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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, ...
UMVIM Team Supports Learning in Costa Rica
4/20/2011
A United Methodist Volunteer in Mission (UMVIM) Team has recently returned from Costa Rica. Glenn and Donna Waltman of Gresham were part of ...
Leadership Summit tackles church future
4/11/2011
“What is God’s vision for The United Methodist Church?” That question was among several fielded by a panel of three bishops, a young adult ...
General Conference Petition Submissions Begin
4/6/2011
Nashville: Petitions for consideration by the 2012 General Conference may be submitted to the Petitions Secretary beginning April 1 and ...
Metro District Office --We're on the move again...
4/1/2011
Does this sound like something you heard not so long ago? Well, it's true! After one short year in our new space at the Sunnyside Centenary ...
$276,360 awarded in Ethnic Local Church grants
3/31/2011
10 ministries receive financial aid from General Board of Church & Society to strengthen education, advocacy or leadership development for ...
WALK TO JERUSALEM!
3/25/2011
Fremont UMC is Walking To Jerusalem. January 9th was the kickoff date when the Fremont United Methodist congregation began to ...
Retired Bend pastor's book explores earlier troubles in Taiwan
3/22/2011
Pastor Milo Thornberry's story of his time in Taiwan was recent the featured in The Bulletin newspaper in Bend. Here's part of the story and...
Idaho New Church Start Holds Final Worship
3/3/2011
In a statement from the Church Development Team and Cabinet it was has been announced that ANEW Experience, the new church start in NW Ada ...
Beaverton Church Launches Hispanic Outreach
2/14/2011
What does Risk Taking Mission look like? In Beaverton it is the church reaching out to the Hispanic community and saying, “We are here. How ...
<i>Change the World</i> Author to lead Conference Training
2/8/2011
Once again the 2011 Annual Conference Session will include a day of leadership training. Bishop Robert Hoshibata and the Sessions Committee ...
Conolly to Shepherd Cabinet
2/8/2011
Bishop Hoshibata has announced that beginning July 1, 2011 Rev. Dr. Katherine “Kate” Conolly will serve as Dean of the Oregon-Idaho Cabinet....
Imagine No Malaria
2/8/2011
Imagine if we could stamp out malaria . . . if all children had the opportunity to grow to adulthood . . . if we could change millions of ...
New Conference Website Launches
12/6/2010
The Oregon-Idaho Conference is launching a new website this month. In order to provide a feature rich site with the information and resouces...
One year later: Blue Mountain flood recovery benefitting from cross-conference disaster response
Flooded home near Kooskooskie, WA. Photo by David Lopez. By Sally Blanchard A year after the worst flood in decades in the Blue Mountain...
Plans for LGBTQ+ inclusive senior housing at Christ UMC in Portland moving forward
Christ United Methodist Church Cedar Mill is moving forward with plans for a 53-unit affordable housing complex on its property that is ...
