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. …
Death Notice: The Rev. Paul E. Chreiman
We received word that The Rev. Paul E. Chreiman, Retired Full Elder, died on May 24, 2020. Rev. Chreiman served the following Eastern PA Conference Churches: Philadelphia: Bethesda UMC Philadelphia: Faith UMC Philadelphia: Olivet-Bethany UMC Philadelphia: Cumberland Street UMC Conshohocken …
Celebrating Asian/Pacific American heritage
The Rev. Grace S. Pak is the director of cross-racial and cross-cultural (CR/CC) leadership at the UMC’s General Commission on Religion & Race. She has worked closely with the Eastern PA Conference’s Commission on Religion & Race and Cabinet to …
“POWER: A Sermon for Pentecost Sunday”
By Bishop Peggy A. JohnsonMay 31, 2020 PentecostActs 2: 1-21 When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind and …
The Uncertain Devotion
Uncertainty is part of life. It can be the cause of our fears, worries and concerns. It is a principle in science that challenges us to explain how the universe and our bodies work. It is a principle…