Scholarships available for Two-Year Academy for Spiritual Formation
Scholarships are available for PNW laity and clergy who are registered for a Two-Year Academy for Spiritual Formation starting this summer. The Board of...
Two Goals Worthy of Your Support
The Ministry Fund Drive
The PNW Ministry Fund Drive is underway! Many churches and individuals have already made pledges and contributions in support of our...
Jim Winkler: “Our Life as Laity”
Jim Winkler delivered the following address to the Laity Session of the 2012 Pacific Northwest Annual Conference on June 21 in Pasco, Washington.
I am...
Adapting to Lead: “What prevents you from being closer to God?”
Adapting to Lead
By Joan Holms | Photo By Jesse N. Love, et. al.
Editor’s Note: PNW Conference Lay Leader, Joan Holms has stepped in to...
What are we called to do? What’s next?
By Amory Peck | Photo by the Rev. David V. Valera
I spent several days thinking and praying about the latest edition of Channels. During...
An Open Letter to My Clergy Friends
Dear Clergy friends,
We need you to lead.
Most of us good people in the pews know that leadership is a difficult task. Many of us...
Lay Leaders meet in advance of General Conference
By David Reinholz
May 7-9, 2016 | Portland, Ore.
On the eve of the 2016 General Conference of the United Methodist Church, annual conference lay leaders from...
Lay Leader Address – Joan Holms – #PNWAC15
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” - Martin Luther King Jr.
I am very grateful for the opportunity to speak with you each year...
Embracing a Season of Fruitfulness at the Summit
Attendees of the quadrennial Leadership Summit close worship in prayer before beginning workshops. This year, the summit was held at Vancouver: First UMC.
The Leadership...
Laity Session Notes #pnwac14
Laity Session Notes
By Amy Pazan
Bishop Hagiya called the 141st Annual Conference to order.
Joan Holms thanked Pat Dodson for her years of service as associate...
