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Church’s new mission featured in local media
Hopewell UMC’s newest mission effort was featured this week in the Daily Local News. “Local church establishes ‘The Well’ in Downingtown” reports on the Downingtown congregation’s new mission enterprise that’s close to home. Members spent the entire Memorial Day weekend …
Earl E. “Hess” Gehres, Jr.
Earl E. “Hess” Gehres, Jr., 83, of Donaldson, the husband of the Rev. Nancy A. Gehres, passed away on Saturday, May 27, 2017. A U.S. Army veteran, he was a retired nursing assistant who served at the Lebanon Veterans Administration …
The Rev. William A. “Bill” Miller
We have received word of the death of the Rev. William A. “Bill” Miller, 83, a retired Elder in the Eastern PA Conference, who died Friday, June 2, 2017, in Myerstown. Rev. Miller served churches in the now-Susquehanna Conference at Williamstown …
St. James UMC named ‘Church of the Week’
The Philadelphia Tribune named St. James UMC in Philadelphia its Church of the Week on May 15 and published a May 13 feature article about the resurgent congregation, “St. James United Methodist: Grass-roots ministry meets community needs.” “As a house …