Training

By the Rev. Curtis Brown | Director of Faith Community Development I confess that I'm sometimes bored during worship, even when I'm a worship leader.  My...

By Patrick Scriven | Director of Communications & Young People’s Ministry You’ve probably heard the proverb that if you only have a hammer, every problem...

By the Rev. Carolyn Peterson, Discipleship Pastor at First UMC of Olympia, WA When I first started out as a volunteer Sunday school superintendent which...

By the Rev. Dr. William D. Gibson | Photos by Patrick Scriven and Teri Tobey View photos from this event. Seattle, Wash. - How do we...

  By Rhondalei Gabuat Sacramento, Calif. - The leadership team of the Western Methodist Justice Movement (WMJM) convened their yearly planning meeting at The Table United...

This communications checklist was compiled for a recent workshop for pastors who are expecting to transfer into a new appointment this summer. While these are good things to consider as one approaches such liminal space, it's good to keep many of these items in mind throughout the course of one's ministry with a local church.

2012 was a really tough year across the United States. Natural disasters of all kinds caused massive damage to the infrastructure and personal property....

A new training which incorporates restorative justice principles, called 'Bystander Training,' is being offered on Wednesday, June 14th, as part of a day long pre-conference workshop at Camas UMC. Rev. Richenda Fairhurst speaks with trainer Rev. Terri Stewart, and several participants, about its goals and purpose.

Stanley Norman and Gerri Harvill serve as Co-Pastors of Sandpoint United Methodist Church (Idaho) and as Disaster Response Coordinators (UMCOR) for The Pacific Northwest...

An aerial view of the flood-stricken town of Vernonia, Oregon, Dec. 4, 2007, from an Oregon Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter. The...