Dear Conference Churches, To celebrate the good financial standing of the annual conference, the Council on Finance and Administration (CCFA) has approved a payment holiday for local churches of the 2021 Connectional Ministries Fund (CMF). This is a one-year-only payment …
“Race-Based Mascots” Event Recording
November 8, 2020 The Eastern Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Church and their Committee on Native American Ministries invited the co-founding members of the Coalition of Natives and Allies to present a program on Race Based Mascots. Understanding using Native …
“Indian Country’s Hidden Figures: Outstanding Native American Women”
Link: https://youtu.be/GdQVIl8uj48 April 19, 2021 You may know Pocahontas or Sacajawea, but do you know Elizabeth Peratrovich? Ada Deer? Mary Golda Ross? Maria Tallchief? Gertrude Simmons? Many Native American women lived meaningful lives and accomplished much, but their invisibility is …
Foundation to teach Cemetery Care, Parsonage Practices
The Mid-Atlantic Foundation will offer two vibrant & informative training sessions for local church leaders on important (and sometimes insufficiently understood) areas of property ownership & management: Cemetery Care and Parsonage Practices– selling or renting. Please enroll appropriate leaders into …
Volcano eruption in Congo hits church, homes
The eruption of the Mount Nyiragongo volcano May 22 resulted in the deaths of at least 15 people and left many homes and a United Methodist church buried under lava. Read More
Protests mount against Cal-Pac bishop
California-Pacific Conference Bishop Grant Hagiya is facing public criticism, even protest demonstrations, for his decision to move three Korean American pastors from their current churches. Read More
Global Ministries, UMCOR’s ongoing response to COVID-19
To date, support in the amount of $110,000 each has been given to the partners in India noted below, Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore, and Church’s Auxiliary for Social Action (CASA). These grants will allow for the purchase of medical equipment… Read More
Racial Ethnic Local Church grants available this fall
Grants up to $10,000 will be available this fall from Discipleship Ministries to strengthen leadership training, small groups, worship, stewardship and spiritual formation in racial-ethnic local United Methodist churches. The application deadline for Racial Ethnic Local Church Concerns (RELCC) grants is …
Mrs. Ruth T. Brodhead
We have received word that Mrs. Ruth T. Brodhead died on May 17, 2021. She was the surviving spouse of The Rev. Bickley Burns Brodhead, Retired Full Member. Rev. Brodhead served the following Eastern PA Conference churches and in extension …