View and read about the 27 clergy and lay Eastern PA Conference members nominated for General Conference 2020. We’ll vote on them at AC2019.
UMC on ‘wait and see’ mindset after church court upheld Traditional Plan on homosexuality: bishop
Left-leaning congregations and LGBT activists within the United Methodist Church are looking to next year’s General Conference in the hopes they can change the denomination’s stance on homosexuality. Despite failing to change the denomination’s official position against homosexuality and same-sex …
What did the Judicial Council decide?
Rather than rule on the 2019 UMC’s General Conference’s Traditional
Plan as a whole, the Judicial Council decided to rule instead on the
constitutionality of each of its petitions. Learn more…
Mrs. Alice Durbano
Mrs. Alice Durbano, spouse of The Rev. Vincent James Durbano, retired elder, passed away on April 25, 2019. The Rev. Vincent J. Durbano served the following EPAUMC churches: Marcus Hook: Cokesbury East Stroudsburg Friendship Trevose Linwood Heights Cokesbury-Linwood Blended Ministry …
Bishop’s Blog: Murder in the Heart
It seems that the world has gone crazy with a series of hate-related mass murders recently. In New Zealand, Muslims were killed while worshiping. Then there were bombings in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday…
UMC top court OKs part of Traditional Plan, church exit plan
The United Methodist Church Judicial Council, meeting April 23-26, ended churchwide suspense as it ruled on controversial legislation passed…
Sri Lanka Easter tragedy
Even as we celebrate the resurrection, we ask: how long, O Lord, how long must violence and terrorism continue to wreak havoc in your global communities.
Our deepest condolences go to the Sri Lankan community…
Children’s Ministry event to offer creative resourcing
One of the necessary gifts of effective children’s ministry is creativity; and the Eastern PA Conference Children’s Ministries Team is using that gift to plan a conference for peers who work with children in our churches. The “Rekindle the Flame” …
Don’t miss Youth Diversity Retreat May 3-5
Register for this conference retreat of fun, fascination and fellowship, offering young people a deep appreciation for the gift of diversity in our human family. At Gretna Glen.
Learn more…
Top court meets in aftermath of GC2019
The UMC’s Judicial Council will review this week, April 23-26, controversial legislation passed by the special General Conference 2019. Its rulings will be posted on its website. Read more…