Please join us at Gretna Glen Camp for a Clergy and Spouse Retreat on February 15-16, 2013, sponsored by the EPA Board of Pension and Health Benefits. We look forward to fun, food and fellowship, with all kinds of hands-on learning. 

Our Spiritual leader for the retreat will be The Rev. Patricia Woolever. Pat was ordained an elder in the EPA Conference and has been in ministry 33 years. She is the former District Superintendent of State College District, in the Susquehanna Conference and is presently Assisting Elder to the Harrisburg District. Pat has taken the training for Spiritual Formation at the Center for Spiritual Formation in Susquehanna Annual Conference and currently serves as Spiritual Director to five pastors .

The General Board’s thoughts and prayers are with the individuals and families in the eastern United States who are affected by the recent Atlantic storm, Sandy. They are committed to providing immediate and compassionate assistance to participants. Hardship loans and hardship withdrawals from participants’ UMPIP accounts are available to eligible participants to assist with recovery efforts or disaster-related expenses.

There has been a maelstrom of rumors swirling around the EPA Conference with regard to the choices enacted by vote of General Conference in May.  While there are a multitude of small and mainly administrative changes, those listed below are the larger changes which seem to be causing confusion.  Further information will be available following the jurisdictional meetings for pension officers later this fall.