Serenity House, a community center and outreach ministry of Arch Street United Methodist Church, sits near the corner of 12th St. and W. Lehigh Ave, in the heart of North Philadelphia. The former parsonage of the now-closed Cookman UMC, this …
Youth Retreat Cancelled, but Youth Rally will go on
The YES Youth Retreat, scheduled for this Saturday, April 16, has been cancelled, due to low registrations, and will be rescheduled for a Saturday in the fall. The Eastern PA Conference Youth Rally, however, will still take place as scheduled, at …
New issue of Health & Healing’s Wellspring
Read the colorful, informative latest issue (March-April) of the Health & Healing Council’s newsletter Wellspring on our Website. Learn about “The Many Faces of Healing,”…
An Eastertide greeting from Bishop Robert T. Hoshibata
Greetings in the name of Jesus our Hope and Salvation! On Easter Sunday and in the weeks to follow, we proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ, risen.
Town hall meetings for proposed district changes
Bishop Peggy Johnson will hold town hall meetings on each district in April to discuss proposed changes that would reduce our number of districts from six to four. Lay and clergy members are invited to these gatherings, and anyone can …
Seeing Son-light on Easter morn
During this Holy Week we remember how our Lord and Savior entered Jerusalem, at first celebrated but then castigated by the clueless crowds there. We recall how he went from sharing an intimate love feast with his closest friends to …
A Women’s History Month Feature–Mindy McKonly: Called and committed to ordained ministry
Although she retired from active pastoral ministry in 2015, the Rev. Melinda “Mindy” McKonly still chairs the Eastern PA Conference Board of Ordained Ministry and will step down from that position at Annual Conference in June. We asked her to …
Attendance high at 2016 Tools for Ministry events
It wasn’t exactly March Madness, but several districts celebrated their best attendance ever at Tools for Ministry leadership training events in March, enjoying a more temperate climate than the cold, often-snowy January gatherings of the past. High attendance produced some full …
Photos from the Southwest District 2016 Tools for Ministry
Photos by Rev. Jim Goudie
Church members go bald to support young cancer fighters
Nuevo Nacimiento (New Birth) UM Church in Lebanon, PA, reversed a key part of the biblical story of Samson on a recent Sunday afternoon, when the Latino church’s sanctuary became a barbershop offering extreme cuts for a worthy cause. Rather …