Dear Conference, below for your information is an overview of the EPA financial data for the period through December 2016. Church Giving Report Schedule 1 is the Church Giving Report. This report shows the amount of money that EPA has …
Pastor, ex-atheist finds true happiness serving God
Want to see and hear a truly inspiring testimony? Check out a brief video story about the Rev. Joe Martin of Fallsington UMC. You can also find it on the church’s Facebook page. ME TV reporter Dawn Stensland-Mendte visited friendly …
New online church website, marketing courses offered
More and more churches are realizing they need new ways of presenting themselves—and their light—to the world, of putting their lamps on lampstands, rather than hiding them under “bushel baskets” (Matthew 5:15). Websites and marketing are two ways of making …
Reflections on racial dialogues
A supplement to the NEWSpirit Winter 2017 article, “District dialogues offer ‘real talk’ about race” At our request, a number of clergy participants in recent racial dialogue and learning events, sponsored by four districts, kindly shared their reactions and reflections …
UM legislative advocate reports on 2017 state issues
More state budget cuts that will hurt the poor, climate change and hydraulic fracking that undeniably hurt the environment, expansion of gambling…
Transformation through prayer
Scripture instructs us to pray without ceasing, to see every moment as an opportunity to pray, whether it is a time of crisis or just an everyday, routine moment. Prayer acknowledges the presence of God and reminds us that God’s …
District dialogues offer ‘real talk’ about race
Real talk about race is happening around much of the Eastern PA Conference this winter, as dialogues and teaching moments bring people together to explore a difficult but timely topic. And we’ve only just begun. The Central, Southeast and East …
Youth Rally teaches thousands lessons on love
Christ’s love was defined beautifully through inspiring words spoken and sung at the 2017 Peninsula-Delaware Conference Youth Rally, held in Ocean City, Md., Jan. 6-8. But it was defined best in deeds, as thousands of youth–including many from the Eastern …
Reflections on ‘This Is Love’
2017 Pen-Del Conference Youth Rally By Eastern PA CCYM members (Conference Council on Youth Ministry) Jess Eden I was blessed to take part in this great event. Personally, my favorite part was coming together as one and sharing in worship, …
Mrs. Doris Kinsey Batdorf
We received word of the death of Mrs. Doris Kinsey Batdorf, 94, surviving spouse of The Rev. Irvin W. Batdorf, a clergy member of the Eastern PA Conference. Mrs. Batdorf passed away on January 23, 2017. A member of Phi …