Dear Friends, below for your information is an overview of the EPA financial data for the period through May 2016. Church Giving Report Schedule 1 is the Church Giving Report. This report shows the amount of money that EPA has …
After Orlando’s tragedy leaders urge prayer and action
Leaders across The United Methodist Church–from bishops to pastors to laity–are calling for heartfelt prayers in their lamentations over the bloody massacre that killed an unprecedented 49 people and injured 53 in Orlando, Fla., early Sunday morning, June 12. The …
Seeking God’s healing and hope for our future
Our 2016 Annual Conference will offer important reports and resolutions, a moving ordination and commissioning service, great music and preaching in worship, inspiring prayers…
30-day Prayer Guide for NEJ Conference
Many United Methodists were praying for General Conference in the months leading up to that important global gathering. But daily prayers are still much needed in our ongoing three-act legislative church drama, as we approach Annual Conference and then Jurisdictional …
CONAM chair visits Carlisle’s buried children on Memorial Day
Sandra Cianciulli, who chairs the Eastern PA Conference’s Committee on Native American Ministry (CONAM), is featured in two recent newspaper articles about the Memorial Day pilgrimage she and others make annually to the Carlisle War College and Army Barracks cemetery …
Disability group to serve, educate conference members
At the Eastern PA Annual Conference, June 16-18, the Disability Concerns Committee will have a registration table to offer large-print materials and audio…
Largest class of Certified Lay Ministers graduates (Class of 2016)
“The Certified Lay Ministry Class of 2016 celebrates today our transformative journey,” read Jean Howe in a heartfelt testimony from her class of new CLM graduates. “We dedicate ourselves to faithfully journey through the crossroads, with God’s help.” Eleven new …
Open Wide Your Hearts with Health Kits!
The Eastern PA Conference Order of Deacons will celebrate their 20th anniversary at Annual Conference. But fittingly, they will focus their celebration on serving others when…
Church receives foundation grant for local ministries
Oxford UMC recently received a grant of $3,900 from the Clyde P. and Katherine B. Alexander Memorial Fund of The Philadelphia Foundation to support its local outreach ministries. Foundation President and CEO Pedro A. Ramos announced the grant. The Rev. Mark …
Laity Session to spotlight ministry
The Eastern PA Conference Laity Session, preceding Annual Conference on June 16, will feature a remarkable servant-leader whose life may well exemplify the conference theme…