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Oregon-Idaho Methodist Federation for Social Action invites justice-seekers to its spring event, “Why Justice Matters – A conversation with Bishop Cedrick Bridgeforth.” The zoom event will provide a time to hear from Bishop Bridgeforth on justice issues and explore justice in a Wesleyan context. The two-hour online event will be via Zoom meeting on April 22 at 3:00 PDT/4:00 MDT. As the church, the country, and the world face new challenges of racial, economic, and gender injustice, how can the...

Nestled in among the mossy trees of the Pacific Northwest temperate rainforest, Alton L. Collins Retreat Center offers amazing hospitality in a beautiful setting. Groups of all types meet here to be fed in body and soul, to walk the trails, and gather in person. As the retreat center is located only 45 minutes from the Portland airport, we welcome guests from around the world and from the greater Northwest area. We are close enough to the city to be accessible for day-use groups and far enough ...

Psalm 23 is often heard at memorial services, at hospital bed sides, when people are going through dark valleys, and apparently at Youth Winter Retreats. For youth across the Oregon-Idaho conference, Psalm 23’s popular words were the focus for the Winter Retreat over Presidents Day weekend at Suttle Lake Camp in Sisters, Oregon. Between snowball fights, catching air on the tubing hill, looking for eagles and owls on nature walks, and building snow forts, this group of twenty youth explored Psalm...

Greater Northwest Episcopal Area Abundant Health Ministries presents: Disability Awareness and Engagement in our Churches and Communities. The virtual event takes place Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at 5 p.m. AKT, 6 p.m. PST, 7 p.m. MST. It is presented by: Rev. Debbie Hills, chairperson of the Disability Ministries Committee of the UMC Topics to be Discussed: Disability Theology Framework overview -  Do No Harm First steps to take in your church Creating spaces to foster acceptance and belonging in ...

KIMBERLY, Idaho - The Crossroads United Methodist Church in Kimberly, Idaho, has reached a major milestone by paying off its mortgage, only a year after the arrival of new pastor, Rev. Amanda-Gayle Reed. The congregation had long dreamed of building a new location that would be more accessible to the community and had been working hard to raise funds for the project. The church was completed in the early 2000s with a plan to purchase a large property and sell off the additional land to a housing...

Through this online training (Zoom), the participant will learn how to prevent abuse of children and youth in the church and in activities outside the church. Below we provide you with the topics to be discussed during this online training that will last approximately four days (see dates below; 3 hours per day). A través de este adiestramiento en línea (ZOOM), el/la participante obtendrá aprendizaje sobre cómo prevenir el abuso de los niños y jóvenes en la iglesia y en actividades fuera de la ...

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 feet. You may watch morning fog rise off the lake. You might sit down to a warm drink and talk with a friend in the Dining Hall. Being surrounded by nature and friendship in this way can be a sacred experience, and we see it amongst nearly 10,000 guests yearly.    Our hope for every guest is to feel more awake, more connected to life, to feel a bit healed. ...

Located in northeast Oregon on more than 60 acres in the Eagle Cap Wilderness, just outside the charming town of Joseph, Wallowa Lake Camp was designed for adults and families along with youth and children. We offer a variety of accommodations (deluxe round cabins, cute older cabins, nice rustic rooms, and RV spots) - something for everyone. One of the ways we practice Camp and Retreat Ministries’ mission of creating sacred spaces of Christian hospitality is with something that is important to ...

Newman United Methodist Church in Grants Pass, Oregon, was honored to host the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration. Newman, in partnership with Rogue Community College, Bethany Presbyterian Church, and St. Luke's Episcopal Church has been partnering to bring conversations about racial justice, systemic oppression, and inclusion to the forefront in Grants Pass. This was the first in-person MLK celebration since January of 2020. This year's event featured Dr. Geneva Craig and Mary ...

By Karen Nelson retired OR-ID Conference elder Each year at the Oregon-Idaho Annual Conference Session, among the budgets, appointments, reports, and celebrations are conference legislation items. Many of these actions and standing resolutions are intended to live out the values of The United Methodist Church as it exists in the Oregon-Idaho context. This article is one in a series to highlight legislative items related to social justice and values. As we walked through the seasons of Advent, ...