Greater Northwest Episcopal Area
Mission and Ministry
Fires, coronavirus complicate Western disaster relief
After a hurricane or tornado, church disaster relief teams and volunteers typically spring into action. Such a response isn’t possible in wildfires.
Mission and Ministry
Churches practice caution before reopening
United Methodist bishops are setting guidelines and recommending times for the churches in their conference to reopen — recommendations that are not necessarily the same as what their state governments are allowing.
Mission and Ministry
Churches have much to consider before reopening
As many states’ shelter-in-place orders are being lifted, churches contemplate how — or whether — to return to in-person worship.
General Church
Gathering dreams of inclusive future
Members of the Fresh United Methodism Summit worked through hundreds of ideas in effort to dream of a new form of Methodism for Western Jurisdiction.