As the COVID-10 pandemic rages, the use of protective masks and hand sanitizer has become more crucial and widespread. The Rev. Myra Maxwell, East District Disaster Response Coordinator, and her team have been collecting and distributing both to disadvantaged communities …
A Digital Ministry forum ‘for the rest of us’
“Digital Ministry for the Rest of Us” was an ideal title for a helpful online forum offered by the Eastern PA Conference Dec. 5, where church practitioners shared valuable knowledge and experience using limited tech-speak. The Congregational Development Team (CDT) …
Pickens to head PA Council of Churches
The Pennsylvania Council of Churches (PCC) has elected the Rev. Larry D. Pickens of Allentown, a longtime UM leader in ecumenical ministry and relations, as its new executive director beginning in January 2021. Dr. Pickens, who for years led the …
The spirit of Christmas giving lives!
Local church ministry reports Several churches generously responded to our appeal for information with news of their Advent and Christmas activities. Many thanks! Here are their lightly edited reports. Conshohocken UMC Conshohocken UMC is trying “to make this highly unusual …
Cabinet gifts churches with recorded sermons through January
Christmastide-Epiphany Sermon Series YouTube playlist. Or, click here to download the files from Dropbox. The COVID-19 pandemic prevented Bishop Peggy Johnson and her Cabinet from doing their annual December outreach visit to a church or ministry site this year. But …
Wise Worshipers
Sermon Outline for Epiphany Sunday, January 3, 2021 By Bishop Peggy A. Johnson Text: Matthew 2:1-12 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem, in Judea, during the time of King Herod, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, …
‘In this sacred hour’
Watchnight Services: ‘A meaningful and remarkable blessing’ View Bishop Johnson’s New Year’s Greeting (above) and see the suggested Watch Night Service Liturgy (by Rev. Michael Johnson). By Bishop Peggy A. Johnson The founder of the Methodist movement, John Wesley devised …
October 2020 EPA Financial Update
Connectional Ministries Fund Church giving for the Connectional Ministries Fund (CMF) was $2,568,138 through October 2020. Local church giving to CMF was $16 thousand more than budget and $190 thousand less than October 2019. The Annual Conference was approved for …
UMNS Presentation for the South District UMW
Download the UMNS Presentation – PowerPoint shown for the South District UMW 2020 Annual Meeting