Greater Northwest Shared Annual Conference Session
2021-06-20 - 2021-06-24 | https://greaternw.org/event/greater-northwest-shared-annual-conference-session/
Bishop Elaine JW Stanovsky has asked clergy and lay members of the Alaska, Oregon-Idaho and Pacific Northwest Conferences to hold June 20-23, 2021 open for online Annual Conference sessions.
The three conferences will gather for opening and closing worship experiences, but they will meet separately to conduct the respective business of each conference. This is a change from the previously announced dates of June 9-12, 2021.
The new dates were set in response to unfolding plans at the global and jurisdictional levels, amid a global pandemic.
For details on Alaska Conference session, click here.
For details on the Oregon-Idaho Conference session, click here.
For details on the Pacific Northwest Conference session, click here.

Both/And: Maximizing Hybrid Worship Experiences For Online and In-Person Audiences
2021-04-17 16:00 - 18:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | https://greaternw.org/event/both-and-maximizing-hybrid-worship-experiences-for-online-and-in-person-audiences/
Join us for Both/And: Maximizing Hybrid Worship Experiences For Online and In-Person Audiences on Saturday, April 17, 2021 (5-7:30 p.m. MDT • 4-6:30 p.m. PDT • 3-5:30 p.m. AKDT). Worship media consultant and coach Jason Moore will be the trainer for this event. A generous gift to the Regional Media Center is making this opportunity available at no cost to United Methodists across the Greater Northwest Area.
This 2-hour workshop will delve into strategies for how to create powerful transformative worship where no one feels like they’re an afterthought.
It will explore:

Re-imagining worship for both/and
How to create interactive both/and experiences
Bringing at home and in-person audiences together in real-time
Alternative opportunities for online audiences watching in-person livestreams
Repurposing in-person worship for online audiences
Strategies for adapting practices for both/and
Avoiding letting your groove becoming a rut
And more

A full description of this offering is available here: https://regionalmediacenter.org/both-and/

WJIECC Conversation on dismantling racism
2021-01-05 18:00 - 20:00 | https://cnumc.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0sd-6oqjMiGN3VLtKSz7NM_h1IAB-uUSZR
The Inter-Ethnic Coordinating Committee is committed to support our Western Jurisdiction Leadership Team and participate boldly in the call to Stand Up Against Racism. We are a family; a community and we can do our work together of eradicating racism in the church and in our nation.
We are very delighted to inform you that we have two conversation speakers to speak on the call to dismantle racism. They are the Rev. Michael Yoshii and Pastor Ann Jacob (Click here for more information about the speakers).
We, who are older, are inviting our young people to join in the conversation. We recognize that we have our generation differences, but we could be one in the work of dismantling racism and decolonizing the church.
Our conversation is on Tuesday, January 5, 2021 at 6:00-8:00 P.M. (PST)
Please REGISTER now.

Blue Christmas Service
2020-12-20 16:00 - 17:00 | https://greaternw.org/bluechristmas/
Members of the Greater Northwest Area Cabinet will offer a Blue Christmas Service, available to view at https://greaternw.org/bluechristmas/ starting on Sunday, December 20, 2020, at 5 PM MST, 4 PM PST, 3 PM AKST. All United Methodists in the Greater Northwest Area are invited to join them for this time of reflection.

Stay in Love with God – Cultural Humility – Session 3 of 3
2020-11-12 18:00 - 20:00 | https://greaternw.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJclceqopjstGtRP96dPwTj5crl40k_GfkWx
ABOUT THIS SESSION
Stay in Love with God, Cultural Humility with Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove will explore how being led from the margins transforms one’s leadership and promotes liberative movement for all God’s people.
ABOUT THIS SERIES
The United Methodist Church is a 94% white and aging denomination. However, our collective visions – denomination and local congregations – express wishes for greater diversity in leadership, in the pews and in our work in the world. In this time of COVID-19, with a renewed uprising for racial justice, the church must act. But out of what mindset?
Three practitioners have agreed to challenge our thinking regarding mission, community engagement, and cultural humility to help us practice our way into beloved community. They will help us to have eyes and ears to past mistakes and support us in redirection. The learnings will be relevant to us all –Black, Brown, White, LGBTQIA+, immigrant generation, fully-abled or partly disabled – as our collective mindset for ministry has grown from a history of colonization and rescue.
SESSION I – Do No Harm, Decolonizing Mission with Dr. Soong-Chan Rah will prompt us to clarify our context for ministry, apply theology to our context, and develop ministry practices that maintain dignity and equity.
SESSION II – Do Good, Community Engagement and Community Development with Maria-José (Coté) Soerens will give us a window into community-driven transformation through relationship and among a population generally skeptical of Christianity.
You are invited to attend all three sessions as the concepts weave together to support dignity and equity within and outside of our church walls. Those applying for projects through Fund For Families Part 2 in the PNW Conference as especially encouraged as the series will inform the application process.

Do Good – Community Engagement/Community Development – Session 2 of 3
2020-11-10 18:00 - 20:00 | https://greaternw.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAvfumvqD0jHtdW1KjpjRXfBMqkGiMZdQIl
ABOUT THIS SESSION
Do Good, Community Engagement and Community Development with Maria-José (Coté) Soerens will give us a window into community-driven transformation through relationship and among a population generally skeptical of Christianity.
ABOUT THIS SERIES
The United Methodist Church is a 94% white and aging denomination. However, our collective visions – denomination and local congregations – express wishes for greater diversity in leadership, in the pews and in our work in the world. In this time of COVID-19, with a renewed uprising for racial justice, the church must act. But out of what mindset?
Three practitioners have agreed to challenge our thinking regarding mission, community engagement, and cultural humility to help us practice our way into beloved community. They will help us to have eyes and ears to past mistakes and support us in redirection. The learnings will be relevant to us all –Black, Brown, White, LGBTQIA+, immigrant generation, fully-abled or partly disabled – as our collective mindset for ministry has grown from a history of colonization and rescue.
SESSION I – Do No Harm, Decolonizing Mission with Dr. Soong-Chan Rah will prompt us to clarify our context for ministry, apply theology to our context, and develop ministry practices that maintain dignity and equity.
SESSION III – Stay in Love with God, Cultural Humility with Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove will explore how being led from the margins transforms one’s leadership and promotes liberative movement for all God’s people.
You are invited to attend all three sessions as the concepts weave together to support dignity and equity within and outside of our church walls. Those applying for projects through Fund For Families Phase 2 in the PNW Conference as especially encouraged as the series will inform the application process.

Do No Harm - Decolonizing Mission - Session 1 of 3
2020-11-05 18:00 - 20:00 | https://greaternw.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUvdOiqrTwrGdEb_T-Yvux7V9iHKbwT4BWS
ABOUT THIS SESSION
Do No Harm, Decolonizing Mission with Dr. Soong-Chan Rah will prompt us to clarify our context for ministry, apply theology to our context, and develop ministry practices that maintain dignity and equity.
ABOUT THIS SERIES
The United Methodist Church is a 94% white and aging denomination. However, our collective visions – denomination and local congregations – express wishes for greater diversity in leadership, in the pews and in our work in the world. In this time of COVID-19, with a renewed uprising for racial justice, the church must act. But out of what mindset?
Three practitioners have agreed to challenge our thinking regarding mission, community engagement, and cultural humility to help us practice our way into beloved community. They will help us to have eyes and ears to past mistakes and support us in redirection. The learnings will be relevant to us all –Black, Brown, White, LGBTQIA+, immigrant generation, fully-abled or partly disabled – as our collective mindset for ministry has grown from a history of colonization and rescue.
SESSION II – Do Good, Community Engagement and Community Development with Maria-José (Coté) Soerens will give us a window into community-driven transformation through relationship and among a population generally skeptical of Christianity.
SESSION III – Stay in Love with God, Cultural Humility with Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove will explore how being led from the margins transforms one’s leadership and promotes liberative movement for all God’s people.
You are invited to attend all three sessions as the concepts weave together to support dignity and equity within and outside of our church walls. Those applying for projects through Fund For Families Part 2 in the PNW Conference as especially encouraged as the series will inform the application process.
