PNW delegates share their hopes for General Conference 2016
Marie Kuch-Stanovsky, Joan Holms, Megan Ernst Kilpatrick, Dave Reinholz, Amanda Tobey, the Rev. David Nieda, Austin Adkinson, Kay C. Barckley, the Rev. Monica Corsaro,...
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...
Holy Conversation II
This article, written by Amory Peck, originally appeared in Channels Newsletter. Photo by Jesse Love.
I’m sitting in my room at the Archbishop Alex J. Brunett Retreat Center...
An Open Letter to My Parents on Queerness and Being #CalledOut
Dear Mom and Dad,
Welcome back from the mission trip, Dad. Happy Mother’s Day, Mom. While Dad was away I joined a group of over...
It was time and it’s time again
By Rev. Mary K. (Sellon) Huycke
‘It seldom happens that the Church is wise to know her day of visitation. When God would have her move forward...
Reflections on the Last Day by Amory Peck
Post submitted on May 3, 2012 by Amory Peck, First Elected Lay Delegate to General Conference and Conference Lay Leader. Mary Simpson-Stanton praying during morning...
The seductive energy of division – #UMCGC
By Rev. Mary K. (Sellon) Huycke
The morning after I left General Conference I felt strangely adrift. But, while finishing my breakfast, an NPR interview with...
An Open Letter from an Open Lesbian
Amory Peck addresses the 2012 General Conference in Tampa, Florida at part of the Laity Address. Photo by PNW Director of Connectional Minsitries, Rev....
#UMCGC Reflection: Can the UMC Change?
By David Reinholz
May 11, 2016 | Portland, Oregon
Powerless. That’s how it can feel sometimes as a member of a large bureaucratic and hierarchical institution. We...
A PNW delegate’s perspective on the election of Bishop Karen Oliveto
By Megan Kilpatrick | Western Jurisdictional Conference Delegate
Friends in Christ,
There has been a lot said about what happened at our Jurisdictional Conference this last...