Dear Conference, Below for your information is an overview of the EPA financial data for the period through August 2017. Connectional Ministries Fund Church giving for the Connectional Ministries Fund (CMF) was $2,091,064 through August 2017. Local church giving to …
Urging more churches to promote Native American ministry
The Eastern PA Conference Committee on Native American Ministries (CoNAM) wants to reach, teach, encourage and resource all congregations to learn about and participate in this largely overlooked area of ministry so important to The United Methodist Church. The CoNAM …
New Conference Vision and Mission Statement
United in Christ, Committed to Transformation. Creating Disciples, Celebrating Diversity, Connecting Communities, Committing to Love and Justice.
New North District hosts clergy family picnic
By Sheila Milz North District Resource Assistant The first North District Clergy Family Picnic at Knoebels Amusement Resort, on August 26, was a hit! More than 110 folks attended, including single clergy, families and multi-generational families as well. We always …
New districts gatherings to focus on leadership
Hundreds of Eastern PA Conference members will gather when our four new districts hold their inaugural meetings with Bishop Peggy Johnson over the next week, Sept. 12-18. They will welcome the bishop in their new, larger configurations, with new district and …
Lifetree Cafe Orientation, Sept. 18
On Sept. 18 and 25, 2017, from 6:30 to 8 PM at the Conference Office there will be an introduction and training for those interested in starting a Lifetree Cafe. This is a two part event.
Understanding human suffering from disasters
Sometimes the devastation is overwhelming. The waters rise and the rain won’t stop. The ground shakes beneath our feet, or the wind blows the roofs off homes…
Mrs. Doris H. Schroeder
Mrs. Doris H. Schroeder, 91, passed away on August 22, 2017. She was the widow of the late Rev. Hans W. Schroeder, a clergy member of the Eastern PA Conference. Rev. Schroeder served the Montgomery Square UMC from 1960 to …
Brown chosen as new Conference Treasurer
James P. Brown, Controller for the Eastern PA Conference since November 2010, is the new Conference Treasurer…
Disaster relief needs grow; so does ‘response of God’s people’
“Harvey was a powerful storm, but we have witnessed the great power of God in the response of God’s people.” Those words by the Rev. Kendell Waller, Rio Texas Conference Director of Finance and Administration, are bearing true witness in …