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Sierra Service Project Reports a Record-Breaking Summer
Written: 9/2/2010
Sierra Service Project (SSP) has just ended a very busy and successful summer of home repair and youth ministry, according to an organization spokesperson. Volunteer teams of more than 2,000 junior- and senior-high youth, along with adult chaperones from their churches, worked on six reservations in...

GBGM Missionaries Itinerating in Cal-Nevada This Fall
Written: 9/2/2010
The Rev. Joseph and Marilyn Chan, GBGM missionaries serving in Cambodia, are available to visit California-Nevada churches from September 27 to November 8, 2010 to share about their work and ministries in Cambodia. The Rev. Joseph Chan has been assigned to Phnom Pehn, Cambodia, since 1998 wh...

A Story Needing to Be Told
Written: 7/21/2010
By Chaplain Sarge Wright John Taylor, now a retired United Methodist minister living near Shingle Springs, California, has been a longtime friend and colleague. He has a zest for living and an intense life mission that has been both interesting and productive. John was introduced to Heife...

Mission Education Is for Everyone!
Written: 7/8/2010
By Connie Hunter President, California-Nevada Annual Conference United Methodist Women It's not too late to register for the annual Mission Education event to be held at University of the Pacific (UOP) in Stockton the weekend of August 6-8. Although the Mission Education event is sponsored by Unit...

Seeking Hosts for Rev. Paul Jeffrey Visit
Written: 6/3/2010
The Conference Secretary for Global Ministries of the California-Nevada Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church is seeking hosts for an upcoming visit by the Rev. Paul Jeffrey, a General Board of Global Ministries' missionary. Rev. Jeffrey will be itinerating in Cal-Nevada in September and ...

Placerville Church Raises $5,000 for Water: Children's Mission at Federated
Written: 5/20/2010
By Jodie Regan Children's Minister, Federated Church Every April is "Children's Mission Month" at Federated Church in Placerville. Federated Church is made up of people from the United Methodist tradition and the Presbyterian tradition, and all faith seekers. We just completed o...

Economic Justice in Cambodia
Written: 5/13/2010
The following is a letter from Katherine Parker of the California-Nevada Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church, who is serving as a General Board of Global Ministries' missionary, assigned to work with Community Health and Agricultural Development (CHAD) in Cambodia. &nb...

Last Chance for Youth, Young Adults to Register for SSP Honduras
Written: 5/6/2010
Sierra Service Project (SSP) will send three teams of young people motivated to put their faith into action to Honduras this summer, to build homes. (Volunteers work alongside Hondurans to build two simple, but safe and dry homes.) Participants will have the opportunity to be immersed in the cultur...

Mission Agency Stresses Collaboration
Written: 4/22/2010
By Linda Bloom | Stamford, Conn. (UMNS) Global mission is about to become more local. Officials at the United Methodist Board of Global Ministries are signaling a "cultural shift" in how the denomination does mission. Instead of acting as an implementer of mission for t...

Partner With Oakland Church to 'Touch the Heavens, Change the Earth'
Written: 4/8/2010
Oakland Chinese Community United Methodist Church invites you to "an extraordinary event which supports a project very dear to our hearts," according to Burt Yin, member of the church and Co-Lay Leader for the California-Nevada Annual Conference. That project is the building of a school i...

Read Blog Posts from Palestine
Written: 4/1/2010
"The approaching Easter celebration and the services leading up to it have created an atmosphere of reflection and anticipation here," writes Yvonne Turner from Palestine, in a blog post on the California-Nevada Annual Conference website at cnumc.org. Turner is a member of the Conference...

Cal-Nev Churches Fight Diseases of Poverty Through Health Kits for Haiti
Written: 3/31/2010
It's another example of Ministry in Action. Pioneer United Methodist Church in Auburn packed 1,000 health kits for Haiti in one hour on March 20 – then sent them to the UMCOR West Depot in Salt Lake City, in a shipment that also contained kits from Grass Valley, Napa, Lincoln, Carson City, Spa...

Register Early for October 'Rethink Mission' Event in Nashville
Written: 3/24/2010
Be a part of the future! Register now for the "Rethink Mission" event in Nashville, Tennessee, October 14-17, 2010. Hear, reflect, and discuss presentations of scholars, missionaries, and leaders in mission in The United Methodist Church at the Rethink Mission Conference, "Rethink Mi...

Ship Carrying Tractor Was Scheduled to Dock on March 18
Written: 3/18/2010
The ship carrying a John Deere tractor, Ford pick-up truck, and assorted farm implements and supplies donated to West Angola by the California-Nevada Annual Conference was scheduled to dock at Port Angola on Thursday, March 18. Relocation Benefits, which handled the shipment, reports that it could ...

Praying for Chicks
Written: 3/17/2010
By Clarice French St Paul's UMC, Reno, NV "Chicks." For weeks Daniel had been praying for "chicks." At St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Reno, the children in Sunday School send their prayers to the worship service to be included in the Prayers of the People. There are pra...

Bishop Heads Conference Site Assessment and Connectional Team, in Cambodia Through Month's End
Written: 2/23/2010
Bishop Warner H. Brown, Jr., Resident Bishop of the California-Nevada Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church, is leading a Conference Site Assessment and Connectional Team visit to Cambodia, February 20-28. The team was to visit churches in Svay Rieng on Monday (Feb. 22) and to conduct s...

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Kairos Prison Ministry Has Transformational Effect
Written: 2/22/2010
"I was in prison and you visited Me" (Matthew 25:36b) Kairos is a Christian, lay-led, ecumenical, international prison ministry, in which men and women volunteers bring Christ's love and forgiveness to incarcerated individuals and to their families. Kairos currently operates in 350...

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The Migrant Christ: Blog Post From Immigration Task Force
Written: 2/10/2010
An Immigration Task Force delegation led by Bishop Warner H. Brown, Jr. has just returned from a fact-finding trip to the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona and Sonora, Mexico. Its objective was to learn about border ministries and to bear witness to Christ's love and concern. The delegation documented ...

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Alternative Spring Break for Youth, Young Adults
Written: 1/27/2010
Are you exploring the possibilities of a meaningful alternative spring break – filled with service, fun, faith, and learning – for your campus ministry group or high school youth group? Sierra Service Project will host three Alternative Spring Break sessions at its South Los Angeles site...

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United Methodists Unite to 'Change the World' in April
Written: 1/21/2010
Impact Your Community on April 24-25 United Methodists everywhere are encouraged to begin planning now to participate in Change the World, a church-wide event on April 24-25 in which members will join with others in the community to make a difference - both locally and globally. Imagine. ...