Bi-Vocational Pastors & Small Church Network to focus on church revitalization July 12 Church Revitalization for Small-Membership Churches will be the focus of the EPA Bi-Vocational Pastors and Small Church Network’s next meeting on Tuesday, July 12. The group’s usually …
Service of Recognition of DS Steve Morton
North District clergy and laity gathered at Grace-St.Paul UMC in Jim Thorpe on June 15th for evening worship and to celebrate Rev. Steven Morton as he leaves us as North District Superintendent on July 1. The District Superintendency Committee planned …
Gifts of Financial Support
The initial response to our Farewell Offering in thanksgiving for the service of our District Superintendent over the past four years has gone amazingly well: more than $5,000.00 received during the event at Jim Thorpe: Grace-St Paul on June 15, plus checks received in the North District office in Valley Forge.
South District 2022 Clergy Interviews & Charge Conferences
* * * * 2022 CLERGY INTERVIEWS * * * * South District Clergy Interviews began on June 15 and will continue until August 25. Like last year, the interviews are individual, require 45 minutes, and are on Zoom. However, …
United Methodists react to end of Roe v. Wade
United Methodists with varied views on the abortion issue were alternately stunned and satisfied after word came down from the Supreme Court that Roe v. Wade would no longer be the law of the land.
Message from Bishop Schol, United Methodists and Abortion
For now, we see in a mirror, dimly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known. And now faith, hope, and love abide, …
Rental Unit Needs for Survivors of Hurricane Ida in Montgomery County
$1,000 signing bonus available for landlords who sign a one-year lease with disaster survivors with these identified and vetted needs. Courtesy of Southeast PA Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (SEPA VOAD) member organizations Lutheran Disaster Response – Eastern PA & …
Death Notice: Rev. William W. Spiegelhalder
We have received word of the death of the Rev. William W. Spiegelhalder, Retired Elder, who died at the age of 101 on June 24, 2022. He began as a Deacon in 1944, became an Elder in Full Connection in …
Help Is On the Way!
Everywhere I drive my car these days—and I drive a lot!— I encounter potholes in the road—huge, crater-like, car-swallowing potholes. And nobody seems to be doing anything about it. There’s a stretch of road about four miles long which runs …