What does it mean to “take up your cross and follow me”?
By Pastor Lyn Rush
Lyn Rush serves Pinoy Van-Port Ministries in Vancouver, Wash. This new church start serves Filipino Americans and immigrants with a keen...
How CONVO 2016 deepened my faith
How CONVO 2016 deepened my faith
By Falisha Hola | Photos by Patrick Scriven, et. al.
CONVO 2016 was an amazing experience and also a success....
A reflection on exclusion and language by Paul Jeffrey
By the Rev. Paul Jeffrey
Some ten million people in the world today are stateless. They aren’t recognized as citizens of any nation. Without legal...
CI-PNW: Answering God’s invitation to REACT! (+ CI Leadership: My Favorite Thing About CI!)
In the Pacific Northwest, the young people who attend Christmas Institute are learning in different ways how to REACT to God’s love – through identity,...
Immigration Ministry This Month
The arrival of 200 immigrants to the Federal Detention Center in SeaTac, extreme enforcement which separates children from parents, and House Speaker Paul Ryan's announcement of immigration debate offers us new incentive this month to educate, speak out, and organize on behalf of our neighbors.
Filipino Fellowship and NW hospitality warm a cool night
By Jesse N. Love
May 19, 2016 | Vancouver, Wash.
Vancouver, Wash. - It’s a misty evening in Vancouver, Washington. As chairs gently screech across the social...
From the Global Lens: Climate Refugees
Refugees travel in a rubber boat across the Aegean Sea from Turkey to the Greek island of Lesbos on October 30, 2015. They were...
Report: $15k received for Jars for Jamaa Letu
Report: $15k received for Jars for Jamaa Letu
By Barbara Dadd Shaffer
The churches and individuals of the PNW Conference are a generous people! Once again...
Stories of Pain and Hope connect Church with neighbors
(From top left) Federal Way UMC’s Mary Walker welcomes speakers Professor Luther Adams, the Rev. Roy Wilson, and representatives from the Camp Harmony Committee....
“On Many Sides,” the insidious nature of minimizing racism
By Kristina Gonzalez | Director of Leadership Development for an Inclusive Church
I listened to National Public Radio in its coverage of the violence in...


















