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?

Nominations for service in the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference are being received now through until Feb. 1, 2012.

All persons currently serving in positions now and those who want to serve in the future must submit an online Interest Form (see below) by February 1, 2012, to be considered for positions on boards, commissions and committees for the 2012 – 2016 quadrennium.

The form can also be downloaded and mailed, emailed or faxed to the Nominations Committee on or before February 1, 2012.  This self-nomination process is a way of affirming your recognition of the spiritual gifts you have been given.

Importantly, anyone in the EPC -- conference staff, laity or clergy, District Superintendants, District Committees, and all others -- can invite, recommend and encourage the nomination of others, using a handy online Recommendation Form (see below) or call the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference Office at             610-666-9090      .  

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. 

NEW VIDEO:  United Methodist Men reflect on the importance of Men's Ministry in this video produced by the General Commission on United Methodist Men.  Featured are 3 men from EPA, including Ross Brightwell, Conference UMM president.  

Would you like to start a chartered United Methodist Men's ministry in your church?    For information and resources, contact Ross at 215/643-1269 or rossbrightwell@verizon.net.