{"id":13609,"date":"2016-07-15T14:07:38","date_gmt":"2016-07-15T21:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/?p=13609"},"modified":"2016-07-20T11:54:58","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T18:54:58","slug":"5-columns-of-mission-churches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/5-columns-of-mission-churches\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Columns of Mission Churches!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>5 Columns of Mission<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>By <strong>Joan Hackett<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 2015, 29 of our local churches in the PNW Conference achieved all 5 Columns of Mission! Every church is challenged to support mission in these five ways each year:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Collecting for <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.umcgiving.org\/ministry-articles\/one-great-hour-of-sharing\" target=\"_blank\">One Great Hour of Sharing<\/a><\/strong> <em>(the 4th Sunday in Lent, with gifts accepted all year).<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Giving to the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.umcor.org\" target=\"_blank\">United Methodist Committee on Relief<\/a><\/strong> <em>(UMCOR)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Contributing to an <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.umcmission.org\/Give-to-Mission\/Search-for-Projects\" target=\"_blank\">Advance Project<\/a><\/strong> <em>(listed in \u201cGiving Opportunities through the Advance 2013-2016\u201d or at umcmission.org)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Sending someone to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pnwumw.org\/missionu.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Mission u<\/strong><\/a> <em>(visit pnwumw.org for more info!)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Having a Covenant Relationship with a <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.umcmission.org\/Explore-Our-Work\/Missionaries-in-Service\" target=\"_blank\">missionary<\/a><\/strong> <em>(Katherine Parker &amp; The Rev. Paul Jeffrey itinerate this year.\u00a0Sign up NOW!)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also, congratulations to 48 of our local churches that honorably achieved 4 Columns of Mission Churches!<\/p>\n<p>All together, 77 or 29% of PNW Churches have committed in making mission a priority in the local church through achieving these 5 Columns of Mission! \u00a0Download the PDF below to view a list of churches that have achieved 4 and 5 Columns of Mission!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Joan Hackett is now the outgoing Conference Secretary of Global Ministries. \u00a0Marilyn Reid will begin serving in this role very soon. \u00a0Thank you, Joan for your years of service making mission a priority within The PNW Conference!<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The image of columns is public domain. \u00a0Learn more about the image <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Schema_Saeulenordnungen.jpg\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/NEWS_Mission_5Columns.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13610\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/NEWS_Mission_5Columns-1.png?resize=696%2C901\" alt=\"NEWS_Mission_5Columns-1\" width=\"696\" height=\"901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/NEWS_Mission_5Columns-1.png?w=740&amp;ssl=1 740w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/NEWS_Mission_5Columns-1.png?resize=232%2C300&amp;ssl=1 232w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/NEWS_Mission_5Columns-1.png?resize=696%2C901&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/NEWS_Mission_5Columns-1.png?resize=324%2C420&amp;ssl=1 324w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/NEWS_Mission_5Columns.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>DOWNLOAD THIS PDF<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n<p><!--more Read more at The PNW News Blog!--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>5 Columns of Mission By Joan Hackett In 2015, 29 of our local churches in the PNW Conference achieved all 5 Columns of Mission! 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