The Rev. Julia Singleton, a local pastor at Christ UMC in Middletown, was commissioned a Provisional Elder July 17, during Annual Conference. She shares what that life-changing experience was like from the inside out. “I was reminded that I am a …
Korean Churches travel to Dominican Republic
Pastors and members of Lighthouse Korean (in Glenside) and Bensalem Korean UMCs joined a New Jersey Korean church in May on a first-time mission trip to the burgeoning city of Santiago, in the Dominican Republic, to share their faith and fellowship with …
Phila. church restoring vitality with help from its district
Historic Solid Rock UMC in Philadelphia (at 199 E. Tabor Road) has a new pastor, but it’s restoring its old, more familiar name, St. James UMC, just as the church is striving to restore its mission as a growing, vital …
3 UM clergy arrested for sit-in protest over wages at PHL
About a dozen clergy leaders staged a sit-in protest for higher wages at Philadelphia International Airport on Thursday, July 21, and were briefly arrested. Among them were: the Rev. David Tatgenhorst, pastor of St. Luke UMC in Bryn Mawr; the …
UM clergy close both political conventions in prayer
Two UM clergymen are part of the prayer life of both national political conventions happening this month in the U.S. presidential race. And both get to play their key roles on the climactic final night, one at the start, the …
Disharmony felt in key resolutions, relations at NEJ Conference
Reflection by The Rev. Jeffrey Raffauf: The NE Jurisdictional Conference was a unique experience for me. I understood going in the importance of this body…
Call to action against racism: Are we really going to do this?
“We will all have to repent, not merely for the hateful words and actions of bad people, but for the appalling silence of the good people.”
Delegates share glimpses, reactions to NEJ Conference
The Eastern PA Conference sent 21 delegates to the UMC’s Northeastern Jurisdictional Conference, July 11-15, in Lancaster, Pa., determined to learn something about the art of quilting. After two days of preliminary meetings and episcopal candidates’ interviews in various rooms …
Unity but not uniformity
The last became first through much of The United Methodist Church’s Northeastern Jurisdictional Conference, where nearly 300 delegates and bishops from 10 annual conferences met July 11-15, in Lancaster, Pa. The first plenary session, held on Monday night, honored peoples too often thought of last in our church and society.
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and Deferred Action for Parents of Americans
The Rev. Dr. Susan Henry-Crowe, General Secretary of the General Board of Church and Society, and Bishop Elías Galván (retired) Executive Director of the Latino UMC caucus MARCHA (Metodistas Representando la Causa de los Hispanos Americanos) have issued a joint statement critical …