Appeal to Shut Down Berks Family Detention Center “We oppose immigration policies that separate family members from each other or that include detention of families with children.” (Social Principles, ¶162.H) The UMC’s General Board of Church & Society announced a …
Conference youth events spur ministry on the move
Members of the Eastern PA Conference Council on Youth Ministry, led by the Rev. David Piltz, conference Coordinator of Young People’s Ministries, have had a very busy, very mobile year, with major events to attend nearly every other month. And …
Call to Action efforts move from talk to action
BY JOHN W. COLEMAN In its fall 2018 Call to Action report to the Northeastern Jurisdiction Vision Table and Episcopacy Committee, the Eastern PA Conference reported strides and next steps that suggest real movement against racial ignorance and inequity that …
Annual Conference 2019
“Tell to the Coming Generation”
Soren Kierkegaard once wrote “The most painful state of being is remembering the future, particularly the one you’ll never have.” The people of God, however…
Read NEWSpirit’s new issue now on our website
The Spring 2019 issue of NEWSpirit is now online for all to read and share. Our 24 pages are full of news, plus 2018 church giving and capital campaign totals.
Catch up on AC2019 news. View it via livestream video
Annual Conference begins with worship Thursday, June 13, at 2 PM, after our morning clergy and laity sessions. Click here to view it all on livestream video.
Annual Conference resolutions address changes ahead
The 2019 Eastern PA Annual Conference (AC2019), meeting June 13-15, will consider 19 legislative resolutions for debate and votes among its membership…
WCA leaders cast vision amid division at Eastern PA seminar
Preaching a message of grace and a mission of growth, the Wesleyan Covenant Association (WCA) is working to unify and support people who favor the Traditionalist view of The United Methodist Church’s future—the view that narrowly won a majority of votes at the Special General Conference in February. That majority declined to sanction same-sex marriage for LGBT members and to welcome them into ordained ministry.
Give on Peace with Justice Sunday to aid “kingdom work’
“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind…
Church survives tornado, helps community recover
Tabor UMC in Woxall, PA, (2209 Hendricks Station Road) sustained modest damage and no injuries from the 112 mile-per-hour winds in an E-2-rated tornado that struck May 29; but its community took more of a beating, especially from downed trees and power lines.