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Ministry that Matters: Upcoming trainings offer tools for suicide prevention
9/13/2023
Register for Soul Shop + Learn More Sept. 18 training in Meridian, Idaho October 16 training in Salem, Oregon Learn more about Soul ...
UM Missionary to visit OR-ID Conference in October
8/9/2023
Katherine Parker, a United Methodist missionary with roots in the Oregon-Idaho Conference and serves in Nepal, will itinerate in the ...
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,...
The Interfaith Solar Campaign: How churches in Oregon are going green
5/3/2023
The Oregon Interfaith Solar Campaign is spreading the message of environmental conservation through solar power use in local churches. One ...
Annual Conference Actions: Advocating for comprehensive immigration reform
4/3/2023
Submitted by Claudia Roberts Each year at the Oregon-Idaho Annual Conference Session, in among the budgets, appointments, reports, and ...
Western Jurisdiction Conference Secretaries for Global Ministries gather
3/3/2023
Conference Secretaries for United Methodist Global Ministries from the Western Jurisdiction gathered together February 28-March 1, in Mill ...
Webinar on Apartheid-free communities scheduled March 15
3/1/2023
In 2022, the Oregon-Idaho Annual Conference passed a resolution "Identifying and Opposing Apartheid in the Holy Land." On March 15, 2023, ...
Starting & Sustaining Community Gardens for Success
1/4/2023
The Greater Northwest Area Abundant Health ministries is hosting a presentation on community gardens on Tuesday, Jan. 24 from 6 to 7 p.m. ...
OR-ID Abundant Health Team recommends missions and ministry giving for Giving Tuesday
11/3/2022
Giving Tuesday is November 29 this year. Giving Tuesday, often described as a global day of giving or a global generosity movement, is held ...
Let’s Walk Together: A Recipe for a Healthy Centered Life
10/26/2022
The Greater Northwest Episcopal Area Abundant Health Ministries "Let’s Walk Together: A Recipe for a Healthy Centered Life" Learn strategies...
Managing chronic illnesses using physical, mental, and spiritual strategies
10/15/2022
The Greater Northwest Episcopal Area Abundant Health Ministries presents Managing Chronic Illnesses using Physical, Mental, and Spiritual ...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
Abundant Health Team recommends missions and ministry giving for Giving Tuesday and beyond.
11/24/2021
Giving Tuesday is November 30 this year. It began in 2012 in response to Black Friday and Cyber Monday to encourage people everywhere to ...
You are a Light of the World! Celebrating Advent 2021
11/24/2021
“You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hid. No one after lighting a lamp puts it under the bushel basket, but on ...
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 ...
Presbyterian and ELCA churches join gift card effort
4/23/2020
At a time when people in our communities need support, the Oregon-Idaho Conference of The United Methodist Church is excited to launch ...
Reflections from the Border: Report from recent UMVIM trip
4/2/2020
Written by Louise Kienzle, Oregon-Idaho UMVIM coordinator Early in March, a team of 15 traveled to Tucson. This team included friends and ...
Clarkes-Mulino remembers Rev. Truby with unique tribute
3/19/2020
When news that Clarkes-Mulino UMC’s Rev. Tom Truby passed away this week after a prolonged illness, church members knew exactly what to do –...
Hillsboro UMC community trading post becomes necessity for community
3/19/2020
For several years now, the Hillsboro United Methodist Church has operated a Community Trading Post in their building. Stocking ...