An Advocacy Statement by the Commission on Religion and Race, Eastern Pennsylvania Conference of The United Methodist Church Co-chairpersons: the Rev. Susan Worrell and the Rev. Alicia Julia-Stanley “We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not …
Rev. G. Jeffrey MacDonald will be presenting TWO workshops at this year’s Tools for Ministry!
The author of “Part-time is Plenty: Thriving without Full-time Clergy,” will present TWO workshops that are highly applicable and highly valuable to our GREAT North District context. DS Morton, a big fan of MacDonald’s work, tenaciously worked to bring this opportunity to laity …
Lenten Bible Study: Character Matters
Lenten Bible Study Character Matters LEADERS GUIDE Character Matters Video Session 1 Character Matters Session 1 Worksheet Character Matters Video Session 2 Character Matters Session 2 Worksheet Character Matters Video Session 3 Character Matters Session 3 Worksheet Character Matters Video …
Online Tools for Ministry coming March 13
The Eastern PA Conference’s 2021 Tools for Ministry, March 13, from 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM, will make history by being totally online for the first time, rather than being held in onsite district locations. Offering virtual classrooms on Zoom for this annual, …
Wheelchairs provide freedom for 50 Liberians
“This wheelchair is my Mercedes-Benz,” said 55-year-old Alice M. Nyankolor. She said her movement is no longer restricted, adding, “All I have to do is go to the bus station check-in and upload my wheelchair and off I go.” Nyankolor …
CE youth ministry workshop on Zoom, Feb. 24
Longtime youth ministry leader Christian Endeavor (CE) will host its Intentional NextGen Discipleship Workshop on Zoom on Wednesday, Feb. 24, and it invites Eastern PA Conference youth leaders and ministers to attend. The 90-minute session begins at 12 PM. Dave Coryell, an ordained Deacon, is …
Repentance
Ash Wednesday, Feb. 17, and Lent offer a time for repentance. During Black History Month, our church continues to repent from its complicity with the sin of systemic racism. Learn more…
Denman Evangelism Award Nominations due by March 5
Eastern PA Conference, The United Methodist ChurchCongregational Development Team (CDT) Evangelism in the midst of COVID… Psalm 89:37 reminds us of the faitful witnessing of the moon, the most visibly celestial reflector of light God created. The church is the …
GCSRW 2014 Summit Report
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 …