Read the summit report In 2014, GCSRW convened a research summit to identify the ways that unique struggles and stresses that clergy family experience, best practices for supporting clergy families, and to seek recommendations for how to better provide a …
The Rev. Olivet Brown
We have received word of the death of The Rev. Olivet Brown, Full Elder of the Eastern PA Conference, who died on January 28, 2021. She served Darby: Union Memorial and Philadelphia: Church of the Good Shepherd. Expressions of sympathy …
2021 Annual Conference Resolutions due by March 5
It has been a long tradition of the Eastern PA Annual Conference to have spirited debate during sessions using resolutions. We will meet May 20-22 using Zoom, a platform in which debate can be challenging. Bishop Peggy Johnson urges Conference …
Eastern PA Conference Scholarships seek support, applicants
Eastern PA Conference Scholarships are awarded for the fall and spring semesters to undergraduate and graduate students who have been active members of a church in our conference for at least two years. For many, these vital scholarships are one of …
21 Conference students awarded UMC scholarships
Twenty-one scholarship were awarded to Eastern PA Conference students in 2020 by the UMC General Board of Higher Education and Ministry (GBHEM). The board’s Office of Loans and Scholarships reports that over 2,100 students received $5.6 million in total financial assistance for 2020. …
February AIDS Webinar Focuses on Racial Disparities
The United Methodist Global AIDS Committee (UMGAC) has announced the theme and panelists for their next webinar on February 1, 2021, at 2:00 PM ET. Racial Disparities, HIV & AIDS will be the theme for the panel which supports the United Methodist Dismantling Racism initiative, a multi-level …
‘Come to the Water’
Baptism, confirmation photos, videos sought for Annual Conference
With the theme “Come to the Water,” the Eastern PA Conference’s Connectional Ministries will celebrate the ministry of baptism and confirmation in our Annual Conference in 2021. We would love to share photos, videos and stories of church baptisms and confirmations, if permitted …
The Rev. Donald E. Ray
We received word that The Rev. Donald E. Ray, retired elder, died on December 4, 2020. His appointment record is as follows: Coatesville: Olivet Steelton: Mt. Zion Lancaster: Lancaster Avenue Gap Honey Brook Pottstown: First Gradyville Extension Ministry – Chaplain at WCA Hospital, …
The Rev. Bonnie Alleman
We have received word of the death of The Rev. Bonnie Alleman, licensed local pastor, on January 23.She served the following Eastern PA Conference Churches: Shamokin: Emmanuel UMC Oak Grove UMC In addition to her husband Roger, Bonnie is survived …
Virtual worship is here for good
Her journalism training in college became particularly relevant when the coronavirus pandemic struck, said the Rev. Amy Wilson Feltz of St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in El Paso, Texas. The rise of COVID-19 last March prodded many churches, including St. …