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Call to Prayer for GC2016 #2
As we continue to look toward General Conference 2016 I call you to prayer for the Pre-General Conference Briefing which will be held January 20-22, 2016 in Portland, Oregon.
New winter shelter opens in surprising location
There is a new place for folks in Lancaster County to escape the cold this winter. This is the first year for the winter shelter at Saint Paul’s United Methodist Church in Elizabethtown. Janice Davis is the co-coordinator for the …
Janes Memorial United Methodist Church in Germantown brings past to present with archives room
GERMANTOWN >> Janes Memorial United Methodist Church contributes to Germantown’s rich history. Once the premiere church for the city’s African-American professional community, the church has evolved into a family centered multigenerational house of worship. There is still high energy at …
Mission of Peace returns Eastern PA youth ‘home’ to China
Mei-Ling Blackstone, 16, of Macungie, Pa., returns this weekend from visiting nearly three weeks in her native land of China, where she joined other youth from around the Northeastern Jurisdiction (NEJ) on a Mission of Peace (MOP). When she shares …
Bishop’s letter to M. L. King Jr. is not a progress report
Each year, retired United Methodist Bishop Woodie W. White writes a “birthday letter” to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to share his perspective on the state of race relations primarily in America. White, now bishop-in-residence at Candler School of …
Northeast District Clergy Breakfast
Tuesday, February 16th The next clergy breakfast will be heldon Tuesday, February 16th at 9 am at Asbury UMC. As usual, we will eat heartily, worship together, hear a Bible study reflection and presentation from Dr. Amy Beth Jones, United Methodist Liaison …
UMC advocate explains impact of PA budget impasse
The Rev. Dai Morgan, who coordinates state legislative advocacy for the three United Methodist annual conferences in Pennsylvania, including the Eastern PA Conference, offers a troubling assessment of the impact of the state government’s inability to pass a 2015-16 fiscal-year …
Faith Alive hosts conference’s second district-led prayer service
Faith Alive UMC in Bowmanstown (Palmerton), and the Northeast District, hosted on Jan. 6 the second in a series of district prayer services called to gather Eastern PA Conference members in collective prayer for the 2016 General Conference. The service …
Thousands to experience ‘WORD’ at Pen-Del Youth Rally
Thirty-two Eastern PA Conference churches will send over 500 youth, from 6th to 12th grade, and adults to the 2016 Peninsula-Delaware Conference Youth Rally this weekend, Jan. 8-10, at the Roland Powell Convention Center in Ocean City, Md. Nearly 5,000 …