Lela Hartranft to Allentown: Emmanuel A Certified Lay Minister, Lela Hartranft has been involved in Christ Servant Ministries since 2010. She leads the Women’s Ministry Team and Prayer Meetings, fills in for pastors, has been the featured speaker for women …
Paglia, Doug
Doug Paglia to Quarryville For the past 45 years, Pastor Doug has been actively involved in full time ministry. Starting in 1976 following Bible college, his ministry travels have allowed him to visit 6 countries doing mission work with Fiji …
Open Churches 4-10-22
North District: None available at this time. South District: None available at this time. East District: None available at this time. West District: None available at this time.
Kropp, Margaret
Margaret E. Kropp to Port Carbon: Grace Margaret E. Kropp became a Christ Servant Minister after finishing the Disciple Bible Study at First Church in Tamaqua. She found that ministry to be very interesting in that she was able to serve …
Bakers report on their return tour of Congo mission sites
Donna and Jonathan Baker recently returned from “an inspiring and exciting journey” to Central Congo. There they reconnected with many friends while visiting and assessing many projects of the Congo Partnership that they helped create and support during their time …
Conference Office moving to new phones, email domain
If you’ve called your EPA Conference Office recently you may have noticed improved phone service. In January we moved to a better, more stable, more functional phone system with VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) technology. Our extensions are based on names …
Weekly prayer ministry still powerful after 2 years
There’s a growing number of small groups of United Methodists across Eastern PA who gather periodically online via Zoom, mostly for learning, dialogue and conference-wide ministry planning. But there may be only one that is devoted solely to prayer. The …
Project Restoration underway; seeks volunteers for disaster recovery efforts
Project Restoration is fully staffed and doing needs assessments, building strategic partnerships, finding resources and recruiting volunteers to help residents recover from the severe damages—physical, financial and emotional—wreaked by floods caused by recent hurricanes. The three staff members—Denise Shelton, director; …
Grants to help defray higher education costs: Students should apply April 25 to May 9
On April 25 the Education Society of the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference of the United Methodist Church will start accepting applications for grants to assist worthy individuals with defraying the cost of higher education for the 2022-2023 school year. That date …
Trone, Beth
Beth Trone to Safe Harbor Beth has been blessed to share the presence of our Lord together with the people of three very different congregations, as they grew together in the holiness and happiness of life. The people called Methodists …