Welcome to the 2025 Pacific Southwest District Conference

Thank you to the La Verne Church of the Brethren for hosting our District Conference this year. I pray you will choose to come and attend in person though we will also offer online services for those delegates/attendees unable to be present in-person due to health, transportation or scheduling issues.

We welcome the leadership of Matt Guynn from our denominational agency, On Earth Peace, for our plenary session. Also, thanks for the leadership of District members providing workshops including Music for Peacemaking, Spiritual Practices for Peacemaking, Peace in Troubled Times and the opportunity to visit the Peace and Carrots Garden.

The SERRV shop will again be at District Conference so come prepared to shop.

I credit my peaceful nature to the presence of God’s Spirit within me. I have received encouragement through meditation upon the prayer of St. Francis utilizing the book by Patrick Allen entitled Practicing the Prayer of St. Francis. This book was purchased for our churches encouraging a book study prior to Conference. The District sought and received permission to translate the book into Spanish. May we each be an instrument (or channel) of God’s peace to the world around us.

“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” Rom.15:13

Norma Sexton
2025 District Moderator

Moderator@pswdcob.org