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Portland FUMC celebrates semi-demi-septcentennial anniversary
9/14/2023
Story by Drew Hogan Photos by Mary Beth Howard With 175 years of ministry under its belt, Portland First UMC is looking forward to its ...
Oak Grove UMC hosts racial justice workshop Aug. 5
7/25/2023
Oak Grove United Methodist Church is preparing to host a racial justice workshop on August 5 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event, entitled "I'm...
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 ...
Wesley UMC, MakePeace honored for community work in Milton-Freewater
5/18/2023
Through grant funding and partnerships with the community, Wesley United Methodist Church has been part of significant support for those in ...
Aloha UMC partnering with community to help with housing crisis
5/4/2023
Feeling called by scriptures to serve the “least among us” and understand what it truly means to be a good neighbor, Aloha United Methodist...
Aloha UMC provides Christmas trees for community
12/21/2022
This time of year, Keren Rodriguez is likely to show up for all sorts of appointments with Christmas trees in the back of her car. She’s ...
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...
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 ...
Churches can apply for OHA grants to address public health needs in Oregon
12/21/2021
The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) has released a request for grant applications from community and faith-based organizations that are ...
Pendleton UMC closes after long and faithful history
6/10/2021
Pendleton United Methodist Church began in 1870 with the first service conducted by circuit rider Rev. H.B. Lane to six people on a ...
For 25 years Oregon-Idaho deacons have taken their own paths to service
5/27/2021
For Rev. Julia “Jules” Nielsen she sees her gift as a deacon in ministry to be an interpreter of the church language. She said she always ...
Oregon-Idaho Conference appointments for 2020
8/14/2020
Appointments for the OREGON-IDAHO ANNUAL CONFERENCE effective July 1, 2020 Elaine Stanovsky, Presiding Bishop The Greater Northwest Area, ...
Gresham’s garden creates connection point with Latinx community
6/18/2020
Volunteers work in the Common Good Garden at Gresham UMC, where a new partnership has emerged between the church and Doulas Latinas to ...
The Dalles UMC triples gift card goal with support of partners
5/21/2020
By Sally Blanchard Volunteers pack food bags at The Dalles UMC in Oregon. The Dalles UMC is across the street from the high school...
Plans for LGBTQ+ inclusive senior housing at Christ UMC in Portland moving forward
5/14/2020
Christ United Methodist Church Cedar Mill is moving forward with plans for a 53-unit affordable housing complex on its property that is ...
Conference assisting with eastern Oregon flood relief
2/12/2020
Larry Johnson headed out the door on Wednesday of the Oregon-Idaho Conference Center in order to get to Pendleton, Oregon, by the late ...
Portsmouth Union earns $2.35 million for affordable housing project
2/12/2020
What started more than five years ago as a ministry to the local neighborhood is finally taking root on the grounds of Portsmouth Union ...
Churches Partner with Clackamas County for Shelter
1/30/2020
Where do houseless people go when it’s freezing, stormy or flooding? What if they could go to church? “When we first talked about the ...
Fremont UMC, neighbors answer the question of HOW?
12/12/2019
How can we help folks who are homeless? The need is so overwhelming. In the interest of taking at least a step in answer to the question, ...
Letting go of old tradition leads to new connections at Oak Grove UMC
10/30/2019
A little more than three years ago the volunteers for Oak Grove United Methodist Church’s summer picnic were tired, the food was getting ...
Sunnyside Community House brimming with new opportunities
10/17/2019
Sunnyside Community House in southeast Portland is teeming with community-minded ministries and even more outreach and worship ...
Christ UMC hoping to build senior affordable housing
10/3/2019
Sometimes a church goes out looking for a mission project and the project chooses them. That’s been the case for Christ UMC Cedar Mill on ...
WakeUp Beaverton provides back-to-school help for refugees, immigrants
8/28/2019
In a year since its inception, the WakeUp Beaverton event hosted by First United Methodist Church has more than doubled the number of ...
Day begins work with Oregon-Idaho Conference
8/1/2019
Already in her work as the Director of Connectional Ministries and Assistant to the Bishop, Laurie Day has learned what “other duties as ...
Help Needed with Friend Making
6/18/2019
A part of my work as a member of the Oregon-Idaho Cabinet is to work with the Common Table Project through Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon. ...