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I Spent the Night With a Houseless Meth Addict
9/29/2022
When I answered the phone my hospital social worker friend asked if I was busy that weekend. A woman had given birth that week and both she...
Register now for United Women in Faith annual celebration Oct. 21-22 in Boise
9/28/2022
United Women in Faith, formerly United Methodist Women, of the Oregon-Idaho Conference will host its annual celebration and all-member ...
Abundant Health, MFSA O-I Chapter encourage advocacy for Health Care for All
9/24/2022
by Emilie Kroen and Rev. Karen Nelson Perhaps you are among the lucky in the United States and you have a good health insurance plan. Many ...
Basic Lay Servant Ministries Course Offered
9/24/2022
Lay Servant Ministries BASIC (Foundation) Class THURSDAYS OCTOBER 20th, 27th NOVEMBER 3rd, 10th, 17th from: 6:00-8:00 pm ON ZOOM You will ...
Abundant Health Team Sets Learning Event Schedule for Upcoming Months
9/24/2022
Jesus calls us to lives lived abundantly and provides us with guidance on how to do just that throughout his ministry. In this age and our ...
Israel: An Apartheid State
9/7/2022
Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the United Nations have called Israel an “Apartheid State” for its numerous human rights ...
Join mission trip to Mexico in 2023
9/7/2022
Registration is open for a mission trip to Give Ye Them to Eat (henceforth to be known as a GYTTE) in Puebla and Tlancualpican, Mexico March...
Kuna UMC creates community through back-to-school haircuts
8/31/2022
For years, Kuna United Methodist Church in Kuna, Idaho, has worked with local stylists to offer free back-to-school haircuts for kids. These...
WakeUp Beaverton puts ministry into back-to-school action
8/31/2022
Rev. Jefferson Chao is exhausted – but the kind of exhausted that comes from pouring your heart into your community. He spent the last two...
Regional Youth Event: Live Action Clue
8/30/2022
Portland Area Youth Workers will be hosting a regional youth event on Sunday October 9th. Live Action Clue is a fun event where youth ...
Wallowa Lake Camp celebrates 100 years around the campfire
8/17/2022
Wallowa Lake Camp is celebrating 100 years of camping ministry—100 years around the campfire with a special celebration scheduled August 19 ...
Suttle Lake Camp marks 100 years of ministry in Oregon with Labor Day weekend celebration
8/16/2022
This year marks 100 years since outdoor ministry began at Suttle Lake Camp. A Labor Day Weekend event will celebrate the generations of ...
Disaster kits in short supply across Oregon-Idaho Conference
7/27/2022
With wildfire season beginning across the west, the hope and prayer is always that everyone stays safe. But the reality is, our churches and...
New staff bring experience, passion to work for Oregon-Idaho Conference
7/27/2022
Earlier this month, the Oregon-Idaho Conference welcomed two new members to the team in order to better serve churches and ministry ...
Report from the 54th session of the Oregon-Idaho Conference
7/15/2022
The 54th session of the Oregon-Idaho Annual Conference happened in a hybrid setting, as part of the Greater Northwest Area Episcopal ...
Conference hires new interim treasurer/benefits officer
6/29/2022
At last week’s Annual Conference, clergy and lay members approved the hiring of Candace Clarke as the Oregon-Idaho Conference Interim ...
WJ leadership invites AC to consider new episcopacy discernment process
5/16/2022
Dear Annual Conference Members, We are hopeful that our Western Jurisdictional Conference will meet in November 2022 to elect bishops. We ...
Camp Hope ready to welcome campers, volunteers
4/26/2022
What’s the name of the camp that’s made for you and me? C-A-M-P H-O-P-E! One of the best kept secrets in the Oregon-Idaho Camp and ...
Conference hires new staff accountant
4/26/2022
Though Sara Goetze may be new to the Oregon-Idaho Conference office as the staff accountant, she is by no means new to the Oregon-Idaho ...
Helping our Tongan siblings: An appeal from Lents Tongan Fellowship
3/30/2022
To Whom It May Concern: My name is Rev. Fungalei Taufoou, and I am the pastor of the Lents’ Tongan Fellowship of the United Methodist ...
Clergy OVERWHELM: A workshop for clergy and lay-persons assigned
2/1/2022
Clergy and lay-persons assigned to the local church: Are you carrying too much in this season? Struggling to balance caring for your ...
Wilson-Fey to retire as Oregon-Idaho Treasurer/Benefits officer
1/20/2022
For the last six years of a 30-plus year career as an ordained elder in The United Methodist Church, Rev. Dan Wilson-Fey has been ...
Abundant Health offering Virtual Health Fair through Feb. 10
1/14/2022
Together, Abundant Health teams across the Greater Northwest Area are offering a five-week Virtual Health Fair for anyone interested. The ...
Apply now for Oregon-Idaho Conference higher education scholarships
12/21/2021
There are two general education scholarships available through the Oregon-Idaho Annual Conference and applications for the 2022-2023 ...
Board of Ordained Ministry approves $500 spiritual direction grants
12/21/2021
The Oregon-Idaho Conference Board of Ordained Ministry has approved a new Spiritual Direction grant that will allow persons to apply for a ...
