As we prepare for the slow, cautious process of reopening our churches after these many weeks of seclusion, we can find some helpful advice from the Word of God taken from Genesis 6-9, the account of Noah and the ark…
Clergy seek racial justice, peace at protest rallies
Eastern PA Conference clergy and laity have joined peaceful marchers in recent rallies for racial justice in Philadelphia and other cities, protesting the brutal killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis, Minn., police May 25. While violence and looting may have …
Statement from the Whites Confronting Racism Clergy Cohort
Statement from the Whites Confronting Racism Clergy Cohort – June 4, 2020
Conference suspends summer camps for 2020
‘Many tears have been shed’ By John W. Coleman The four Camp & Retreat Centers spread across the Eastern PA Conference have made the painful decision to suspend onsite summer camp this year, which was to begin in June. That action …
Workshop for New CR/CC Ministry Appointments, June 6
Ministry in a Cross-Racial/Cross-Cultural Context: Workshop for New CR/CC Ministry Appointments. Online Zoom event. 9 AM – 12:30 PM.
‘Go-Sow-Lo’: Sermon for Trinity Sunday
Bishop Peggy Johnson: Jesus’ Great Commission means making disciples is the main goal of the church. It is what we should always be doing and never get distracted. Watch the video.
The Rev. Blake E. Nicholson Jr.
The Rev. Blake E. Nicholson Jr., Retired Full Elder, died on May 31, 2020, at the age of 97. The Rev. Blake E. Nicholson Jr. served the following Eastern PA Conference churches, prior to retiring in 1989: Marshallton Quarryville: Memorial …
Church help feed their communities during coronavirus shutdown
By John W. Coleman Many churches around the Eastern PA Conference committed to feeding their communities are meeting the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic with extra food donations, volunteers and creative solutions, including moving their operations outdoors. But the need …
April 2020 EPA Financial Update
Connectional Ministries Fund Church giving for the Connectional Ministries Fund (CMF) was $896,551 through April 2020. Local church giving to CMF was $138 thousand less than budget and $278 thousand less than April 2019. Expenses through April 2020 was $951,141 …
Death Notice: The Rev. Harry E. Aughinbaugh
We have received word that The Rev. Harry E. Aughinbaugh, Retired Elder in Full Connection, died on May 20, 2020. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Joan H. Aughinbaugh, and his children, Carol L. Roosevelt and Gerald A. Aughinbaugh Rev. …