Rev. Craig’s Thoughts Mid-Day 5 of #GC2012
The Rev. Craig Parrish shares a light moment with the Rev. DJ del Rosario, a member of the PNW Conference who works for the...
General & Jurisdictional Conference Delegates
Top row (L to R): Rev. Craig Parrish, Rev. Daniel Foster, Marie Kuch, Gail Grossman, and Amory Peck. Second row: Rev. Gloria Kymn, Rev....
The Colors of the #GC2012 Rainbow
The Rev. David Valera, with two name badges in tow, is pictured on the right along with four others at GC2012.
RED, GREEN and ORANGE
I...
#UMCGC Reflection: Something’s missing…
By Joan Holms
May 11, 2016 | Seattle, Washington
I needed to return to Seattle on Tuesday, the opening day of General Conference. I had attended...
Rev. Craig Parrish’s Thoughts – Day 7
The Rev. Craig Parrish speaks to the morning meeting of the Western Jurisdiction. Photo by Patrick Scriven.
It has been awhile since I took the...
#UMCGC Reflection: The Gift of Hospitality
By Rev. C. Shane Moore
May 15, 2016 | Portland, Oregon
The other day I was asked how my experience has been so far at General Conference. I...
Rev. Craig’s Thoughts on Day 4 of #GC2012
It was a grueling day.
My morning was spent on the losing end of 21 to 1 votes in the subcommittee I'm working in. All...
Remembering that God is bigger than our institutions
“Love is bigger than our structures and our fraught attempts to follow the Way of Jesus.”
As she looks forward toward the 2019 General Conference in less than a month, Skylar Marston-Bihl finds herself considering the history of the denomination, and the tension that has always existed between grace and structure.
Skylar is a member of the 2019 PNW delegation to General Conference and the first-elected lay delegate for 2020.
If It’s to Be, It’s Up to Me
I’m Amory Peck, from Bellingham, Washington, in the United States. By the grace of God, I am a disciple of Jesus Christ.
It happened four...
Rev. Craig Parrish’s thoughts on Final Morning of #GC2012
Gail Grossman, Rev. Craig Parrish and Bishop Bob Hoshibata stand along the edges of the plenary space with those protesting the church's stance on...
