:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/ac2021\/?p=1198"},"modified":"2021-07-01T13:45:05","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T20:45:05","slug":"2021-pnwac-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pnwumc.org\/pnwac\/2021-pnwac-report\/","title":{"rendered":"2021 Pacific Northwest Annual Conference Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/ac2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pnwac2021-report-banner.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h2>\n<p><strong>2021 Pacific Northwest Annual Conference Report<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<h5>June 20-23, meeting remotely online<\/h5>\n<div>\n<p>The 148th session of the Pacific Northwest Annual Conference was held remotely online June 20-23, 2021, with clergy and laity sessions preceding it on June 7 and 9, respectively, and with commissioning and ordination following it on June 25. Bishop Elaine JW Stanovsky of the Greater Northwest Episcopal Area was the officiating bishop. The conference theme was Love Never Ends, based on Paul\u2019s evocative description in 1 Corinthians 13. <\/p>\n<p>The conference met as United Methodists across the area were taking cautious steps toward in-person ministry. While COVID-19 continues to be a concern, growing optimism allowed for more creativity and function as conference officers, worship leaders, and support staff joined the bishop onsite at Des Moines United Methodist Church, providing something of a hybrid model compared to what was possible in 2020. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>It was also possible to share more of the conference sessions as an area. For example, while the typical work of clergy sessions required conferences to gather separately, the Alaska, Oregon-Idaho and Pacific Northwest (PNW) lay leaders collaborated in planning and hosting a <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/xRhOK0r4NpU\">shared Greater Northwest Area Laity Session<\/a>. They invited Micheal Pope, California-Nevada Conference lay leader, as the keynote speaker. <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/561205736\">She encouraged members to fully step into their role as laity<\/a>, asking what would happen if they were \u201cempowered to not just sit back and let things happen\u201d but instead took an active part in ministry beyond the administrative.<\/p>\n<p>Opening and closing sessions, permeated with spirit-filled worship, were also shared by all three conferences. Talented PNW musicians offered thoughtful worship led by guests of the conference, worship leader Rev. Grace Cajiuat and musician\/pianist Grace Pugh Hubbard, with planning assistance from leaders across the area.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div style='padding:56.25% 0 0 0;position:relative;'><iframe src='https:\/\/vimeo.com\/showcase\/8598725\/embed' allowfullscreen frameborder='0' style='position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;'><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<ul>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/showcase\/8598725\">Watch GNW\/PNWAC 2021 Showcase on Vimeo<\/a>\n    <\/li>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLnNEUVHkQkdplemWtiKsGxemEFTlLDCkB\">Watch GNW\/PNWAC 2021 Livestream on YouTube<\/a>\n    <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<p>Bishop Stanovsky <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/565477005\">offered a sermon<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/566844678\">her episcopal address<\/a> during the opening session. In her address, the bishop emphasized the importance of continuing our anti-racism work even as we navigate through challenges posed by COVID-19 and the changing climate. Reports on the <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/567275112\">Wallowa land return<\/a> to the Nez Perce and the <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/567270196\">GNW Area\u2019s disaster response<\/a>\u00a0efforts complemented her words of encouragement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/567643798\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4>Musical Moments<\/h4>\n<div>Three songs are available to download and use in worship (with local church licensing in place): <\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/567720547\"><\/p>\n<p>Watch\/download Cuando el Pueblo<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/567151370\">Watch\/download Covenant Prayer <\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/567643798\">Watch\/download One Foot (Lead with Love)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/566645702\">First elected delegates to General Conference<\/a> updated the area on their work and what we might anticipate in the months ahead for the denomination, while Rev. Mary Huycke offered a short report on the work of the <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/567273375\">Western Jurisdiction\u2019s Committee on Episcopacy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>During a plenary session, members approved a conference budget for 2022 down 12.5% from 2021, a $642,626 reduction, in addition to supporting other annual financial petitions. It also considered a petition requesting a change to background checks, deciding to refer that to a group for more study. Finally, in addition to reports from its <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/566756221\">Board of Ordained Ministry<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/566826533\">Nominations<\/a>, members received a moving testimonial report from its <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/566721375\">Hispanic\/Latinx Ministries Committee<\/a>\u00a0highlighting the injustice immigrants currently face in the US.<\/p>\n<p>Members also prayed for and received <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/566700021\">a video report from the 2021 retiree class<\/a>. One deacon, 11 elders and one part-time local pastor retired this year. In addition, they approved petitions to close six churches, taking time to consider their legacy and offer prayers of gratitude for their good work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The body overwhelmingly approved a petition from PNW clergy serving in the Alaska Conference calling for both conferences to begin to live into a new relationship with Alaska becoming a Mission District of the PNW even \u201cin advance of the necessary actions of the General and Western Jurisdictional Conferences.\u201d This expected action was celebrated and practiced in a shared Alaska and PNW Conference Session after the PNW concluded its work and just before the GNW Closing Session. Together, the conferences shared in this news and <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/566714051\">heard appointment readings for each<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Reports from the conference secretaries at the closing session noted some distinctions between the legislative work of each conference while also bringing to light much harmony and shared values. One petition mentioned, approved by each conference individually, established a cross-conference vitality commission, which further enables our cooperative and shared ministry future.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Dates were announced for a shared Greater Northwest Area Annual Conference Session to occur June 10-13, 2022, in Puyallup, Washington. Crest to Coast Missional District Kathleen Weber offered the invitation to meet there at the Washington State Fairgrounds.<\/p>\n<p>As a final act, the PNW held <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Knc2MrUrSHk\">a service of commissioning and ordination<\/a> on Friday, June 25. The event took place outside Kent United Methodist Church with a limited audience and COVID-19 precautions in place. With sweltering weather, shade provided by several 50-year-old oak trees blessed the commissioning of five individuals and the ordination of 11 (with an average age of 45). The Rev. Lisa Talbott, pastor of Homer UMC (AK) and soon to be appointed as director of connectional ministries for the Alaska Conference, offered <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/568256536\">a sermon encouraging candidates to practice good self-care<\/a> so they can recognize God\u2019s love in their lives.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/ac2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/comm-ord-pnw-2021.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">Rev. Yvonne Agduyeng being commissioned by Bishop Elaine Stanovsky <em>during<\/em> a service at Kent UMC on June 25, 2021.<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/s\/aHsmW6aWSV\">View\/download photos from Commissioning\/Ordination<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/s\/aHsmW77AH4\">View\/download photos from GNW\/PNWAC 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Membership stands at 33,011, down 1,644 from the previous year.<\/li>\n<li>Worship attendance stands at 12,930, down 2,535.<\/li>\n<li>Church school attendance stands at 3,365, down 1,173.<\/li>\n<li>Professions or reaffirmations of faith for 2020 at 169, down from 2019 by 452.<\/li>\n<li>Adults and young adults in small groups for 2020 at 12,241, down from 2019 by 2,563.<\/li>\n<li>Worshippers engaged in mission for 2020 were 7,748, down from 2019 by 2,504.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These statistical numbers reflect a year where most local churches were restricted in practice due to COVID-19 precautions.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 Patrick Scriven, director of communications and young people\u2019s ministries,\u00a0Pacific Northwest Conference<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<!-- {\"name\":\"AC Report\",\"type\":\"layout\",\"children\":[{\"type\":\"section\",\"props\":{\"style\":\"default\",\"width\":\"default\",\"vertical_align\":\"middle\",\"title_position\":\"top-left\",\"title_rotation\":\"left\",\"title_breakpoint\":\"xl\",\"image_position\":\"center-center\",\"padding_remove_top\":false,\"padding\":\"small\"},\"children\":[{\"type\":\"row\",\"children\":[{\"type\":\"column\",\"props\":{\"image_position\":\"center-center\",\"media_overlay_gradient\":\"\"},\"children\":[{\"type\":\"image\",\"props\":{\"margin\":\"default\",\"image_svg_color\":\"emphasis\",\"image\":\"wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/pnwac2021-report-banner.jpg\",\"image_border\":\"rounded\"}},{\"type\":\"headline\",\"props\":{\"title_element\":\"h2\",\"content\":\"\n\n<p><strong>2021 Pacific Northwest Annual Conference Report<\\\/strong><\\\/p>\",\"text_align\":\"center\"}},{\"type\":\"headline\",\"props\":{\"title_element\":\"h5\",\"title_decoration\":\"line\",\"text_align\":\"center\",\"content\":\"June 20-23, meeting remotely online\",\"title_font_family\":\"secondary\",\"margin_remove_top\":true}}]}]},{\"type\":\"row\",\"children\":[{\"type\":\"column\",\"props\":{\"image_position\":\"center-center\",\"media_overlay_gradient\":\"\"},\"children\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"props\":{\"margin\":\"default\",\"column_breakpoint\":\"m\",\"content\":\"\n\n<p>The 148th session of the Pacific Northwest Annual Conference was held remotely online June 20-23, 2021, with clergy and laity sessions preceding it on June 7 and 9, respectively, and with commissioning and ordination following it on June 25. 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