Pandemic Re-opening Best Practices for Churches

Gradual reopening of PA social, economic life to begin soon Small steps towards a gradual reopening of Pennsylvania social and economic life will begin this week. State officials expect to announce on Friday the first counties that will be permitted to lift …

March 2019 EPA Financial Update

Dear Conference,  Below for your information is an overview of the EPA financial data for the period through March 31, 2020. Connectional Ministries Fund Church giving for the Connectional Ministries Fund (CMF) was $645,979 through March 2020. Local church giving …

Death Notice: The Rev. Donald Heacock

We have received word that The Rev. Donald Heacock, retired Licensed Local Pastor, died on April 5, 2020. Rev. Heacock served the following Eastern PA Conference churches before retiring in 1997: Oak Grove Shamokin: Emmanuel Shamokin: Zion Mount Nebo Landingville: Welcome …

Praying Mantis

They greet me at the back door of my house on summer days, these long, green insects that appear to be in a posture of prayer. Commonly known as “praying mantis,” these pre-historic, dinosaur-looking bugs are known to “eat almost anything…

Weekly Conference-Wide Prayer Meeting

Join in a weekly 30-minute prayer meeting on Zoom, Tuesdays at 12 noon. It’s for all conference members and guests, in response to the coronavirus pandemic. But all prayer concerns are welcome.