The Vancouver District invites you to join us as we develop our personal spiritual lives and explore practical ways to be compassionate in a fractured world.
Puget Sound District Laity Retreat 2017 REGISTER NOW! Living Into Call: God's Plan for Me Saturday, May 20, 2017 Warm Beach Camp, Stanwood 9:00 AM Check-In 9:30 AM Program Begins 4:00 PM Adjournment $20 includes lunch. Scholarships available. "You didn’t choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you could go and […]
This event has been cancelled. Please contact Lazy F Camp for more information.
Drive Out! Homelessness 3rd Annual Charity Golf Tournament Benefiting Council for the Homeless of Clark County Calling all golfers: Methodist churches in the greater Portland and Vancouver areas are organizing the third annual Drive Out golf tournament to benefit homelessness. The tournament will be held at the private Orchard Hills Golf and Country Club in […]
Compassion v 2.0 Upgrade your operating system! Jesus models a three-fold way of compassion that helps us respond to a world divided into "them against us", fueled by fear, anxiety, and incivility. This workshop offers practical methods for showing compassion for yourself and others, even offensive people. Learn to move from survive to thrive! Event […]
Enjoy worshiping, networking, learning, and of course playing with other youth leaders. This is not a relaxing retreat but rather a workshop and intensive training event to bring your ministry to a new level. Open to adults, volunteers, and paid staff members who work with youth in their United Methodist or other Christian church. This […]
The annual retreat is a wonderful time for women in ministry (all under appointment or retired) to come together for shared sisterhood, a slowing down of the pace to gear up for Lent and Easter season, a walk in the woods, sitting up talking or playing games, having all your meals cooked for you and […]
For the fourth year in a row Twinlow will be the destination for your winter getaway! If you are a young adult between the ages of 18-35(ish) come enjoy a long weekend of wintery fun. Activities may include, skiing/snow boarding, broomball, snowshoeing, card games, crafts, and more. Oh, and the best part, worshiping with friends. […]
"Contemplative prayer is like striking a tuning fork. All you can really do in the spiritual life is resonate to the true pitch, to receive the always-present message." - Richard Rohr
Join us as Dr Sharon Daloz Parks and Rev Dr Cynthia Wilson help us to respond to a world full of fear, anxiety, and incivility by learning to resonate with God and others.
The annual retreat is a wonderful time for women in ministry (all those under appointment, assigned, or retired) to come together for shared sisterhood, a slowing down of the pace to gear up for Lent and Easter season, a walk in the woods, sitting up talking or playing games, having all your meals cooked for […]
7 Rivers District Retreat for Laity & Clergy Anxiety & Hope: Embodying hope in anxious times March 29-31, 2019 Lazy F Camp and Retreat Center We live in anxious times. Each new change we face, be it in our family, our church, or our nation, brings a fresh wave. When faced with change or the […]
This annual retreat is a wonderful time for women in ministry (all clergy under appointment, lay-persons assigned, or retired) to come together for shared sisterhood, a slowing down of the pace to gear up for Lent and Easter season, a walk in the woods, sitting up talking or playing games, having all your meals cooked […]
The middle of a career in ministry can be messy. The church is transforming, priorities are changing and God is calling us in ways that we aren't used to hearing. This three-day retreat will give mid-career clergy a chance to connect with colleagues, to practice discernment, and to renew their spirits in an environment of […]
Save the date for this online retreat. More information TBD.
We'll be guided through our theme "The Power of Story" by popular Academy faculty: Ray Buckley: Interim Director of the Center for Native American Spirituality and Christian Study, United Methodist Church. His stories, poetry, and art have appeared in numerous journals, periodicals, books and museums. Leticia Guardiola-Saenz: Associate Professor of Christian Scriptures at Seattle University School […]
Personal and planetary grief are inextricable. Our encounter with the manifold losses that characterize the human experience can till the soil of our hearts so that we are more available to the suffering of other beings and the earth we share…Sorrow can be paralyzing at first, but compassion…is a wellspring that offers infinite sustenance. ~ Mirabai […]