Do you feel called to serve or wish to recommend someone else who has a passion for servant leadership on one of our conference boards or agencies?

Ross Brightwell, president of Eastern Pennsylvania UM Men, attending the National Association of Conference Presidents UM Men (NACP), inserts a token with a picture of a tomato on it, into a game that illustrates how most food is wasted and never reaches a table of hungry Americans. The game was designed by the Society of St. Andrew to show that forty to fifty per cent of all food ready for harvest in the United States never gets eaten.

United Methodist Men increase efforts to reduce hunger

Conference Council on Youth Ministries (CCYM) needs YOU!  www.epaumcyoungpeople.org

Last year, CCYM put this purpose statement together:   "Eastern Pennsylvania CCYM is a God-driven team of student leaders connecting youth in churches with others throughout their region in Fellowship, Service, and Christian Love" - CCYM has a large task ahead of them and we need your help!   We can have a total of 36 youth and 12 adults on CCYM.  We currently have 5 youth and 3 adults. 

The youth on this team fully believe it is their ministry to reach out to the youth in our local churches.  However, without a larger representation of the youth in our conference, we can't move on!  Do you know a youth or adult that may be interested in serving on CCYM?  Would you like more information?  You can go to our new (under construction, but usable) website. Fill out the form and someone will respond.  www.epaumcyoungpeople.org

On Sunday October 2, 2011 seven lay members of the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference became Certified Lay Ministers (CLM) in a ceremony at Thorndale United Methodist Church.  This is the third class to complete the CLM process and the Conference now has twenty-five Certified Lay Ministers.

David Ryan, Jerry Flynn, Lorraine Foster, Carolyn Pressley, James Duckett, Jennifer Lafferty, and Brenda Tildonreceived certificates from the Rev. Dr. Christopher Kurien, Director of Connectional Ministry, Conference Lay Leader Dr. Mary White, and the Rev. Dr. Alfred Maloney, Class Instructor.