The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) is taking actions to support emergency relief and in Haiti. The United Methodist relief agency is already making plans to send teams, material resources and funding to Haiti as soon as possible.
"UMCOR has always had a strong presence in Haiti," Tom Hazelwood, a UMOCR executive said. "With this tragedy, we'll just be redoubling our efforts, and we'll be calling on people across the country to help us."
The quake is believed to be the worst to hit the region in about 200 years, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It was followed by two aftershocks, measuring 5.9 and 5.5 on the Richter scale.
At least 1.8 million people live in the area where the quake was most intense, a geophysicist with the USGS told The Wall Street Journal.
President Barack Obama said he was praying for the people of Haiti and the United States stands ready to assist them.
United Methodists have had a long-standing relationship with Haiti through the Methodist Church of Haiti. The strong ties between the Methodist Church of Haiti and The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) helped in facilitating the opening of the UMCOR Haiti field office in 2005. (UMNS 1-13)
Forms, links and other financial resources for preparing end of year reports are now available on the conference website in the For Local Church > Local Church Forms area. Here you can download the annual church audit forms that are to be turned into the district offices, and download worksheets and instructions for the on-line Year End Statistical Report system.
Change and Choices will be apparent at the 2010 Session of the Oregon-Idaho Annual Conference. Bishop Robert T. Hoshibata has announced that most events of the conference will be held at the Salem Conference Center, four blocks from Willamette University in downtown Salem. Current plans call for the conference to begin on Thursday, June 10, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. with all conference attendees present at the first Living the Connection plenary session. The conference will end with a celebration of worship on Sunday, June 13 following the last of the Living the Connection sessions that morning. Families and visitors from area congregations will once again be invited to join in this closing worship which, according to Bishop Hoshibata, “will start on time!”
The theme for Annual Conference 2010: Boldly Making Disciples of Jesus Christ: Embracing Change, not only speaks to the change of conference location, but the need for change in how our Annual Conference and Local Churches go about their business. Bishop Hoshibata shared that, “It picks up on statements made at Annual Conference in 2009 to the effect that: We cannot transform the world if we are not willing to transform ourselves.”
At three events in October, Dr. Clayton Childers of the General Board of Church and Society provided in-depth information and background resources to assist local churches in exploring our United Methodist Social Principles. As your congregation plans for training events, classes, or discussion, you are encouraged to download the additional materials listed below. For more information about Oregon-Idaho Social Principles events or resouces contact Rev. April Hall Cutting at
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You can download Rev. Dr. Childers PowerPoint presentation from the day (broadband connection recomended).
Welcome! to the NEW UMOI.NET website. This site will provide information and resources for the United Methodist Churches in Oregon and Idaho, as well as information for church members and those seeking to learn more about the United Methodist Church in Oregon and Idaho.
We're still getting the site settled in, and we'd love to hear your comments, suggestions, error reports and accolades. Please e-mail them to
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and we will try to deal with them appropriately. Some areas are still getting their information updated or formatted correctly, and in the weeks ahead there will be new sections added to the menus. Greg Nelson - Director of Communications
