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BeLonging Space to offer healing, loving spiritual presence at Eugene PRIDE
8/9/2023
Love is the central theme driving the work of BeLonging Space in organizing the faith and spirituality zone at the Eugene (Oregon) PRIDE ...
Report from the 55th session of the Oregon-Idaho Annual Conference June 8-11, 2023
6/29/2023
“Go and Do Likewise” was the theme of the Oregon-Idaho Annual Conference gathering June 8-11, held in a hybrid setting at Meridian United ...
More than 600 hygiene kits collected at Annual Conference
6/22/2023
With the support from 10 different congregations, the Oregon-Idaho Disaster Response Ministry now has 600-plus hygiene kits ready to deploy,...
Disaster Kit collection challenge for Annual Conference
4/20/2023
Disaster kits are needed in the Oregon-Idaho Conference! You are invited to assemble disaster kits for Annual Conference this year. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Conference says goodbye to Sally Blanchard
10/26/2021
After nine years serving in various positions to support the mission and ministry of The Oregon-Idaho Conference, Thursday will be Sally ...
Tips for Self-Care, August 2021
8/5/2021
By Marilyn Reid, PNW member and member of the GNW Abundant Health Team Self-Care Self-care is something you can practice each ...
A summary report from Oregon-Idaho Annual Conference 2021
7/13/2021
The 53rd session of the Oregon-Idaho Annual Conference was held online this year, in connection with our other members of the Greater ...
Longing for connection? Suttle Lake Family Camp has space July 29-Aug. 1
7/7/2021
Physical distancing and days filled with zoom calls and/or virtual school have given way ...
Bishop Stanovsky to hold commissioning and ordination services across the GNW this summer
6/22/2021
Bishop Elaine JW Stanovsky announces the intention to hold in-person commissioning of provisional elders and deacons and ordination ...
Bishop Stanovsky preaches to opening GNW Area session
6/21/2021
Bishop Elaine JW Stanovsky offered this sermon on the opening night of a week of annual conference sessions across the Greater Northwest ...
Valley UMC leaves a legacy of service in Veneta
6/3/2021
Since 1957 Valley United Methodist Church in Veneta, Oregon has been a beacon of light and hope for the community. The Church was founded ...
Our Annual Conference Theme & Logo for 2021
5/12/2021
This year’s theme for annual conference sessions across the Greater Northwest Area is “Love Never Ends,” a short line from I Corinthians 13 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...