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Barber receives national recognition for entrepreneurial, innovative work in the church
4/16/2021
Sometimes being a misfit in the church makes all the difference. For Rev. Dr. Leroy Barber, director of innovation for an engaged church in ...
Tigard UMC creates digital hub for students
4/15/2021
It seems almost too easy to be a mission project amid a pandemic. But when it came to setting up a digital learning hub for students in the ...
Nelson stepping down as Oregon-Idaho lay leader, nominations sought
4/7/2021
After serving a quadrennium plus pandemic year, Oregon-Idaho Conference Lay Leader Jan Nelson is stepping down from her post, which will ...
Abundant Health Focus: March is Disability Awareness month
3/18/2021
Did you know The United Methodist Church has a nationwide Disability Ministries Committee? Their ministry website has a wealth of ...
UMCOR Sunday 2021 holds special meaning for the GNW Area
3/18/2021
Photo provided by Dana & Kathy Bryson. . In the last year, disaster response coordinators from the Greater Northwest Area have ...
Oregon-Idaho Camp and Retreat Ministries offering “Trauma-Informed Care” class for GNW
3/11/2021
Shauna Signorini, resilience and trauma educator. . After the first year of dealing with COVID-19, many are eyeing the ...
Lay Servant Ministries course begins in April
2/26/2021
“Lay Servant Ministries: Living Our United Methodist Beliefs” will start April 13 and run through May 11 for anyone interested in ...
Hunger Crop Walks adapt well during pandemic
2/25/2021
Judy Halverson and Debbie Mallis participated in the Boise Crop Walk during the pandemic/Photo provided by Debbie Mallis Judy ...
Collister UMC’s “Turning Pages” lifts BIPOC voices in Boise
2/18/2021
Videographers for the Turning Pages project in Boise record Fowzia Adan reading "The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family." ...
Webb-Mitchell spends 3 years building LGBTQ+ advocacy in Oregon-Idaho Conference
2/15/2021
For three years, Rev. Dr. Brett Webb-Mitchell has been a dedicated, passionate advocate for LGBTQ+ inclusion in the Oregon-Idaho Conference ...
Join March Zoom Lenten study on ‘Rediscovering the Spirit: From Political Brokenness to Spiritual Wholeness’
2/11/2021
We live in turbulent, unsettling times filled with political division and social unrest. How do we come together when things around us are...
One year later: Blue Mountain flood recovery benefitting from cross-conference disaster response
2/3/2021
By Sally Blanchard A year after the worst flood in decades in the Blue Mountain communities of northeastern Oregon and ...
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Lisa Jean Hoefner receives national UM Camp & Retreat Ministries recognition
1/21/2021
Lisa Jean Hoefner accepts a UM Camp and Retreat Ministries Legacy Award. Hoefner served as Oregon-Idaho CRM director for 16 years. ...
Portland FUMC makes, donates 10,000 masks to front-line workers
1/13/2021
by Sally Blanchard More than 10,000 masks were made by members of Portland First UMC for front-line workers during the pandemic. ...
Childhood connection leads to help for wildfire survivors in southern Oregon
12/17/2020
Barry Braden listening to Merry Harris tell the story of the blanket and quilts. Photo supplied by Merry Harris. by Sally Blanchard It ...
A Reimagined Thanksgiving Meal in Wilsonville
11/24/2020
Volunteers work at Wilsonville UMC to prepare more than 300 turkey dinners for the community for Thanksgiving, instead of hosting an ...
“Called to Love One Another” video available for group discussions
11/15/2020
The “Called to Love One Another” video project of the Oregon-Idaho Conference LGBTQ+ Advocacy Coordinator in cooperation with the Collins ...
Volunteers needed to assist flood survivors in the Blue Mountains of Oregon and Washington
11/12/2020
By Sally Blanchard November 12, 2020 Some of the damage done to homes in Pendleton, Oregon, from the flooding in February 2020 ...
Butterfly and pollinator garden brings new life, hope to Madras UMC
10/29/2020
by Sally Blanchard Pastor Nancy Slabaugh Hart’s congregation has long been concerned with how they can walk gently on the Earth and make...
Elgin UMC faithfully completes 130 years of ministry
9/14/2020
The history of Elgin United Methodist Church is deeply intertwined with the history of other ecumenical partners establishing their ...
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Oregon-Idaho Conference Laity Address 2020
9/14/2020
Normally, members of the Oregon-Idaho Conference would hear the laity address from Conference Lay Leader Jan Nelson on the floor of the ...
Wallowa UMC closes after 144 years of faithful ministry
9/1/2020
When Peggy Gentle and her family arrived in Wallowa, Oregon, in 1960 from California, it was a pretty easy decision to start attending ...
West Salem congregation’s legacy is a community center
8/27/2020
by Sally Blanchard After 110 years West Salem UMC congregation has closed, but volunteers continue serving the community through the ...
It really was a happy place!
8/25/2020
Nyssa UMC in Nyssa, Oregon by Sally Blanchard The last in-person worship service at Nyssa United Methodist Church in Nyssa, Oregon, was ...
‘Our Hispanic Latinx community is in survival mode’
8/22/2020
For the Hispanic and Latinx migrant communities working the fields and farms of the Willamette Valley to the southern ...
