#UMCGC Reflection: Taking Care of Business
By David Reinholz
May 12, 2016 | Portland, Oregon
After a morning spent discussing and ultimately rejecting Rule 44, the 2016 General Conference of The United Methodist...
Reflections on the Last Day by Amory Peck
Post submitted on May 3, 2012 by Amory Peck, First Elected Lay Delegate to General Conference and Conference Lay Leader. Mary Simpson-Stanton praying during morning...
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,...
Rev. Craig’s Thoughts on the First Day of #gc2012
Marcus Briggs Cloud of the Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference addresses the 2012 United Methodist General Conference in Tampa, Fla. A UMNS photo by Mike...
#UMCGC Reflection: The gifts and challenges of the being able to follow GC from...
By Rev. Elizabeth Ingram Schindler
May 13, 2016
Watching General Conference from afar has been a surreal experience. I’m grateful for the livestream so I can follow...
#UMCGC Reflection: Are we doomed to repeat history?
By Rev. Monica Corsaro
2016 | Portland, Oregon
At General Conference we celebrated our many partnerships with our ecumenical brothers and sisters in Christ. In particular we celebrated...
#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...
VIDEO: Reactions to the Vote to Eliminate Guaranteed Appointment
On the street interviews with the Rev. Gloria Kymn (clergy delegate), the Rev. Jeremy Smith (young adult clergy), Ken Ellis (lay delegate from Cal-Pac)...
The Colors of the #GC2012 Rainbow
The Rev. David Valera, with two name badges in tow, is pictured on the right along with four others at GC2012.
RED, GREEN and ORANGE
I...
#UMCGC Reflection: Standing at the Threshold
By Rev. Kay C. Barckley
May 25, 2016
From numerous vantage points, the impressive glass spires of the Oregon Convention Center appear to rise unattached into the...
