2 disaster response trainings set for July 14

The Eastern PA Conference’s new Disaster Response ministry team will sponsor two simultaneous training events for UM Volunteers in Ministry (UMVIM) July 14, from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM, at West Lawn UMC, Reading. One training will be for people …

April 2018 EPA Financial Update

Connectional Ministries Fund Download file: CMF – April 2018.xls Church giving for the Connectional Ministries Fund (CMF) was $1,100,983 through April 2018. Local church giving to CMF was $117 thousand more than budget and $24 thousand more than April 2017. …

Conference’s Butterfly Project takes flight

Leaders to address racial-ethnic groups’ claims of institutional racism By John W. Coleman Eastern PA Conference lead decision-makers met May 21 to hear frank, revealing criticism about observed and experienced institutional racism expressed in dialogue by three groups of racial-ethnic …

Special Appeal: Puerto Rico

Volunteers are urgently needed to help the Methodist Church of Puerto Rico as they recover from the effects of Hurricanes Irma and Maria.  Registrations are now being taken for Early Response Teams (ERT) and Long-Term Recovery (LTR) Teams.  ERTs should …