In Freetown, Sierra Leone, a world away from Houston, Texas, another tragic toll continues to rise, where thousands of victims are either dead, missing or left homeless by flooding rains and a horrific mudslide that wreaked havoc two weeks ago. …
New Urban Ministries Coordinator hired
The Eastern PA Conference is pleased to announce the Rev. William A. Brawner will be our new part-time coordinator of Urban Ministries.
Prayers, donations, readiness needed for Harvey response
The Eastern PA Conference is praying for our brothers and sisters in Texas and other areas who have been affected…
UM churches answer racial violence with prayers, protests
[box color=”blue”]If your UM church has participated or plans to participate in events in response to racial unrest in Charlottesville and elsewhere please let us know so we can report it. Send us information and photos to communications@epaumc.org or use …
Tanzania missionaries to visit here in late August
Our partner UM missionaries in Tanzania, the Rev. Mutwale Ntambo wa Mushidi and his wife Kabaka Ndala Alphonsine will visit…
Church connects through Art
Children shared creativity and laughs at Fritz United Methodist Church (in Bethlehem) during the church’s first summer art camp. Twenty-one children ages 5 to 12 spent each night learning different art techniques and practiced their new skills on a variety of …
Academy for Church Finance starts in October 2017
Consisting of four sessions taken over two years in two locations, the Academy for Church Finance seeks to enhance the understanding and skills of laity for financial leadership in the local church so that laity and clergy work in partnership to grow …
Efforts begin to return Carlisle children’s remains
ALL CARLISLE GATHERING PHOTOS TAKEN BY CHARLES FOX / PHILLY.COM PHOTOGRAPHER At the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Pa., hidden behind the tall chain-link fences draped with black cloth and the signs that read, “Cemetery closed, please respect Native American …
Bishops, pastors respond to recent racial turmoil
Several Eastern PA Conference leaders are participating this week in peaceful local rallies to respond to the racial turmoil and violence that erupted in Charlottesville, Va., last weekend when white nationalists, neo-Nazis and Ku Klux Klan members staged a “Take …
Bishop finds new home in church’s parsonage
Having moved August 8 from the former episcopal residence in Phoenixville, Bishop Peggy Johnson and her husband, the Rev. Michael Johnson, are now the distinguished tenants of Otterbein UMC in Mont Clare, residing in its parsonage at 201 Walnut Street, …
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