Both/And: Maximizing Hybrid Worship Experiences For Online and In-Person Audiences
2021-04-17 16:00 - 18:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | https://www.pnwumc.org/event/both-and-maximizing-hybrid-worship-experiences-for-online-and-in-person-audiences/
Join us for Both/And: Maximizing Hybrid Worship Experiences For Online and In-Person Audiences on Saturday, April 17, 2021 (5-7:30 p.m. MDT • 4-6:30 p.m. PDT • 3-5:30 p.m. AKDT). Worship media consultant and coach Jason Moore will be the trainer for this event. A generous gift to the Regional Media Center is making this opportunity available at no cost to United Methodists across the Greater Northwest Area.
This 2-hour workshop will delve into strategies for how to create powerful transformative worship where no one feels like they’re an afterthought.
It will explore:

Re-imagining worship for both/and
How to create interactive both/and experiences
Bringing at home and in-person audiences together in real-time
Alternative opportunities for online audiences watching in-person livestreams
Repurposing in-person worship for online audiences
Strategies for adapting practices for both/and
Avoiding letting your groove becoming a rut
And more

A full description of this offering is available here: https://regionalmediacenter.org/both-and/

2021 Local Church Leadership Trainings - 2 of 2
2021-04-18 14:00 - 16:00 | WA, United States
Join district superintendents and staff of the Alaska and PNW Conferences in the first of two online trainings for local church leaders. Each training will start with a session for everyone on good leadership practices for an inclusive church, followed by break-out groups for specific work areas of church leadership. Held via Zoom on Sunday afternoons from 2-4 p.m., there may be some preparatory work before the trainings for some breakout groups.
Registration is required to receive the zoom invite, but there is no fee. Please forward to the leadership in your church you wish to have attended.
More details about the event are available on the registration page.
REGISTER Today!

Safety Advocate Webinar May 2021
2021-05-04 16:00 - 17:00 | 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 May 1st to Teri Tobey (ttobey@pnwumc.org; (253) 732-7479).

Clergy Wellness Seminar - Clergy Fitness: Not an Oxymoron!
2021-05-27 13:00 - 15:30 | Zoom Webinar, United States
Have you convinced yourself that clergy life is too unpredictable and demanding to make time for good nutrition and regular exercise? Has pandemic pastoring put you in a self-care rut? Are you interested in realistic strategies for physical wellness in the midst of your professional life as a clergyperson?
Join Erin Baldwin Day, fitness and nutrition coach and licensed local pastor from Anchorage, Alaska for an interactive workshop devoted entirely to smart physical fitness strategies for clergy. You’ll dive into the following topics:
-our emotional and spiritual relationship to food
-how personality impacts our workout habits
-simple nutrition planning & food preparation
-smart eating on the go
-physical fitness in the era of Zoom and smartphones
-boundary-setting for lifelong wellness
Bring your questions, your individual concerns, and your calendar/planner! If there are specific topics you’d like Erin to address as part of the workshop that are not mentioned above, please email her at coach.preach@gmail.com no later than May 09. To register, please click here.
Erin brings a decade of fitness, mobility, and nutrition coaching experience to this workshop. Her current and former clients include college athletes, busy professionals, youth athletes, postpartum moms, and physical therapists. She holds a CrossFit L2 certification, as well as specializations in gymnastics, Olympic weightlifting, mobility, and rehabilitative/therapeutic fitness programming.

Inter-Ethnic Clergy Gathering
2021-06-03 14:00 - 17:00 | WA, United States
BIPOC and immigrant generation pastors are invited for an Inter-Ethnic Clergy Gathering on June 3, Thursday at 2:00 p.m. Our special guest for this event is Bishop Elaine Stanovsky. Also on the agenda are fellowship, celebrations, and an informational segment on legislation and nomination.
For meeting information, please contact Rev. Ferdie Llenado or Kristina Gonzalez.

PNW Clergy Sessions
2021-06-07 18:00 - 20:30 | https://www.pnwumc.org/event/pnw-clergy-sessions/
Find more information, as it is released, on the 2021 Annual Conference Session website.

GNW Laity Session
2021-06-09 18:30 - 20:30 | https://www.pnwumc.org/event/gnw-laity-session/

Annual Conference Session
2021-06-20 - 2021-06-23 | WA, United States
Bishop Elaine JW Stanovsky has asked clergy and lay members of the Alaska, Oregon-Idaho and Pacific Northwest Conferences to hold June 20-23, 2021 open for online Annual Conference sessions. More information, including anticipated times, is available here: https://www.pnwumc.org/ac2021/
The three conferences will gather for opening and closing worship experiences, but they will meet separately to conduct the respective business of each conference. This is a change from the previously announced dates of June 9-12, 2021.
The new dates were set in response to unfolding plans at the global and jurisdictional levels, amid a global pandemic.

Summer Conference -- United Methodist Women Executive Meeting
2021-07-28 - 2021-07-29 | Selah United Methodist Church, 1061 Selah Loop Road, Selah, WA, 98942, United States

Mission u 2021
2021-07-29 - 2021-07-31 | WA, United States
We have known and felt what it is like when “things are falling apart on us.” We have experienced a great unraveling that has shifted, quite literally, everything.
Could there be, as 2 Corinthians put it, “far more here than meets the eye”?
Mission u, like many activities in our lives, has moved online. While virtual, we are still creating spaces for spiritual community, lifelong friendships, lessons that change us and our communities, and spiritual practices that arrive when we need them most. In a time when it looks like things are falling apart on us, God’s grace is still unfolding and life is being made new.
Indeed: There’s far more here than meets the eye. Will you join us?
At our upcoming Mission u, we will examine anxiety, the culture of violence that impacts children in and out of schools, and how we as God’s people can deepen our moral witness and respond faithfully.
Our 2021 Mission u in the Pacific Northwest Conference will offer the following studies Thursday through Saturday, July 29-31, online via Zoom:

Spirituality Study: Finding Peace in an Anxious World, edited by Erin James-Brown, Taught by Rev. Joanne Coleman Campbell
Issues Study: Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools by Monique Morris, Taught by Donna Farrell, Nica Sy and Angela Reed
Youth Study: Becoming Peacemakers in a Culture of Violence: A Curriculum for Youth Leaders by Jay Godfrey, Taught by Abby Niehaus
Children’s Study: Responding to Violence: A Curriculum for Children’s Facilitators by Sue Raymond, Taught by Rudilyn Rush

Download Registration Form
Download Event Flyer
Download Tentative Schedule

Lay Servant Ministries -- Life Together in our UM Connection (UM Polity)
2021-08-02 17:00 - 2021-08-30 19:00, 2021-08-09 17:00 - 2021-09-06 19:00, 2021-08-16 17:00 - 2021-09-13 19:00, 2021-08-23 17:00 - 2021-09-20 19:00, 2021-08-30 17:00 - 2021-09-27 19:00 | The Pacific Northwest Conference of the United Methodist Church, 816 S 216th St, Des Moines, WA, 98198, United States
This is an advanced LSM Course. The basic course is a prerequisite.
Register by July 29th

Lay Servant Ministries -- Basic Course
2021-08-19 18:00 - 2021-09-16 20:00 | https://www.pnwumc.org/event/lay-servant-ministries-basic-course-4/2021-08-19/
This course must be taken before additional classes in the series.
Register at: www.layservanttraining.org/FoundationRegistration.html

Lay Servant Ministries -- Basic Course
2021-08-26 18:00 - 2021-09-23 20:00 | https://www.pnwumc.org/event/lay-servant-ministries-basic-course-4/2021-08-26/

Puget Sound Missional District Annual Meeting
2021-09-01 - 2021-09-30
Details to be determined

Crest to Coast Missional District Annual Meetings
2021-09-01 - 2021-09-30

Lay Servant Ministries -- Basic Course
2021-09-02 18:00 - 2021-09-30 20:00 | https://www.pnwumc.org/event/lay-servant-ministries-basic-course-4/2021-09-02/

Lay Servant Ministries -- Basic Course
2021-09-09 18:00 - 2021-10-07 20:00 | https://www.pnwumc.org/event/lay-servant-ministries-basic-course-4/2021-09-09/

Lay Servant Ministries -- Basic Course
2021-09-16 18:00 - 2021-10-14 20:00 | https://www.pnwumc.org/event/lay-servant-ministries-basic-course-4/2021-09-16/

Inland Missional District Annual Meeting
2021-09-18 | Spokane Valley United Methodist Church, 115 N Raymond Rd, Spokane Valley, WA, 99206, United States

Seven Rivers Missional District Annual Meeting
2021-09-18 | Lake Chelan UMC, 206 N Emerson St, Chelan, WA, 98816
Further details to be determined.

SeaTac Missional District Annual Meeting
2021-09-25

Youth Online Event -- Commission on Ethnic Ministries
2021-09-25 08:00 - 2021-09-26 17:00 | virtual
More information coming soon…

Endowments: What You Need to Know
2021-09-28 18:00 - 20:00 | https://www.pnwumc.org/event/endowments-what-you-need-to-know-2/2021-09-28/
Endowments aren’t just for universities and hospitals. They can be a great way to maintain church buildings and fund ministries. However, endowments don’t merely appear out of thin air. They take work, time, and an understanding of how to manage them.
Wondering how best to steward an endowment that already exists?
Don’t know if you should pursue establishing an endowment? Want to know more? These workshops are the ticket! Sign-up here. Zoom information will be sent two days before the event.
Part 1: Tuesday, September 28; 6-8pm
In Part 1, a panel of experts will answer basic questions about endowments. What is an endowment? Are there different kinds of endowments? What are the benefits and drawbacks? What if the funds are restricted? What’s the difference between an endowment and a reserve fund?
Then our experts will discuss how to set up an endowment fund – and what you should know about setting it up correctly. Sign-up here.
Part 2: Tuesday, November 2; 6-8pm
In Part 2, you’ll learn how to manage an endowment and what to do if you need to close (or “extinguish”) it.
Finally (and most importantly), join us in discussing the spiritual and ethical considerations that may arise as a result of establishing and/or maintaining an endowment. Sign-up here.
Presenters:
Julia Frisbie, Associate Director, Faith Foundation Northwest
Brant Henshaw, Pacific Northwest Conference Treasurer and Director of Administrative Services
Gary McGee, Managing Partner, Gary McGee & Co., Non-Profit Accounting Specialists|
Dan Wilson-Fey, Oregon-Idaho Conference Treasurer
Cesie Delve Scheuermann, Oregon-Idaho Stewardship Consultant, is moderating and organizing the workshops. Contact her with any questions at inspiringgenerosity@gmail.com
Sign-up here. Zoom information will be sent two days before the event.

Fall Conference -- United Methodist Women Executive Meeting
2021-10-14 - 2021-10-15

Conference -- United Methodist Women Annual Meeting
2021-10-15 - 2021-10-16

Endowments: What You Need to Know
2021-11-02 18:00 - 20:00 | https://www.pnwumc.org/event/endowments-what-you-need-to-know-2/2021-11-02/
