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Announcing the 2012 Season of Camps for Children, Youth, Adults and Families
1/24/2012
The Camp and Retreat Ministries program has launched it 2012 program of camps for children, youth, and adults. Once again, from the oceans ...
Peru - Bolivia Lake Titicaca Border Mission<br>Mision Fronteras
12/28/2011
Misión Fronteras serves the predominantly Aymara communities of Peru and Bolivia surrounding Lake Titicaca. Located in the altiplano at ...
Why UMVIM... <br>United Methodist Volunteers In Mission?
12/23/2011
“UMVIM…….What is it?” We hear this question so often…..and from Methodists! As your Oregon-Idaho Annual Conference UMVIM Coordinators, we ...
Bishop Shares District Organization for July 2012
12/15/2011
Bishop Robert T. Hoshibata has shared a plan of assignment that divides the Oregon-Idaho Conference churches into four districts to take ...
Board of Pensions Considers Win-Win Cost Savings Plan for Retiree Health Care
12/14/2011
Over the last year the conference’s Board of Pensions has been looking at how to provide the best possible insurance to retirees, at the ...
Special Session Supports District Changes
12/7/2011
Balloting has been completed for the special session of the Oregon-Idaho Annual Conference. In a letter sent on September 28, Bishop Robert ...
Advertising Reaches Out to Metro District
12/6/2011
A partnership between the Metro District, United Methodist Communications, and the Oregon-Idaho Conference is offering a new kind of ...
Bishop Shares Year End Message
12/1/2011
In a recent letter to pastors of churches in the Oregon-Idaho Conference, Bishop Hoshibata shared both some signs of vitality and hope he is...
A Look At Year-End Finances
11/30/2011
In the last two years the Oregon-Idaho Annual Conference has struggled to make expenses and income balance. Conference leaders have worked ...
Fill Your Cup and Your Soul
11/22/2011
Fill your cup and your soul. That’s the message that greats visitors to the Jubilatte coffee shop in Tigard. Jubilatte is an outgrowth of ...
Conference Reaches Settlement with Break-away Church
10/27/2011
The Oregon-Idaho Conference has reached a settlement agreement with the Ontario Community Church in Ontario Oregon. The Community church was...
Bishop Calls Special Session
10/26/2011
Bishop Robert T. Hoshibata has called a special session of the Oregon-Idaho Annual Conference. In a letter mailed to members of the Annual ...
Learning From the Past, Living Into The Act of Repentance
10/25/2011
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Is an act of repentance by United Methodists for the treatment of indigenous people a waste of time? That question was ...
Passionate Worship is Theme of Clergy Gathering
10/12/2011
Over 120 Clergy from across the Oregon-Idaho Conference are gathered for three days to take an in depth look at what “Passionate Worship” ...
La Roca Fellowship Joins Montavilla Church
8/30/2011
It started in flames. The church building shared by Iglesia La Roca was destroyed in a night time fire in April 2010. The new faith ...
Retired Clergy Couple Follow Their Heart to Kenya
8/17/2011
What started at occasional trips to Africa has triggered a passion for mission and now a long-term commitment by two United Methodist ...
Peace Mosaic Makes Statement in Salem
8/15/2011
There was a dedication of the Salem Peace Mosaic mural on Saturday August 13. The mosaic has been installed on the front wall of the Marion ...
Coordinating Elders offer New Options for Churches
7/28/2011
For several small churches in the Oregon Trail District the concept of “Coordinating Elder” is giving them the chance to continue to provide...
Lake Oswego Member has Mission for Infants
7/13/2011
When UMCOR West Depot Director Brian Diggs heard that 400 baby gowns made by Jan Rogers were going to be delivered to the Depot in late ...
Columbia Gorge Churches Join in Ministry
6/30/2011
After over a year of conversations, meetings and visioning, a vote has solidified the future for two local community churches. On December ...
Oregon-Idaho Annual Conference Report
6/20/2011
Boldly Making Disciples of Jesus Christ: Renewed in the Spirit was the theme of the 43rd Oregon-Idaho Annual Conference meeting in Salem, ...
Preparation for the 2011 Annual Conference Session Takes Shape
5/23/2011
UPDATE (Saturday 10:24 p.m.) Live Steaming will resume on Sunday Morning for the last Living The Connecton session at 8:30 a.m. and the ...
Hunger Ministry Receives Regional Award
4/26/2011
Klamath Falls United Methodist Church Awarded United Way Volunteer of the Year Award – Public Service Division for Provide A Loving Meal ...
Ancient traditions still influence Easter
4/21/2011
“The association (of Easter) with baptism is ancient and is deeply connected with the development of Lent” as a period of intense ...
Hunger Grants Provide $18,000 to Support 9 Programs
4/20/2011
In this year of increasingly difficult financial news, as more of our families, friends and neighbors struggle, many for the first time, ...
