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Senior New Ways Older Adult Groups and Activities, Late June - September, 2009
Written: 7/1/2009
Older Adult Groups
and Activities
Late June - September 2009
Senior Health Chat at Los Altos UMC (LAUMC), 1st and 3rd Fridays, 10 a.m.-12 noon. Caregiver University workshops led by the Alzheimer's Association staff.
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Clergy Called to 2009 Gathering of the Orders, 'Out of the Cocoon'
Written: 6/25/2009
All clergy - Elders, Deacons, and Local Pastors - are invited and encouraged to attend the 2009 Gathering of the Orders, "Out of the Cocoon - Preparing for Transformation," November 17-19 at Zephyr Point Conference Center at Lake Tahoe.
Special Early Bird Registration rates apply through Ju...
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Written: 6/25/2009
Friends of "Cal" and Wesley House are invited to attend the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Wesley House and Campus Center at the University of California, Berkeley, on Wednesday, July 1, 2009 at 3 p.m. The general public is welcome to take part in the celebration. The Wesley Foundation...
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Written: 6/25/2009
The City of Davis has presented the 2009 Thong Hy Huynh award for Civil Rights Advocacy to the Rev. Kristin Stoneking, Executive Director and Campus Minister at the Cal-Aggie House, a United Methodist-related campus ministry at the University of California at Davis. The Thong Hy Huynh award...
Student From Cal-Nevada Is One of Ethnic Young Adult Interns
Written: 6/25/2009
Drawn from 11 conferences, interns represent all five U.S. jurisdictions.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A college student from the California-Nevada Annual Conference is among 12 persons who began work June 1 in the Ethnic Young Adult (EYA) Summer Internship program of The United Methodist Church's General ...
Register Now for EXPLORATION 2009 Event, Nov. 13-15 in Dallas
Written: 6/25/2009
EXPLORATION 2009, scheduled for Nov. 13-15 in Dallas, Texas, is a national event for high school seniors through young adults aged 24, who are considering a call to ordained ministry as a Deacon or Elder in The United Methodist Church.
Keynote speakers for the event will be the Rev. Tyrone...
Participants at Student Forum Urged to Find Their Passion
Written: 6/25/2009
By Betty Backstrom
Director of Communications, Louisiana Annual Conference
SHREVEPORT, La. (GBHEM) - The chaplain at Centenary College of Louisiana urged participants at Student Forum 2009 to discover their passion in order to be more effective church leaders.
"What is your joy an...
California-Nevada Named Pilot Conference for New Scouting Ministry Post
Written: 6/25/2009
Nashville agency seeks adults who love scouting
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The United Methodist Office of Scouting Ministries is looking for scouting advocates to help California-Nevada churches establish and expand scouting ministry opportunities.
The National Office of Scouting Ministri...
Joint Youth Ministry Amazed by Mexico Experience
Written: 6/25/2009
"Hi, Youth and families. What an incredible week," wrote Lisa Jacobs, Director of the Joint Youth Ministry, of her Youth Group's recent mission trip to Mexico.
The Joint Youth Ministry (JYM), created to provide a safe place for young people to grow in their knowledge of who they are and who God is...
Check Out the Foundation's New Planned Giving Website!
Written: 6/25/2009
Did you know that good planning requires good information?
Find helpful estate planning information to assist you in creating the plan that is right for you, by visiting the California-Nevada United Methodist Foundation's new Planned Giving website at http://www.canvumfgiving.org/. &n...
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Written: 6/24/2009
The Rev. George Martzen, a General Board of Global Ministries' missionary serving in Singapore, is itinerating in the California-Nevada Annual Conference from August 9 to 16. His wife, the Rev. Chin Cheak Yu (also a GBGM missionary), and their son, Walter, are with him. Whi...
Oakland UMVIM Team to Travel to Uganda This Summer
Written: 6/24/2009
A team of eight, being sent by Chinese Community United Methodist Church in Oakland, will embark on a United Methodist Volunteers in Mission (UMVIM) trip to Kumi, Uganda, July 6-23, in partnership with Youth and Child Visionary Ministries.
YCVM is a Kumi-based Christian effort of ministeri...
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Written: 6/24/2009
The International Conference on the United Methodist Church in Honduras takes place September 10-12 at Christ Church UMC in Louisville, Kentucky - and volunteers from California-Nevada Annual Conference churches are invited to take part. The United Methodist Mission Church in Honduras is a...
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Written: 6/24/2009
"Dear Friends," wrote General Board of Global Ministries missionary Katherine Parker, earlier this month, "on Tuesday my sister, Janet, Piseth, Irene [Irene Marputsa, of Zimbabwe] and I went down to Kantebopa Children's Hospital to donate blood. In order to get a transfusion, the family of the patie...
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Written: 6/24/2009
For 42 years, St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Vacaville has been the official Pancake Breakfast site for Vacaville's annual Fiesta Days. The event is a major fundraiser for the church. At the most recent Pancake Breakfast, May 23, the church was favored by the attendance of the Honora...
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Written: 6/24/2009
A Spiritual Image benefit performance scheduled for Saturday, June 27 at Hillsdale United Methodist Church in San Mateo, California has been rescheduled to Saturday, July 11, at 5 p.m. There is no admission charge but a free will offering will be taken. All proceeds from the concert will go...
Logo Design Contest Announced by World Methodist Council
Written: 6/24/2009
The World Methodist Council is sponsoring a contest for a logo design for the 20th World Methodist Conference, to be held August 4-8, 2011, in Durban, South Africa. The winning entry will receive an award of $500 USD. The Conference theme is "Jesus Christ - for the Healing of the Nations."
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Instant Connection Summer Mailing Dates
Written: 6/24/2009
After Annual Conference Session each year, Conference Communications initiates a summer schedule for mailing of the Instant Connection emails.
This year, because of vacation schedules, there will be a two-week break before the summer schedule goes into effect.
In addition, please r...
More Annual Conference Session Videos Added to Website
Written: 6/20/2009
Other videos of Annual Conference Session have been added to the REEL Witness video library page.
In the interest of providing them to you as quickly as possible, we have not yet named or otherwise identified them. As soon as we have an opportunity, we will amend them to give that informa...
Legislative Work of Annual Conference Session Concluded
Written: 6/20/2009
The Consent Calendar was adopted at 8:50 a.m. on Saturday, concluding the legislative work of the 161st Annual Conference Session of the California-Nevada Annual Conference.
The fourth Bishop's Award will be presented this morning, and the Laity Address will be delivered.
You may w...