CPC Blog

Celebrating the Life of Karl Vercouteren
A service for Karl Vercouteren will be held Saturday, June 7th at 1:30pm.

Juneteenth 2025
Think ahead and find out about Juneteenth celebrations in your community so that you can support, advertise, and show up for these events. Maybe even sponsor a booth or gather volunteers!

Pride 2025 Around the CPC!
As Pride gatherings throughout the cities of our conference begin to be scheduled, there will be many opportunities to show up in support of our queer beloved ones. They need to know we see them and stand with them

Connecting with Camp Adams
Camp Adams Executive Director, Natalie Lucker, and I are aware of the challenges some of you have had communicating with Camp Adams.

News about Pocatello UCC
Pocatello UCC is hosting a Farewell Service on Thursday May 15 at 6pm. This will be part worship, part storytelling, and all Celebration.

New CPC Mailing Address
Please update your records with our new mailing address!

Camp Adams Registration and Spring Work Day
Camp registration for summer at Camp Adams is in full swing! Register for camp by Friday, May 2nd to take advantage of Early Bird pricing

You're Invited: Zoom Listening Session hosted by The Local Church Ministry (LCM)
Join us on April 30th from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM for a Zoom Listening Session. The mission of the Local Church Ministry (LCM) is to encourage and support local churches in becoming vital, inclusive congregations where children, youth, and adults experience a strong sense of mission, unity, nurture, and justice.

Protests and Direct Action
Yes, please take action. Do it in whatever way you’re called to act. Bring as many people as you can with you through this valley of the shadow of death to the green pastures on the other side, and make each moment a referendum for the future you want sixty or a hundred years from now.

Central Pacific and Pacific Northwest Conferences Hiring Registrar/Administrative Assistant
The Central Pacific and Pacific Northwest Conferences of the UCC are hiring a part-time position to effectively support the ministry of the Conferences with particular emphasis on support of the Committee on Ministry of the CPC and PNC and their important work with the authorization, support, and oversight of ministers.

Celebrating Debbie Jacober
As many of you already know, our Administrative Assistant, Debbie Jacober, will be retiring at the end of April. She has ministered among us for forty-four years, and we want to give her a good send-off!

An Opportunity to Name Your Love of New Neighbors
The Central Pacific Conference is partnering with six other regional church bodies to name our love of neighbors from other countries. Each of the seven judicatory leaders has endorsed this Statement on Immigration written by the ELCA Bishops in our region, and we invite Christians throughout Oregon to study the statement and endorse it as individuals.

The Installation of Rev. Josh Lee
Boise First United Church of Christ, the Central Pacific Conference, and the wider United Church of Christ joyfully invite you to celebrate the installation of Rev. Josh Lee!

Wider Church Ministries Listening Session - Thursday, February 13
This is an important opportunity for us to Foster Stronger Connections by listening for where the Spirit is moving in our conference. It will give our Ministry Teams a better sense of where their energies should be spent, and it will allow the conference to better amplify the prophetic voices of Washington, Idaho, and Oregon.

Rev. Josh Lee gives public testimony at the Boise State Capitol
Watch as the Rev. Josh Lee, Pastor of First Congregational UCC in Boise, proclaims the truth of God's love for God's LGTQ+ children, and unpacks the witness of Scripture for Representative Alfieri who questioned him at the Boise State Capitol last week.

CPC Listening Sessions
This session is being hosted by our Justice and Witness Ministry Team, so come prepared to share the Justice and Witness activities you're doing in your local churches, and the places where you see a need for God's Justice in your communities. We know where two or three are gathered, the Holy Spirit will be there to recharge us for the ministries God calls us to!

January Message from Conference Minister Tyler Connoley
I love the word “amplify” in our mission priority, because it’s a reminder that the conference is not the source of prophetic voice, but the amplification system for voices that already exist.

Annual Gathering 2024 Next Steps and Evaluation
We are grateful for your participation in last year’s Annual Gathering and our ongoing journey together as we turn towards horizons of healing.

Summer Camp Registration Open for Camp Adams
Registration for SUMMER CAMP sessions at Camp Adams is now open!

Ordination Service for Kristy Sibley
You are enthusiastically invited to join us for the ordination of Kristy Sibley into chaplaincy!

Downtown Portland & WyEast/Mt. Hood - Image by Tyler Connoley