The PNMC Board and Staff are eager to soon welcome folks from across our vast conference at our upcoming gathering! If you have questions about how or where to register; what to bring, etc., please do not hesitate to ask! Reach out to office@pnmc.org or call 541-921-5866 for assistance.

The Healthy Congregations/Seed Northwest Grant Committee has approved two grants: The first is a Healthy Congregations Grant that will be awarded to Mountain View Mennonite Church to assist with hiring a consultant who will guide them in a congregational discernment process. The awarded grant amount: $2500. The second is a Seed Northwest Grant that will be awarded to Camp Camrec as they host a gathering of young adults from Pacific Northwest Mennonite Conference and Mennonite Church British Columbia in February. Funds will help supplement travel, food and lodging costs for planners and participants. The gathering is being planned and facilitated by […]

We hope that you will join us for the 2025 Conference Communications Council meeting on Saturday, February 1 on Zoom. The gathering will begin at 8:30 in the morning until 12:30pm. This is a great opportunity to connect with sister congregations from across the regions as well as the broader church as there will be representatives from churchwide organizations present as well. In case you didn’t realize, TODAY, Friday, January 24, is the registration deadline. We have materials to prepare prior to the event so it helps if folks can register early. Please follow the link below and add your […]

If you are planning to attend the 2025 CCC Zoom gathering on Saturday, February 1, please follow the link to register. We hope to have participation from across the conference. The earlier you sign up, the more time we have to plan. Thanks so much!

We hope that each of you are finding meaningful ways to celebrate Christ’s birth. In order for staff to enjoy time with family in the midst of celebrations and gatherings, the PNMC Office will be closed between December 24 and January 2. We look forward to connecting with you again in the new year.

If you missed seeing the Voices of Conscience Exhibit in Portland, take advantage of a second-chance opportunity! The exhibit will be in Ritzville, Washington, November 3-5. Menno Mennonite will be hosting the traveling exhibition Voice of Conscience from the Kauffman Museum.  The congregation is looking for opportunities to share this with its neighbors. The exhibit will be available to be toured 7 PM – 9 PM Friday, 1 to 8 PM Saturday, as well as Sunday Morning. If these public times do not suit, appointments can be made. If this would be of interest to you or friends you know, please spread the […]

The PNMC 2023 Conference Communication Council will be held on Saturday, February 4, 8:30am—12:30pm (Pacific) on Zoom. In addition to our PNMC board, staff, district pastors, team chairpersons and representatives from PNMC related organizations, we ask for representation from each of our member congregations and church plants and invite all who wish to take part to attend! Registration information is available at pnmc.org. Malinda Berry, Ph.D., Professor of Theology and Ethics at AMBS has agreed to join us and offer input on the practice of Nonviolent Communication (NVC) and nurturing empathic connections within our interpersonal relationships and the communities we […]

Our conference gathering in June was meaningful and rich; and also a time of transition. We welcomed new members to our board, released others, and most notably said goodbye to Katherine Jameson Pitts with a deep gratitude and wonder at the uniqueness of her gifts that we have been greatly blessed to experience over the past decade. Meanwhile, the PNMC board and the dedicated search team has been steadily working toward hiring someone to serve in the now vacant role of Executive Conference Minister (ECM). We are excited to announce to all of you that Eric Massanari has accepted the […]

As part of Mennonite Village’s 75th anniversary celebration, there will be a Quilts in the Garden Walk on Saturday, July 30 from 9:00 – 2:00. The walk begins at the Pavilion next to Quail Run Assisted Living located on the Mennonite Village campus. The quilt show features 35 beautiful quilts on loan from the following Mennonite churches: Albany, Fairview, Portland, Salem and Zion.  We hope you can join!

As we remember the young lives lost tragically in Uvalde, TX, consider this: