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...
Question Time: Mission u Edition!
By Nica Sy
Nica Sy is a young person who attended Mission u, an annual cooperative mission experience by the PNW Conference’s United Methodist Women...
Shared Breakfast celebrates 20 years
Jean Ferguson helps serve fruit at First United Methodist Church of Seattle during Shared Breakfast. In 2016, almost 15,000 hot breakfasts were served, fulfilling...
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...
Getting Grilled about God
By Scott Rosekrans | Pastor, Port Hadlock Community UMC
Yesterday after our outdoor service we had a joint church picnic on the grounds. As I was cooking the hotdogs...
Radical Sabbatical: Why I told a growing congregation to stop coming to church
By Rev. Abigail Vizcarra Perez | Pastor, Tacoma: The Bridge
We’ve all done it: we wake on Sunday morning and think of all the things...
Wandering Uganda: Serving, Changing, Growing
Denise Belista (top left), poses with children from the local community in Uganda. Denise served as a global justice volunteer assigned to serve with...
While answering a call…can you GO HOME AGAIN?
By Bailey Brawner, Elizabeth Hurd, and Maggie Ward
Bailey Brawner, Elizabeth Hurd, and Maggie Ward are all M.Div students at Boston University School of Theology....
Seattle-area church choir sings in Pepper Chopin Christmas Cantata in NYC
By Rev. Kathleen Weber | Pastor, Trinity United Methodist Church - Ballard
Early last spring, Trinity United Methodist Church's choir was “discovered” on their YouTube...
Messy Church celebrates multi-generational relationships and discipleship
Messy Church celebrates multi-generational relationships and discipleship
By Scott Klepach, Jr.
There are scavenger hunts and painting crafts.
Or, there are camp songs and googly-eyes
But...