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Errata
Written: 8/19/2008
We have been notified of some errors in the story, “Founding Pastor to Preach at St. Paul’s UMC, Vacaville, in September.”
The gentleman at the far right in the photo was incorrectly identified in the caption as Fred Hermann. His name is Frank Hermann. He was correctly identified ...
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Written: 8/15/2008
After a 47-year absence, the founding pastor of St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in Vacaville, California will step back into the pulpit there on Sunday, September 7. The Rev. Dr. Robert L. “Bob” Walker will be guest preacher at the church’s 10:30 a.m. service and will assi...
Leaders Focus on Attracting Younger Generations
Written: 8/14/2008
The fact that many younger Americans have little idea what “church” means or what happens there was a recurrent theme at the 2008 UM School of Congregational Development, held simultaneously in Orlando, Florida, and Grand Rapids, Michigan, July 31–August 5. The point was underscore...
Igniting Ministry Project Is Working!
Written: 8/13/2008
At the beginning of this month, more than two dozen churches in the California-Nevada Annual Conference began tracking overall and first-time attendance through the Barna Group, for an Igniting Ministry survey that ultimately will help our churches fulfill their role as welcoming congregations. In s...
A Biblical Response to the Challenges of Immigration
Written: 8/13/2008
“Therefore love the stranger and sojourner, for you were once strangers and sojourners in the land of Egypt.” (Deut. 10:19)
The Scripture is the motto for a September event, “Our Call to Radical Hospitality: A Biblical Response to the Challenges of Immigration,” being held F...
Angels on Call/Friendly Visitor Training Being Offered in September
Written: 8/13/2008
Registration is underway for Angels on Call/Friendly Visitor Training, Saturday, Sept. 13 from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at First United Methodist Church in San Rafael, California. It’s for anyone interested in visiting homebound persons on a continuing basis.
Friendly Visiting is an informal sort...
Special Offer: Coming Fully Alive As You Age
Written: 8/13/2008
The popular Senior New Ways program Coming Fully Alive as You Age is now availableon DVD, at a special introductory rate. Now you can facilitate this nationally acclaimed series for boomers and older adults, at your own site, for just $97 plus taxes, shipping and handling.
Coming Fully Alive as You...
New Resources
Written: 8/13/2008
• A new study guide is available to help the Christian community mobilize against atrocities in Sudan. Not on Our Watch Christian Companion: Biblical Reflections on the Mission to End Genocide in Darfur and Beyond is an eight-week study written by Bill Mefford, director of civil and human right...
UM Injured in Tennessee Unitarian Universalist Church Shooting
Written: 8/13/2008
One of those wounded in a July 27 shooting at Knoxville’s Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church is a United Methodist who was in the congregation that Sunday to see his granddaughter in a performance of Annie Jr. John T. Worth, 68, and his wife, Joy, are members of Peck’s Memori...
Erratum: Address Correction
Written: 8/12/2008
OOPS!! We mistakenly gave an incorrect location for the Vital Signs Retreat on September 5-6, 2008 in Reno. The correct address is: St. Paul’s UMC, 1660 Grandview Avenue, Reno, NV 89503. For more information about this event, click here.
We apologize for the err...
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Written: 8/8/2008
Retired Bishop Leontine T.C. Kelly will be guest speaker at a worship service and reception honoring Bishop Warner H. Brown, Jr. and his family on their return to the California-Nevada Annual Conference – on Sunday, September 21 at 5 p.m. at Taylor Memorial United Methodist Church in Oakland...
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Written: 8/8/2008
The Rev. Kristie Olah was installed as San Jose District Superintendent, on Saturday, August 2. California-Nevada Conference Bishop Beverly J. Shamana joined other well-wishers at the celebration at The Good Samaritan United Methodist Church in Cupertino, which Olah pastored from 2003 to June 30 of ...
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Written: 8/8/2008
Revision of historic bishops’ document, originally issued in 1986, expected to address pandemic poverty, environment degradation and arms trade. WASHINGTON, D.C. — Pat Callbeck Harper of Helena, Mont., has been hired as Project Manager for the United Methodist Council of Bishops’ ...
Rebuild a Sound Foundation - Vital Signs Retreat
Written: 8/8/2008
Reno St. Paul’s United Methodist Church will host a Vital Signs Retreat for the Nevada-Sierra District on Friday, September 5 and Saturday, September 6 at 1660 Grandview Avenue, Reno, NV.
This retreat will provide the tools and training necessary to lead the Vital Signs assessment proce...
Timeless Jerusalem Premiere – a Revolutionary Approach to Education!
Written: 8/7/2008
Palo Alto First United Methodist Church in Palo Alto, California invites you to attend the world premiere for a new approach to Sunday school – this Saturday, August 9, at 7 p.m. Timeless Jerusalem is an online virtual world that combines the best of Silicon Valley with the Good News of Jesu...
UMW Mission Education Events: Friday Schedule Change
Written: 8/7/2008
There has been a change in the Friday schedule for two upcoming United Methodist Women Mission Education Events. Churches, please notify your congregations.
The corrected Friday schedule for both the Reno, Nevada event on the weekend of August 15-17 and the event in Santa Nella, California on the...
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Written: 8/7/2008
In July, California-Nevada Volunteers in Mission teams from five churches joined together to replace the steps and the roof trim boards at Fort Jones United Methodist Church in California. “This is UMVIM working at its best,” says Dr. Sue King, California-Nevada Annual Conference UMVIM ...
Groundbreaking Ceremony for Fallon Daily Bread
Written: 8/5/2008
Fallon Daily Bread – a community supported ministry of Epworth United Methodist Church in Fallon, Nevada – invites you to a Groundbreaking Ceremony for the construction of a new facility, the Wolf Center, on Wednesday, August 13 at 10 a.m.
This construction project was ma...
Three Ways to Jump-Start Your Worship Planning
Written: 8/5/2008
Pastors and worship leaders – become part of a creative community, developing themes and sharing ideas for more meaningful, sensory-rich worship based on the liturgical year. This October, attend a Worship Planning Retreat or a Worship Workshop with Dr. Marcia McFee, or sign up for a year-long...
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Written: 8/1/2008
The UMVIM Western Jurisdiction Coordinator is the link between the Annual Conference UMVIM Coordinators and the General Board of Global Ministries in New York. The successful candidate is a “self starter” who demonstrates a passion for faith-based missions; excellent leadership and inter...
Track Church Attendance Starting This Weekend!
Written: 7/31/2008
This is the weekend for participating churches to begin tracking attendance for the Barna Group survey. More than 20 of you have committed to this project – but if your church is not among them, we encourage you to consider participating on an unofficial basis: you could receive...
Middletown Community UMC Celebrates Family
Written: 7/25/2008
Middletown Community UMC invites you to a week-long series of events and speakers in “Celebrating Family,” August 3-10 at 15833 Armstrong Street, in downtown Middletown – corner of Armstrong and Washington.
Kick off your week on Sunday, August 3 with Mariellen Yoshino, the F...
Western Jurisdiction Looks to Go ‘Forward on the Trail God Blazed’
Written: 7/25/2008
By Cate Monaghan
Interim Communications Director
“When I took a long, careful look at your ways,
I got my feet back on the trail you blazed.”(Psalm 119:59, The Message.)
“Forward on the Trail God Blazed” was the theme of the W...
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Written: 7/25/2008
A UMNS Report By Neill Caldwell* July 25, 2008 The United Methodist Church’s Judicial Council will include five new faces when it convenes Oct. 22-25 in Minneapolis. The meeting will be the first of the new quadrennium for the denomination’s “supreme court.” Issu...
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Written: 7/25/2008
A UMNS Report By Kathy L. Gilbert* July 25, 2008 Killings and abductions in the Philippines "continue without let-up," according to a United Methodist delegation from the U.S. that recently visited the country. The visit was the second time a delegation from The United Methodist Ch...
September Disaster Preparedness and Response Training
Written: 7/25/2008
When disaster strikes, will you be prepared and know what to do? Do you like helping people and making a difference in people’s lives?
In September two Disaster Preparedness & Response Training classes are being offered - September 17-20 at Los Altos UMC, 655 Magdalena Avenue, Los ...
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Written: 7/25/2008
A UMNS Report By Linda Bloom* July 23, 2008 The Rev. Joaquina Filipe Nhanala was elected July 23 as the first female United Methodist bishop in Africa. Nhanala, 51, the pastor of Matola United Methodist Church in Mozambique, was elected during the July 22-24 meeting of the denomination&r...
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Written: 7/20/2008
Bishop Warner H. Brown, Jr. is returning “home” to the California-Nevada Annual Conference. “Cal-Nevada Conference is a conference that has been my home of choice for a lot of years, and I was honored when they showed their confidence in me and started me on this journey to the E...
BISHOP WARNER BROWN RETURNING TO CAL-NEVADA
Written: 7/19/2008
ASSIGNMENTS:
Unanimously Recommended by the Western Jurisdiction Episcopacy Committee, which met from 1 to 4 a.m. today (Saturday, July 19)
Recommendation:
Denver area: Bishop Elaine Stanovsky
LA area: Bishop Mary Ann Swenson
Phoenix area: Bishop Minerva Carcano
Portland area: Bishop...
Results of Ballot Twenty-three
Written: 7/19/2008
80 ballots were cast; none invalid; 54 needed; no election.
Elaine Stanovsky 40
Janet Forbes 27
Youngsook Kang 9
Renae Extrum-Fernandez 3
Siosifa Hingano 1
Ballot 24 will be taken following prayer....
Results of Ballot Twenty-four
Written: 7/19/2008
July 19, 2008 12:40 a.m. PDT / Portland OR – 80 ballots were cast; none invalid; 54 needed;
Elaine Stanovsky 43
Janet Forbes 24
Youngsook Kang 10
Renae Extrum-Fernandez 3
Saying, "I'd like to participate in electing the next bishop. So let's do that," Janet Forbes has withdrawn ...
Results of Ballot Twenty-five: Elaine Stanovsky Elected a Bishop of The United Methodist Church
Written: 7/19/2008
July 19, 2008 12:54 a.m. / Portland OR – 79 ballots were cast; none invalid; 53 needed; Elaine Stanovsky has been elected with 53 votes....
Hagiya Elected a Bishop of The United Methodist Church in the Western Jurisdiction
Written: 7/19/2008
Hagiya elected bishop of United Methodist Church
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Stanovsky Elected a Bishop of The United Methodist Church in the Western Jurisdiction
Written: 7/19/2008
Stanovsky elected a bishop of United Methodist Church
Bishop Elaine J.W. Stanovsky
By Marta W. Aldrich*
July 19, 2008 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS)
The Rev. Elaine J.W. Stanovsky of Seattle has been elect...
Julius C. Trimble Elected a Bishop of The United Methodist Church
Written: 7/18/2008
By Kathy Gilbert
July 18, 2008 | GRAND RAPIDS, Mich (UMNS)
Bishop-elect Julius Trimble
The Rev. Julius C. Trimble, Warrensville Heights, Ohio, has been elected a bishop by the North Central Jurisdic...
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Written: 7/18/2008
By Maidstone Mulenga* July 18, 2008 | HARRISBURG, Pa. (UMNS) In sharp contrast to the action taken at the United Methodist General Conference last spring, delegates to the denomination’s Northeastern Jurisdiction Conference voted July 17 to support clergy in California who choose to perfor...
Consideration of Ballot Six Is Underway in Portland
Written: 7/18/2008
Delegates to Western Jurisdiction Conference in Portland, Oregon resumed balloting this morning (Friday, July 18) to elect two new Bishops.
At 10:35 a.m. PDT, delegates affirmed a motion by California-Pacific Annual Conference delegate JoAnn Yoon Fukumoto, who asked that results...
Results of Ballot Six Are In
Written: 7/18/2008
Ballot 6 results came in at 11:01 a.m. 79 ballots were cast; 53 needed to elect; no invalid ballots; no election.
Grant Hagiya 42
Elaine Stanovsky 25
Janet Forbes 22
Youngsook Kang 20
Renae Extrum-Fernandez 15
Frank Wulf 8
Delegates voted earlier that results will not be posted for deleg...
Ballot Seven Results
Written: 7/18/2008
July 18, 2008 11:32 a.m. PDT / Portland OR – The report on Ballot Number Seven is in. 80 ballots were taken; none invalid; 54 needed; no election.
Grant Hagiya 43
Elaine Stanovsky 29
Youngsook Kang 22
Janet Forbes 20
Renae Extrum-Fernandez16
Frank Wulf 11
Motion approv...
Consideration of Ballot Eight Underway; Delegates in Recess for Lunch
Written: 7/18/2008
July 18, 2008 12:05 p.m. PDT / Portland OR – Balloting began at 12:03 p.m. on Ballot Number Eight. It has now been declared closed by Bishop Edward Paup. Delegates have recessed for lunch.
...
Ballot Eight Results
Written: 7/18/2008
July 18, 2008 1:34 p.m. PDT / Portland OR – Ballot results for Ballot Number Eight are as follows:
Grant Hagiya 41
Janet Forbes 30
Elaine Stanovsky 27
Youngsook Kang 22
Renae Extrum-Fernandez 14
Frank Wulf 11
A ninth ballot will be taken immedi...
Ballot Nine Being Tabulated
Written: 7/18/2008
July 18, 2008 1:39 p.m. PDT / Portland OR – Balloting on the ninth ballot began at 1:37 p.m. and has now been closed. Tellers have collected the ballots and tabulation is underway....
Ballot Nine Results
Written: 7/18/2008
July 18, 2008 2:09 p.m. PDT / Portland OR – 80 ballots cast; no invalid ballots; 54 needed to elect; no election. Results are as follows:
Grant Hagiya 45
Janet Forbes 34
Elaine Stanovsky 25
Youngsook Kang 19
Frank Wulf 12
Renae Extrum-Fernandez 11
Bishop Shamana, pr...
Two Volunteers Urgently Needed!
Written: 7/18/2008
Kelly Newell, Director of Youth and Camping is in urgent need of two volunteers for the Senior High Backpack Camp in the Tahoe area from Wednesday, July 30 through Sunday, August 3.
A certified lifeguard and a female chaperone are needed. Volunteers must be at least 20 years of age, able...
Fasting For Peace
Written: 7/18/2008
On behalf of the Monterey Bay Church Extension Society, Rev. Robin Mathews-Johnson from Watsonville First UMC invites you to join member Frank Gomez, pastor of the East Salinas Family Center and their member churches in praying (and fasting if you are able) for peace next week. As reported in ...
Ballot Ten Taken
Written: 7/18/2008
July 18, 2008 2:53 p.m. PDT / Portland OR – Balloting on Ballot Number Ten began at 2:52 p.m. Balloting now has been declared closed and tellers have collected the ballots for tabulation....
Ballot Ten Results
Written: 7/18/2008
July 18, 2008 3:16 p.m. PDT / Portland OR – Technology issues delayed the report on Ballot 10. It was made public after two minutes' wait: 79 ballots cast; no invalid ballots; 53 needed to elect; no election.
Grant Hagiya 45
Janet Forbes 30
Elaine Stanovsky 26
Youngs...
Ballot 11 Results
Written: 7/18/2008
July 18, 2008 4:03 p.m. / Portland OR – The results of Ballot 11 were given at 3:53 p.m. and were disappointing: 80 ballots cast; none invalid; 54 needed to elect; no election. Here are the numbers:
Grant Hagiya 45
Janet Forbes 34
Elaine Stanovsky 28
Youngsook K...
Ballot Twelve Results
Written: 7/18/2008
July 18, 2008 4:43 p.m. / Portland OR – Although delegates sang, "We're marching to Zion" with extreme verve when they returned from Delegation meetings, Zion was found to be nowhere in sight when the results of Ballot 12 were announced. Not only is there no election, but no progre...
Ballot Thirteen Results
Written: 7/18/2008
July 18, 2008 5:07 p.m. / Portland OR – The results of Ballot 13 are in. Ballots cast 80; invalid ballots 0; 54 needed to elect; no election.
Grant Hagiya 45
Janet Forbes 33
Elaine Stanovsky 31
Renae Extrum-Fernandez 15
Youngsook Kang 14
Frank Wulf 11...