Lay Servant Ministries Basic Course
2020-08-25 14:00 - 16:00, 2020-09-01 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Pacific Northwest Conference of the United Methodist Church, 816 S 216th St, Des Moines, WA, 98198, United States
The Lay Servant Ministries’ Basic Course is being offered online through Zoom starting August 4 on Tuesdays from 2-4 p.m. PT. The final class is on September 1.
The offering is the foundational course for Lay Servant Ministries and a gateway for those called to be Certified Lay Servants, Lay Speakers, Lay Ministers. All participants must have a coursebook and attend all five sessions in addition to registering by August 1. The book is the only cost associated with this training.
More information and registration information is available on this flier.

To register, email ekroen@yahoo.com, or call Emilie Kroen at 503-312-4138.
Provide your Name, Address, Phone #, and your local church setting when you do.

Clergy Wellness Webinar - Staying Sane in the Time of COVID
2020-09-02 14:00 - 16:00 | Zoom Webinar, United States
Stressed out? Exhausted? Struggling to find time for self-care? With the advent of the coronavirus, the demands of ministry have increased exponentially, and the massive learning curve required to provide even the most basic elements of church have taxed clergy to the max. The demands of this paradigm shift have challenged even the most experienced of pastors. But it feels like a new normal is a long way away, so how do clergy take care of themselves in the meantime in order to prevent a crash-and-burn scenario? In this webinar, we will discuss self-care essentials and how to re-examine the boundaries (or lack of them) that have subverted previous practices for maintaining physical, mental, and spiritual health and well-being. This webinar, presented by Sue Magrath, will cover all these topics and more.

PNW 2021 Budget Q&A
2020-09-09 19:00 - 21:00 | WA, United States
A Zoom meeting will be held on September 9th at 7 p.m. PT for lay and clergy Annual Conference members interested in discussing and learning about the proposed 2021 Conference Budget and other Administrative legislation under consideration at the 2020 PNW Annual Conference Session.
Members of the PNW Conference Finance and Administration committee and Treasurer’s Office staff will be among those on hand to engage in conversation and answer questions members may have as they work to affirm these petitions.
Click here to register for this Zoom Meeting.

Puget Sound Missional District Annual Meeting
2020-09-12 | Marysville United Methodist Church, 5600 64th Street NE, Marysville, WA, 98270, United States
Meeting times not available at the time of posting.

Lay Servant Ministries Advanced Course - Rediscovering Our Spiritual Gifts
2020-09-15 10:00 - 12:00, 2020-09-22 10:00 - 12:00, 2020-09-29 10:00 - 12:00, 2020-10-06 10:00 - 12:00 | Zoom Webinar, United States
An Advanced Lay Servant Ministries Course on Rediscovering Our Spiritual Gifts will be offered on Zoom on Tuesdays from 10 a.m. – Noon Pacific time, starting on September 15th. The final session of the four week class will take place on October 6 and is being taught by Emilie Kroen who also serves as Associate Conference Lay Leader in the Oregon-Idaho Conference.
Course Goals:
•To learn about spiritual gifts
•To work at identifying your own gifts
•To answer God’s call to serve—in an area where you can be capable and happy
Using STRIDE – Spiritual Gifts, Talents, Resources, Individuality, Dreams, and Experiences
The course is free but participants will need to find or purchase a copy of “Spirit Gifts” Participant’s Workbook by Patricia D. Brown (978-0-687-00858-2 • $8.99) which is available for purchase at Cokesbury.com and other online retailers.
To register, email (ekroen@yahoo.com) or call (503-312-4138) Emilie Kroen, prepared to provide your Name, Address, Phone Number, and your local church setting as you do.
*Each participate must have the book , read it, and fully participate in all 4 sessions.

2020 Pacific Northwest Annual Conference
2020-09-17 15:30 - 21:00 | WA, United States
The regular 2020 session of the Pacific Northwest Annual Conference will meet remotely online Thursday, September 17, 2020, from 3:30-5:30 and 7:00-9:00 p.m. PT. Please hold this date on your calendar.
The Annual Conference will focus its time upon the “essential business” of the Annual Conference as determined by Bishop Stanovsky in consultation with conference leadership. The adoption of a conference budget for 2021 will be part of this work.
Participants will receive registration information on or about August 3, 2020. The session will be livestreamed for the public with more details to be announced.
Click here for more information about the 2020 PNW Annual Conference!

Crest to Coast Missional District Annual Meeting
2020-09-19 | Vancouver: First UMC, 401 E 33rd St, Vancouver, WA, 98663, United States

Seven Rivers Missional District Annual Meeting
2020-09-19 | Lake Chelan UMC, 206 N Emerson St, Chelan, WA, 98816

SeaTac Missional District Annual Meeting
2020-09-26 | Haller Lake United Methodist Church, 13055 1st Ave NE, Seattle, WA, 98125, United States

Webinar: Homiletics/Homiletica (Predicacion)
2020-09-26 10:00 - 12:00
How to develop basic skills for preaching/Como desarrollar destrezas basicas para la Predicacion.
Admission is free but pre-registration is required.
LINK: Register in advance for this meeting: Por favor Regístrese aquí siguiendo este enlace:
After registering, you will receive confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Después de registrarse recibirá un email con la confirmación y la información de como participar de la reunión.

Conference United Methodist Women Executive Meeting
2020-10-15 - 2020-10-16 | Bothell United Methodist Church, 18515 92nd Ave NE, Bothell, 98011, United States

Conference Annual Meeting -- United Methodist Women
2020-10-16 - 2020-10-17 | Bothell United Methodist Church, 18515 92nd Ave NE, Bothell, 98011, United States

For Such a Time as This: A virtual forum on race, faith, and the future of the Church
2020-10-20 18:30 - 19:30
Seattle Pacific Seminary presents a virtual forum–“For Such a Time as This: A Forum on Race, Faith, and Future of the Church.” This forum will be moderated by Seattle Pacific Seminary Associate Dean Rev. Derick Harris and will feature a panel made up of seminary faculty members Dr. David Leong and Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil and United Methodist pastor Rev. Elizabeth Ingram Schindler and Presbyterian Church (USA) pastor Rev. Dr. Scott Dudley. The forum will be held on October 20 from 6:30-7:30 pm Pacific time. Given all that’s going on in our society, especially regarding race but also including the coronavirus and the impending national election, the topic of this forum is extremely timely. Attendance is free, but you need to register online, using the following link.
https://spu.edu/academics/seattle-pacific-seminary/news-archive/seminary-news/2020/for-such-a-time

Escuela de Curso de Estudio Satélite de la Jurisdicción Occidental
2020-10-26 - 2020-12-11 | ONLINE through SMU, TX
La Escuela de Curso de Estudio (ECE) ofrecerá en español para pastores locales de tiempo parcial ubicados en la Jurisdicción Occidental. Pastores locales de tiempo parcial de otras jurisdicciones también pueden inscribirse en este curso.
Participantes en los cursos satélites deben ser pastores locales de tiempo parcial.
The COSS for part-time local pastors of the Western Jurisdiction will offer the next course online, October 26 to December 11, 2020.
La escuela del Curso de Estudio en español ofrecerá su próximo curso en línea en Octubre 26 – Diciembre 11, 2020.
Course 223 Worship and Sacraments.
Curso 223 Adoración y Sacramentos.
Deadline to enroll will be August 26, 2020.
Fecha límite para registrarse será Agosto 26, 2020.
Please follow this link for more information.
Por favor sigan este enlace para más información acerca del COSS.

Safety Advocate Webinar October
2020-10-30 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom Webinar, United States
Conference staff will be offering an updated version of the Safety Advocate webinars for individuals who are interested in becoming a Safety Advocate for their church, or in getting re-certified for this important role. Safety Advocates are responsible for promoting and maintaining Safe Church policies and for providing an avenue for vulnerable persons to voice a concern or problem.
To keep our webinar time together to about an hour we do ask that several prerequisites be completed prior to attending the webinar. To serve as a Safety Advocate, you must first pass a national background check, complete the basic abuse “Awareness Training” and “Skillful Screenings” Trainings offered through your church’s Ministry Safe dashboard. (please share the church you’ve done this with or will be doing it with when you RSVP).
Participants will need to review the Conference Safe Sanctuaries Guidelines (Click here for the Guidelines) and also take this short quiz before participating in the webinar. (Click here for the Quiz) Only participants who have completed all of the prerequisites and have RSVP’d will be sent the webinar link.
If you are interested in participating in this webinar, please RSVP prior to October 28 to Teri Tobey (ttobey@pnwumc.org; (253) 732-7479).

Safety Advocate Webinar November
2020-11-19 15:00 - 16:00 | Zoom Webinar, United States
Conference staff will be offering an updated version of the Safety Advocate webinars for individuals who are interested in becoming a Safety Advocate for their church, or in getting re-certified for this important role. Safety Advocates are responsible for promoting and maintaining Safe Church policies and for providing an avenue for vulnerable persons to voice a concern or problem.
To keep our webinar time together to about an hour we do ask that several prerequisites be completed prior to attending the webinar. To serve as a Safety Advocate, you must first pass a national background check, complete the basic abuse “Awareness Training” and “Skillful Screenings” Trainings offered through your church’s Ministry Safe dashboard. (please share the church you’ve done this with or will be doing it with when you RSVP).
Participants will need to review the Conference Safe Sanctuaries Guidelines (Click here for the Guidelines) and also take this short quiz before participating in the webinar. (Click here for the Quiz) Only participants who have completed all of the prerequisites and have RSVP’d will be sent the webinar link.
If you are interested in participating in this webinar, please RSVP prior to November 16th to Teri Tobey (ttobey@pnwumc.org; (253) 732-7479).

Safety Advocate Webinar December
2020-12-14 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom Webinar, United States
Conference staff will be offering an updated version of the Safety Advocate webinars for individuals who are interested in becoming a Safety Advocate for their church, or in getting re-certified for this important role. Safety Advocates are responsible for promoting and maintaining Safe Church policies and for providing an avenue for vulnerable persons to voice a concern or problem.
To keep our webinar time together to about an hour we do ask that several prerequisites be completed prior to attending the webinar. To serve as a Safety Advocate, you must first pass a national background check, complete the basic abuse “Awareness Training” and “Skillful Screenings” Trainings offered through your church’s Ministry Safe dashboard. (please share the church you’ve done this with or will be doing it with when you RSVP).
Participants will need to review the Conference Safe Sanctuaries Guidelines (Click here for the Guidelines) and also take this short quiz before participating in the webinar. (Click here for the Quiz) Only participants who have completed all of the prerequisites and have RSVP’d will be sent the webinar link.
If you are interested in participating in this webinar, please RSVP prior to December 10th to Teri Tobey (ttobey@pnwumc.org; (253) 732-7479).

Clergy Wellness Seminar - Stress and Resiliency
2021-01-07 13:00 - 15:00 | Zoom Webinar, United States
Are you feeling stressed out, discouraged, and in need of ideas on building coping strategies? The stress of clergy life is all too familiar, and this past year with coronavirus changing everything about how we do ministry has made it worse than ever. In this workshop, we will explore the common sources of stress and how it can lead to feelings of depression and potentially burnout unless we adopt better coping mechanisms. These coping mechanisms are the central building blocks of developing resiliency over the long haul.
This seminar will be presented by Denise McGuiness via Zoom. To register, please click here.

Conference Wide UMW Leadership Development Days
2021-01-28 - 2021-01-30 | Zoom Webinar, United States
This event will be done virtually on Zoom.

Eastern Washington Legislative Conference
2021-01-30 09:00 - 13:00
This event will be held virtually on Zoom

Idaho Legislative Event Part 2
2021-02-07 18:00 - 19:15 | Zoom
This event will be held virtually on Zoom.

Women In Ministry Cyber Retreat
2021-02-08 09:30 - 15:30
Let’s get together – ya, ya, ya!
A FREE Cyber Retreat for Sisters in Ministry
“If I ever miss the sharing that happens when women get together, it is like a hole in my heart that can’t be filled with anything else. Like missing the twin from whom I was separated at birth, and realizing there is something missing. SISTERS! It’s important to have a time to share with one another!”
– A PNW clergy sister
This year, even though we can’t meet in-person, we can meet on Zoom, and do the special sharing that we have done each year at the Women in Ministry Retreat. We’ll miss the special beauty and delicious meals at Rainbow Lodge. We’ll miss the late-night catching up with one or two sisters, hiking in the woods, playing board games, and sharing worship times. But, we don’t have to miss all of it!
Here’s an opportunity to check in with one another on zoom. To discover our DNA as sisters in ministry. To share the blessings and frustrations, the heartbreak and joy of being in ministry as a woman appointed in the PNW Conference of United Methodist Church.
Like Hayley Mills in The Parent Trap (the first one) we can discover ourselves again in the stories of others. So, “Let’s get together – ya, ya, ya!” just for that!
Schedule:

9:00 AM – anyone who has a “side meeting” they want to schedule and facilitate, come early to work out time(s)
9:30-11:30 AM – THE BIG ZOOM with everyone attending! Beginning with worship, and going directly into the “how is it with your soul/what’s happening in your life” check-ins.
11:30 AM-2:00 PM – Break for… rest, lunch, checking email, nap… OR breakout groups who want to talk about particular topics: upcoming General conference issues, political climate, etc.
2:00 PM – back to the BIG ZOOM to finish the check-ins, with a short worship at the end.
3:30 PM – “Goodbye, it was good to get together (ya, ya, ya)” to the large group – other groups may want to stay on for more side discussions.

SIDE GROUP PLANNERS/FACILITATOR TYPES: Anyone wanting to offer one of those side groups/discussion gatherings in the break or after the ending, please let Rev. Karla Fredericksen know of the topics ASAP – pastorumc@rainierconnect.com
After you RSVP, you will receive an automatic confirmation which will include a Zoom link to use for this gathering.
RSVP Today!

Stepping Into Allyship
2021-02-09 18:00 - 20:00 | https://www.pnwumc.org/event/stepping-into-allyship/
Edmonds United Methodist Church is hosting an online workshop entitled “Stepping in Allyship” with facilitator Courtney Wooten on Tuesday, February 9. The workshop explores the four cornerstones of becoming a competent and reliable ally by breaking down examples of effective and ineffective allyship. To learn more and register, visit the Edmonds UMC website.

Washington Interfaith Advocacy Day
2021-02-11 | Zoom
This is a virtual event and will be held on Zoom.

Idaho Legislative Event -- Part 3
2021-02-21 18:00 - 19:15 | Zoom

Clergy Wellness Seminar - Let’s Stop Rearranging Chairs on the Titanic: A Collaborative Workshop on Time Management During a Pandemic
2021-03-02 09:00 - 12:00 | Zoom Webinar, United States
As we each navigate leadership in a pandemic, let’s set aside time to reflect on how we manage shifting calendars, family demands, and the complexity of life in this season. Let’s workshop this together! We’ll explore a few limiting beliefs that keep us stuck. Time management isn’t just about rearranging all the things so it fits. It’s an invitation to the holy work of sustainable leadership and love.
This seminar will be presented by Jenny Smith via Zoom. To register, please click here.
