Have No Fear! The Green Shirts Are Here!
Five Early Response Teams from across the Western Jurisdiction join up to help North Carolina residents recover from Hurricane Florence.
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...
Not a Status Quo: Episcopal Assignments Announced @ #WJUMC
The 2012 Western Jurisdiction College of Bishops from left; Bishops Robert Hoshibata, Elaine Stanovsky, Warner Brown, Minerva Carcaño, Grant Hagiya. Photo by the Rev. David Valera.
Report...
Biblical Obedience
By Roy I. Sano, Bishop | The United Methodist Church
A growing number of United Methodist clergy are conducting same gender unions in violation of...
We are Ready for Lyda!
By the Rev. Lyda Pierce, Candidate for Bishop
I deeply appreciate the love and affirmation that people have shared since my nomination this weekend as a...
The Western Jurisdictional Conference has elected a bishop
After a day filled with votes, holy conferencing, votes, reports, votes, the approval of a new future together for the Mountain Sky Area, votes, a retirement celebration...
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...
1000 Children
By Rev. Dr. Dottie Escobedo-Frank
It didn’t look like anything out of the ordinary for the border town of Nogales. My hometown is used to...
No Guaranteed Appointments — No Big Deal
Bishop Minerva G. Carcaño on the Desert Southwest Annual Conference presides over General Conference as the 'security of appointments' is discussed on Tuesday, May 1...
Opinion: The Cost of Unity
"It is time for us to start talking about what we agree on and what we can do well together instead of arguing about what divides us."
In an opinion piece, the Rev. Austin Adkinson expresses his desire for a continuing unity but, unapologetically, is not willing to accept unity that comes "at the expense of our LGBTQI siblings in faith."