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Ministry With The Poor
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...
Sharing the Gift of Life: An Advocacy Opportunity
4/12/2023
It just so happened (which is a another way of saying, God showed up today!) that on April 12th the Cascadia District office ...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
Conference commits $100,000 to Grocery Gift Cards for Families
4/9/2020
After a successful pilot program of approximately 300 grocery gift cards being distributed to low-income families in and around Portland, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Madras UMC uses drive-in food pantry to continue serving community in crisis
3/19/2020
For years, Madras United Methodist Church has housed a community food pantry to serve low-income families in their community and for years, ...
Madras UMC provides support, encouragement for local inmates
2/26/2020
Editor's note: KH's initials are being used in this story to protect his privacy. When Rev. Nancy Slabaugh Hart moved to Madras in 2017, ...
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, ...
Reflections from El Salvador: Newman UMC pastor embarks on important journey
11/20/2019
As her son quietly strummed on his guitar in the background, Candelaria García shared about the admiration she had for the four church ...
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 ...
Disaster preparedness and response workshops offered during Mission 200 celebrations
8/21/2019
When disasters happen, local churches can provide early response to help their communities. They can do this best if they have prepared in ...
Madras UMC helps community one pair of socks at a time
8/14/2019
There are several different ways churches try to be in partnership with their local communities to meet the needs of those in need. In ...
Portsmouth Union creates affordable housing guidebook for other churches
8/13/2019
As more and more churches around Portland and in the Oregon-Idaho Conference seek ways to create affordable housing for their communities, a...