The Pacific Northwest Conference of The United Methodist Church

CCOYM 2017-2018
2018-01-26 19:00 - 2018-01-28 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Seabold UMC, 6894 NE Seabold Church Rd, Bainbridge Island, WA, WA, 98110, United States
The Conference Council on Youth Ministries is a strong advocate and example of youth leadership in our Annual Conference.
It is this group that is responsible for planning regional events for youth including CONVO.
Eastside Meeting Location: Riverview UMC, Pasco
Westside Meeting Location: Seabold UMC, Bainbridge Island

Board of Higher Education and Campus Ministry
2018-01-26 - 2018-01-27 | The Pacific Northwest Conference of the United Methodist Church, 816 S 216th St, Des Moines, WA, 98198, United States
Conference Room #1

Annual Conference Session Planning Team
2018-01-22 10:00 - 14:00 | The Pacific Northwest Conference of the United Methodist Church, 816 S 216th St, Des Moines, WA, 98198, United States

CONNECTING NEIGHBORS
2018-01-20 08:30 - 16:30 | Bremerton United Methodist Church, 1150 Marine Dr, Bremerton, WA, 98312, United States
This emergency preparedness training through UMCOR has three areas of focus – personal and home readiness, church readiness, and readiness to serve your neighbors in case of an emergency. This workshop is being taught by Wendy Riddle and Becky Platt.
Lunch will be provided.
Click here to RSVP or get more information.

Conference Board of Global Ministries
2018-01-18 09:30 - 14:30 | Alton Collins Retreat Center, 32867 OR-211, Eagle Creek, OR, 97022, United States
Conference Room #2

Seattle DCOM
2018-01-18 08:00 - 17:00 | Alton Collins Retreat Center, 32867 OR-211, Eagle Creek, OR, 97022, United States

Safety Advocate Webinar
2018-01-16 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom Webinar, United States
Conference staff will be offering another webinar 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.
RSVP’s will be accepted via email to Teri Tobey until January 12th at 9 A.M., please include the name of your local church in your RSVP email. Only those who complete all four of the prerequisites will be sent the webinar login instructions on January 16th.
To keep our webinar under an hour the following prerequisites must be completed byJanuary 12th at 9 A.M.:

National background check (available through your local church)
Complete the MinistrySafe abuse awareness video training.. (available through your local church, online videos taking about an hour)
Participants will need to review the Conference Safe Sanctuaries Guidelines (Click here for the Guidelines)
Take this Google quiz (Click here for the Quiz)

Twinlow Winter Camp
2018-01-13 - 2018-01-15 | Twinlow Camp, 22787 N. Twinlow Road, Rathdrum, ID, 83858, United States
Hey youth groups, looking for a mid winter retreat opportunity? A time to get your kids away and outside in the snow?
Come to Twinlow and stay in our newly remodeled luxury bunk rooms, enjoy four prepared meals, and a programmed weekend full of worship, fun, and playing outside in God’s winter playground at camp.
Click here for more details

Trauma Stewardship Institute
2018-01-10 08:30 - 15:00 | Hotel Murano, 1329 Broadway, Tacoma, WA, 98402, United States
How to Navigate Amidst Overwhelming Times
Whether because of trauma, crises, or really, really hard days.
Please join us for a day of raising awareness of trauma, vicarious trauma, and systematic oppression. This event will be a foundational training and will address how we’re being impacted by current and past overwhelm, crises, toll, or trauma and establish concrete means for how to keep on keeping on both individually and collectively. Participants from all professional disciplines and life circumstances are welcome to attend.
CEUs OFFERED for: Psychologists • Social Workers • Marriage & Family Therapists Nurses • Licensed Mental Health Counselors • Licensed Professional Counselors
Click here for Event Flyer
Laura van Dernoot Lipsky will offer a compelling mix of personal insight, cutting-edge research, personal stories, and countless New Yorker cartoons to help us understand the cumulative toll of being exposed to suffering over time and gain the skills needed to reconcile it. Participants from all professional disciplines and life circumstances are welcome to attend. If you have any questions, please email us at events@traumastewardship.com.
With Gratitude,
The Trauma Stewardship Institute | www.traumastewardship.com
Cost: $70 for those referred by the United Methodist Church
Please click on the link below and be sure to enter the promo code SPECIAL-UMC when selecting your ticket type to receive the special partner rate.
Click here for more information or to register for our Tacoma Institute

Multiplying Ministries
2018-01-09 09:30 - 15:30 | Alton Collins Retreat Center, 32867 OR-211, Eagle Creek, OR, 97022, United States
Wesley Homes East Room

Multiplying Ministries
2018-01-09 09:30 - 15:30, 2017-12-12 09:30 - 15:30 | The Pacific Northwest Conference of the United Methodist Church, 816 S 216th St, Des Moines, WA, 98198, United States

Greater Northwest Area Cabinet
2018-01-08 - 2018-01-10, 2017-12-04 - 2017-12-07 | Alton Collins Retreat Center, 32867 OR-211, Eagle Creek, OR, 97022, United States
Conference Rooms 1,2,3

Board of Congregational Development
2018-01-02 10:00 - 15:00 | Alton Collins Retreat Center, 32867 OR-211, Eagle Creek, OR, 97022, United States

New Year's Day
2018-01-01 | Alton Collins Retreat Center, 32867 OR-211, Eagle Creek, OR, 97022, United States
Office Closed

High School Winter Retreat
2017-12-27 - 2017-12-30 | Lazy F Camp and Retreat Center, 16170 Manastash Road, Ellensburg, WA, 98926, United States
Explore with new and familiar friends these themes that are so central to our Christian faith through worship, lively conversations and invigorating outdoor activities in the snow! This retreat promises to be full of laughter, inspiration, and spirit!
For youth currently in grades 9-12
Cost: $170 (if registered before October 31st)
$195 (if registered after October 31st)
Click here to register

Christmas Institute 2017
2017-12-26 - 2017-12-30 | The Firs, 4605 Cable Street, Bellingham, WA, 98229, United States
The United Methodist Church, designed to nurture our youth and young adults in their spiritual faith and call to ministry, inspiring great leaders within the church and community.
The youth and young adult retreat, a tradition brought from the Philippines where they have occurred since 1921, takes place annually in December. The PNW first hosted CI in 1999 after several years of sending people down to California!
Visit the Christmas Institute website for more details about this year’s retreat!

Office Closed
2017-12-25 - 2017-12-26 | Alton Collins Retreat Center, 32867 OR-211, Eagle Creek, OR, 97022, United States
The Pacific Northwest Conference office will be closed for the Christmas Eve and Christmas Day holidays on December 25 and 26th.

Annual Conference Sessions Planning Team
2017-12-15 10:00 - 14:00 | Alton Collins Retreat Center, 32867 OR-211, Eagle Creek, OR, 97022, United States

Board of Congregational Development
2017-12-12 10:00 - 15:00 | Alton Collins Retreat Center, 32867 OR-211, Eagle Creek, OR, 97022, United States

Middle School Fall Camp
2017-12-01 - 2017-12-03 | Camp Indianola, 10635 NE Shore Dr. PO Box 1150, Indianola, WA, 98342, United States
Jesus, when speaking to His disciples, said
“You know that the rulers in this world lord it over their people, and officials flaunt their authority over those under them. But among you it will be different.“
Join us for our fall retreats, as we unpack what Jesus meant when He said that His disciples will be different from the world.
This retreat, is for local church youth groups to bring leaders and middle school kids without the headache of planning your own retreat. We’ll take care for the food, programming, music, and message. You just bring kids and leaders.
Register or Learn More

Route 122
2017-11-29 - 2017-12-01 | Tuscany Suites & Casino, 255 E Flamingo Rd, Las Vegas, NV, 89169, United States
Pre-Event Wed. 9:00 a.m.-Main Event Starts 1:30 p.m.
We are called to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.
The mission field around us is not the one we came from and not the one our church was designed to reach. How will we faithfully fulfill our calling in these changing times?
Route 122 is the nationwide movement of United Methodist leaders devoted to faithfulness in the mission. Workshops focus on a variety of specific challenges in leading congregations into greater vitality. Download and share the event flyer below with leaders that could use a supportive peer learning community that addresses the challenges and shares insights of various unique ministry assignments.
Click Here to Register Online
Lodging Information
Tuscany Suites & Casino, 255 E Flamingo Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89169
https://stay.tuscanylv.com/
Room Reservations: 1-877-887-2261
Group code: 14K9W7
Room rates are Sunday-Thursday $69.00, Friday-Saturday $119.00 (no parking or resort fee will be charged)
Overflow hotel info:
Four Points by Sheraton East Flamingo, 4055 Palos Verdes Street, Las Vegas, NV 89119
http://www.fourpointslasvegaseastflamingo.com/
Room Reservations: 702-473-6400
Room rates are $89.00 per night, includes parking
Documents
Click on the names below to download the PDF.

Route 122 Event Flyer
DRAFT-2017 Route 122 Schedule (as of July 10)

Questions?

About Registration: Patsy Soto, psoto@csdcumc.org
About Event: Stephan Ross, steve@rcpumc.org 971-237-2040

Praying our Way Forward
2017-11-26 - 2017-12-02 | Alton Collins Retreat Center, 32867 OR-211, Eagle Creek, OR, 97022, United States
Members across The United Methodist Church have been “called to a posture of prayer, praying for God’s leadership to guide us effectively in fulfilling the mission of the church.” Conferences have each been assigned one week to respond to this call. For the PNW, that week is November 26 through December 2.
Click Here for resources and to learn more about this initiative.

Day after Thanksgiving
2017-11-24 | Alton Collins Retreat Center, 32867 OR-211, Eagle Creek, OR, 97022, United States

Thanksgiving Day
2017-11-23 | Alton Collins Retreat Center, 32867 OR-211, Eagle Creek, OR, 97022, United States

UM Volunteers in Mission Team Leader/Team Member Training
2017-11-18 09:00 - 15:30 | Tumwater UMC, 1401 Lake Park Dr SW, Tumwater, WA, 98512, United States
You are invited to join your Western Jurisdiction United Methodist Volunteers in Mission (UMVIM) Coordinator and your Pacific Northwest UMVIM Coordinator for new, updated team leader training. Not planning to be a team leader? This information will also be useful to team members in general – we welcome everyone who wants to know more about volunteer service through UMVIM.
East side training is at Riverview UMC in Pasco, October 28th, 9:00 – 3:30.
Register for East side Training
West side training is at Tumwater UMC, November 18th, 9:00 – 3:30.
Register for West side Training
Cost for the training is $20 to cover lunch and materials.

Camping Board of Stewards
2017-11-16 18:00 - 21:00 | Alton Collins Retreat Center, 32867 OR-211, Eagle Creek, OR, 97022, United States

Northwest Foundation - Annual Board Meeting
2017-11-16 10:00 - 14:00 | Alton Collins Retreat Center, 32867 OR-211, Eagle Creek, OR, 97022, United States

Veteran's Day
2017-11-10 08:00 - 17:00 | ID
