Save the date! The 2028 Western Jurisdictional Conference will take place July 12-15 in Reno, Nevada. The theme for the 2028 gathering is Overcome Evil with Good, pulling from Romans 12:9-13, 21. More details will be announced as they become available. Romans...
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Know Your Rights Training November 2
November 2, 1-3 pm PST (11-1 HST, 12-2 ASKT, 2-4 MST) Join the Western Jurisdiction on November 2 for a Know Your Rights training with the Immigration Law & Justice Network. Our immigrant communities continue to face uncertainty and quickly shifting policies, and...
WJ Leaders offer Continuing Education courses this summer
In the months of July and August 2026, leaders from the Western Jurisdiction of the UMC will offer a series of Continuing Education Courses for Lay, Clergy and church leadership teams. These courses range from one to five weeks and will be taught fully online via...
WJ Leadership Team Sets Priorities: Wellness, Healing, and Faithful Resistance
Report submitted by Monalisa Tu'itahi and Rev. Anna Cho, Chairs, Western Jurisdiction Leadership Team March 9–10 was the annual gathering of the Western Jurisdiction Leadership Team in Sacramento, California. Elected leaders from across the West gathered for a time of...
WJ College of Bishops calls for delegate elections at annual conference sessions
The Western Jurisdiction College of Bishops is calling on annual conferences throughout the jurisdiction to hold elections for general and jurisdictional delegates during their 2026 Annual Conference sessions.
WJ College of Bishops Call to Our Community in Three Videos
In the three videos below, the Western Jurisdiction College of Bishops call our community to attention and action in this moment. In the first video, Call to Acts of Repentance for Hawaii, Bishop Sandra Olewine (California-Nevada Annual Conference), Bishop Carlo...
Listening and Learning Toward Repentance: Bishops Confront the Legacy of the Hawaiian Kingdom’s Overthrow
Photos courtesy of Joscie Cutchens and Alyssa Fisher Written by Dr. Alyssa Fisher, Director of Communications, California-Pacific Annual Conference During their recent work in Hawaii, the...
Western Jurisdiction College of Bishops Dedicate Lahaina UMC Worship Space
Photos and written by Dr. Alyssa Fisher, Director of Communications, California-Pacific Annual Conference Last month, hymns echoed from the property at Lahaina United Methodist Church for the first...
Western Jurisdiction Bishops decry militarized presence targeting immigrants in new video
Western Jurisdiction Bishops decry militarized presence targeting immigrants in new video
A pastoral message from Western Jurisdiction College of Bishops
“Jesus calls every generation to wholehearted discipleship: opening our hearts to the people we encounter daily; practicing compassion with our families and neighbors; honoring the dignity and worth of all people near and far; recognizing the systems that destroy...