Today and tomorrow the people of the Central Pacific Conference of the United Church of Christ are holding our 2007 Annual Meeting at First Congregational United Church of Christ in Salem, Oregon.  Nearly two hundred members of UCC congregations across Oregon and Idaho are here.

The Rev. John Thomas, general minister and president of the United Church of Christ, will provide the keynote address tonight.

The Rev. M. Linda Jaramillo, executive minister of the UCC's Justice and Witness Ministries, is also with with us.  Linda is from Oregon and is the only Oregonian among the UCC's elected officers.

Over the course of the next two days we will hear reports, attend workshops, worship together and celebrate the 50th anniversary of the United Church of Christ.

I'll be blogging some of the gathering and hope to provide podcast interviews with some of the people gathered here.

Stay tuned.