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For clergy and lay assigned leaders: Wondering about ethics requirements for 2023?
3/8/2023
There are changes afoot! If you remember the ethics policy changes from the 2022 Annual Conference, you’ll know that you will have three ...
Annual Conference Actions: Transgender people are children of God
3/6/2023
Submitted by Debbie Mallis Each year at the Oregon-Idaho Annual Conference Session, in among the budgets, appointments, reports, and ...
Western Jurisdiction Conference Secretaries for Global Ministries gather
3/3/2023
Conference Secretaries for United Methodist Global Ministries from the Western Jurisdiction gathered together February 28-March 1, in Mill ...
Webinar on Apartheid-free communities scheduled March 15
3/1/2023
In 2022, the Oregon-Idaho Annual Conference passed a resolution "Identifying and Opposing Apartheid in the Holy Land." On March 15, 2023, ...
Bridgeforth to meet with Oregon-Idaho MFSA
2/23/2023
Oregon-Idaho Methodist Federation for Social Action invites justice-seekers to its spring event, “Why Justice Matters – A conversation with ...
Come, be fed in body and soul at Alton L. Collins Retreat Center
2/22/2023
Nestled in among the mossy trees of the Pacific Northwest temperate rainforest, Alton L. Collins Retreat Center offers amazing hospitality ...
Youth Winter Retreat celebrates overflowing cups
2/22/2023
Psalm 23 is often heard at memorial services, at hospital bed sides, when people are going through dark valleys, and apparently at Youth ...
Disability awareness and engagement in our churches and communities
2/21/2023
Greater Northwest Episcopal Area Abundant Health Ministries presents: Disability Awareness and Engagement in our Churches and Communities. ...
Crossroads United Methodist Church pays off mortgage, becomes a center of community and hope
2/9/2023
KIMBERLY, Idaho - The Crossroads United Methodist Church in Kimberly, Idaho, has reached a major milestone by paying off its mortgage, only ...
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Safe Sanctuaries/Santuarios Seguros: Preventing Child and Youth Abuse in the Church/ Prevención del abuso infantil y juvenil en la iglesia
2/8/2023
Through this online training (Zoom), the participant will learn how to prevent abuse of children and youth in the church and in activities ...
Camp Magruder Welcomes Young Adults This Spring
1/20/2023
Waking up at Camp Magruder, in Rockaway Beach, Oregon, you may start your morning on a beach walk with Pacific Ocean waves lapping at your ...
Come spend time at gorgeous Wallowa Lake Camp
1/20/2023
Located in northeast Oregon on more than 60 acres in the Eagle Cap Wilderness, just outside the charming town of Joseph, Wallowa Lake Camp ...
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Newman UMC Fills the Pews Hosting Grants Pass MLK Celebration
1/17/2023
Newman United Methodist Church in Grants Pass, Oregon, was honored to host the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration. Newman, in ...
Annual Conference Actions: Peace in the Holy Lands
1/10/2023
By Karen Nelson retired OR-ID Conference elder Each year at the Oregon-Idaho Annual Conference Session, among the budgets, appointments, ...
Starting & Sustaining Community Gardens for Success
1/4/2023
The Greater Northwest Area Abundant Health ministries is hosting a presentation on community gardens on Tuesday, Jan. 24 from 6 to 7 p.m. ...
Aloha UMC provides Christmas trees for community
12/21/2022
This time of year, Keren Rodriguez is likely to show up for all sorts of appointments with Christmas trees in the back of her car. She’s ...
Annual Conference Actions: MFSA reflects on "We Are UMC"
12/13/2022
Submitted by Greg Nelson with the Oregon-Idaho chapter of the Methodist Federation for Social Action Each year at the Oregon-Idaho Annual ...
Virtual Youth Worker Event: Connectional Dreaming
12/7/2022
Youth workers - staff and volunteer - in the Oregon-Idaho annual conference will be gathering on Zoom (link below) on Wednesday, January 18 ...
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John Shaw joins Conference communications staff
11/30/2022
With a degree in film, media studies and communications, John Shaw brings a wealth of experience to the position of multi-media ...
Silverton UMC gives Community Transition Program a new home
11/29/2022
When Rachel Ayers, the lead teacher of the Silverton Community Transition Program, needed a new home for the program, she knew that ...
Bridgeforth brings experience, collaborative mindset into new role as bishop of the GNW Area
11/14/2022
Growing up in rural Alabama, it was Bishop Cedrick Bridgeforth’s grandparents who made sure he got to church – even on the days he didn’t ...
OR-ID Abundant Health Team recommends missions and ministry giving for Giving Tuesday
11/3/2022
Giving Tuesday is November 29 this year. Giving Tuesday, often described as a global day of giving or a global generosity movement, is held ...
Let’s Walk Together: A Recipe for a Healthy Centered Life
10/26/2022
The Greater Northwest Episcopal Area Abundant Health Ministries "Let’s Walk Together: A Recipe for a Healthy Centered Life" Learn strategies...
Reduce gun violence in Oregon by voting for Ballot Measure 114
10/20/2022
The Oregon-Idaho Chapter of the Methodist Federation for Social Action encourages everyone to vote for Ballot Measure 114 in the November ...
Managing chronic illnesses using physical, mental, and spiritual strategies
10/15/2022
The Greater Northwest Episcopal Area Abundant Health Ministries presents Managing Chronic Illnesses using Physical, Mental, and Spiritual ...
