Blogs
From Conference Staff
Missional Engagement
By Missional Engagement Ministries
LA ministry focuses on connection, relationships
“I hopped off a plane at LAX// with a dream and a cardigan.” The immortalized words of MIley Cyrus sang throughout my mind as we waited for our Uber at the Los Angeles airport one Sunday evening in late July 2023. Rev. Dr. LaKeenya Cooper and I made our way out to Los...
Pray for Hawaii
UMCOR is coordinating with the California-Pacific Annual Conference to process an initial grant for emergency supplies such as shelf-stable food, water, hygiene items and tools to help survivors recover belongings as first responders continue to provide initial aid in...
AC 2023 Mission Opportunities Update
Your Help is needed! We are 9 days away from our gathering in Roanoke, VA, and we need your help! All the Mission opportunities provided through the Conference cannot be completed without the help of our members! Please consider signing up for the following...
AC 2022 Offering report
Domestic Impact A $100,000 scholarship for The Military Chaplaincy DMin Program at Wesley Theological SeminaryWorldwide Impact $50,000 was distributed to 5 Partnerships of Hope countries for the continued work of God!report coming soon!report coming soon!The Haitian...
Missional Ministries Board Banquet
Information Date: Thursday, June 15, 2023 Time: 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Location: Berglund Hall Cost: $35 per personSponsored by: Your donation for the MMB Banquet will allow us to cover the cost for all attendees of the event. Additional donations will be...
Communications
By Communications Office
Basics of copyright and CCLI
By Hunter Bryn, Conference Digital Media Specialist Copyright, copyright, copyright…the super fun, confusing, set of laws that may make your head spin. Copyright protects original works of authorship. In simple terms, if you create it; you own it and no one else may...
A.I. and how you could use it in your churches
By Hunter Bryn We have all been down that rabbit hole of searching for a stand out graphic or image to illustrate a sermon of theme during a church service. There are SO many websites, from Church Media Squad to Church Motion Graphics to Sharefaith. These are great...
We’ve got THAT podcast!
Looking for a podcast? Virginia clergy and conference staff may have what you want to listen to. Learn more… Find listing of clergy and conference staff podcasts here.
Diversity Kitchen
Diversity Kitchen is a video series created in the hope that by brings people of different cultures together over the love of food and Jesus that further conversation and relationship-building can begin in our denomination and world.