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Pathways initiative prepares for September launch
The Eastern PA Conference’s new Pathways to Congregational Fruitfulness & Health initiative has its crew and initial passengers all aboard, as it prepares to taxi down the runway for a September takeoff. Eighteen chosen facilitators have received an orientation to begin …
NEJ Conference to meet in November
Foster endorsed for election as bishop
The UMC’s 2022 Northeastern Jurisdictional Conference will meet Nov. 3-4 in Hunt Valley, Md. This year’s gathering of elected delegates from the NEJ’s 10 annual conferences was postponed from 2020, along with the UMC’s General Conference, due to the COVID …
Church court clarifies paragraph 2548.2 use
The UMC’s Judicial Council ruled that a much-debated The Book of Discipline paragraph 2548.2 can only be used conditionally and that paragraph 2553 must be used for churches seeking to disaffiliate from The United Methodist Church. “Paragraph 2548.2 (of the …
Ministry grants available, with approaching deadlines
A number of Eastern PA Conference grants are available to support ministry, and application deadlines are fast-approaching for several of them. Dewees Grants applications due Sept. 1 Dewees Grants are available to support EPA’s mission to grow vital congregations. Grants …
Rev. George Valentine Alexander
We have received word of the passing of the Rev. George Valentine Alexander, Retired Elder, who died February 13, 2022. Rev. Alexander started as a Probationary Member in 1960 and then became a full Member in 1963. He pastored Grace …
Mrs. Lois Carol Swenson
Mrs. Lois C. Swenson passed away on July 21,2022. She was the surviving spouse of The Rev. Jon Eric Swenson, retired elder, who served the following Eastern PA Conference churches until his retirement in 2007: Thornton: Bethlehem Cornwell Heights Philadelphia: …
Death Notice: Rev. Thomas E. Anderman
We have received word of the death of the Rev. Thomas Evans Anderman, Retired Elder, who died August 19, 2022. He began as a Local Pastor in 1946, became a Deacon in 1951 and then an Elder in Full Connection …
District donates $20,000 to Ukrainian relief, resettlement, Aug. 1
The North District keeps showing its support for the beleaguered people of war-ravaged Ukraine. The district donated $5,000 in March to the Transfiguration Ukrainian Catholic Church in Shamokin, then more funds in April to the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Centralia …
Leaders are born, right?
Dear EPA Leaders, I continue to be grateful for your leadership in your congregation and in the larger church. Your gifts and leadership are leading us forward. As we look to engage more deeply in growing faith and developing vital, …