By John W. Coleman View more 2019 Laity Academy photos in our Flickr Album. Tacking eastward into a new, more academic setting, the Eastern PA Conference Laity Academy dropped its nets at Eastern University’s scenic, Main Line campus in St. …
Conference’s 2020 delegates appreciate honor to serve
Delegates elected to represent the Eastern PA Conference at the 2020 General Conference (May 5-15 in Minneapolis, Minn.) and the Northeast Jurisdictional (NEJ) Conference (July 13-17 in Hunt Valley, Md.) have expressed humble appreciation for that honor. Some also expressed, …
Wespath using financial clout for climate change
The agency that administers UMC pension and benefits programs is making progress toward improving the effects of church investments on the environment, but some believe changes are coming too slowly. Read more…
Stop giving advice to DV victims!
By Julie Owens* (From a July 19 Domestic Violence Facebook group post. Used with permission.) Do you give advice to domestic violence victims? This is unwise and dangerous. It’s a bad idea based on the belief that we know what’s best …
UMC bishops call for discipleship; urge end to white supremacy, xenophobia
August 6, 2019For Immediate Release In the aftermath of the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, Council of Bishops President Bishop Ken Carter is calling for United Methodists to help end white supremacy and xenophobia which he …
Latina pastor to lead Eastern PA’s Latino Ministries
The Rev. Lillian “Luky” Cotto is the Eastern PA Conference’s new part-time Latino Ministries Coordinator, effective August 1. She succeeds the Rev. Brunilda Martinez, who had served in that role since mid-2017. A longtime member of Eastern PA’s Latino Commission, …
Mass shootings prompt concerns, prayer, action
How is your church responding to the recent spate of mass shootings in the U.S.? If your congregation is taking some action, or if you have addressed these tragedies in your sermons, newsletters, websites or social media posts, we want …
The Rev. Edgar W. Donnon, Jr.
The Rev. Edgar W. Donnon, Jr., 73, of West Bradford, passed from this life July 29, 2019. As a fulltime local pastor, he served in the following appointments: Feltonville UMC 1982-1988; and Pomeroy UMC 1998-2007. He was a member of Hopewell UMC …
2019-20 Advance Specials
Conference Advance Specials is a missional stewardship program of second-mile giving by generous churches, groups and individuals to support primarily local ministries. Churches that want to give to support Conference Advance Specials should first fulfill their primary connectional stewardship commitments to …
Conference calendar to heat up in September
By John W. Coleman Download: Eastern PA Conference Events List, August to November 2019 When summer begins to cool down in September, the Eastern PA Conference calendar will heat up with potentially life- and church-changing special events that many leaders and …