Efforts to respond to ongoing critical needs of Puerto Ricans affected by Hurricane Maria’s devastation are revving up on several fronts in the Eastern PA Conference. The Rev. Nick Camacho, Project Manager for our conference’s response to Puerto Rico’s crisis, …
35th Laity Academy: ‘Spreading God’s Word through Action’
By John W. Coleman Some see 35 years of age as the prime of life. If that is true then the 35th Eastern PA Conference Academy for Laity, August 3-5, is in its prime. With a new dean, a new …
Campus Ministry Sunday: Nurturing students’ spiritual life
By the Rev. Daniel Lebo Coordinator of Spiritual Life at Lebanon Valley College, Annville, PA and Pastor of Annville UMC The Office of Spiritual Life at Lebanon Valley College is unique in providing opportunities for students from a variety of …
2 Phila. churches featured in key media stories
July 23, 2018–Two Eastern Conference PA Conference churches have appeared in Philadelphia Inquirer stories recently. The Inquirer and www.philly.com featured Wharton-Wesley UMC in a story about our Annual Conference’s historic passage of Resolution 2018-25, which canceled most of the unpaid “prior-years’ balances” of apportionments and certain other billings, as of the end of 2017, for the conference’s 29 African American churches. The action was taken as “an act of justice,” and followed the passage of Resolution 2018-24, which canceled a smaller portion of all church unpaid prior-years’ balances for all churches.
Conference featured in several key media stories
The Eastern Conference PA Conference has appeared in both the United Methodist and Philadelphia media lately. The Philadelphia Inquirer and www.philly.com published a story about our Annual Conference’s historic passage of Resolution 2018-25, which canceled most of the unpaid “prior-years’ …
Annual Conference 2018: ‘A time for every purpose’
By John W. Coleman To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven. (Ecclesiastes 3:1, NKJV) Invoking heaven’s oversight from start to finish, the 232nd Eastern PA Annual Conference, June 14-16, sought to reconcile its uneven …
The Rev. Cecil P.E. Pottieger
The Rev. Dr. Cecil P. E. Pottieger, 94, passed away on July 5, 2018. He was a Retired Elder of the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference. Prior to his retirement in 1990, Rev. Pottieger served the following E. PA Conference Churches & …
Sharing Our Mission Stories
Each of us has a mission story. Every congregation, church-related school and individual Christian has a story, a history, of how our faith began, was nurtured and grew. We write our denomination’s collective mission history… Learn more.
The secret to forgiveness: Focus within
United Methodists know we ought to be forgiving people. The Bible instructs us, “As the Lord forgave you, so also forgive each other,” (Col. 3:13), but that is often much easier said than done. Continue…
Sustaining mission through ‘Holy Currencies’
Money, Time and Place, Gracious Leadership, Relationship, Truth, Wellness. Those are the six Holy Currencies the Rev. Eric Law shared with Eastern PA Conference members in his interactive teaching session at their 2018 Annual Conference June 15. These essential values must circulate or flow among people to form a “cycle of blessings,” he said. They should continuously recycle through exchanges, like currency, to ensure that effective ministry can be both “missional and sustainable.”
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