A faith-based, grassroots coalition of advocates for justice and equality in New Jersey, honored Bishop John Schol as Moral Leader of the Year at its annual awards ceremony Dec. 15 in Ewing, N.J. Building One New Jersey is “devoted to the idea …
Rev. Robert C. Pike
We have received word of the death of the Rev. Robert C. Pike, Retired Elder, who passed away on December 15, 2022. He received his License to Preach in 1947, became a Deacon in 1951, and then an Elder in …
2023 Annual Conference Theme: Possibility
EPA’s 2023 Annual Conference will return to the newly renovated Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, PA, May 18-20. The in-person session will be held onsite only. We look forward to gathering for worship, business, and fellowship. Join us in May …
The Rev. Kenneth Dearstyne
We have received word of the death of The Rev. Kenneth Dearstyne, retired Elder, who passed away on December 9, 2022. Rev. Dearstyne served the following New York and Eastern PA Conference churches and Extension Ministries: Service Information:A celebration of …
Drop by drop: Employ random acts of appreciation
“I do not cease to give thanks for you…” (Ephesians 1:16a) A recent card I received in the U.S. mail warmed my heart in an unusual and lingering way. It was an expression of thanks for something I had done—in-and-of-itself, …
As attendance dips, churches change to stay relevant for a new wave of worshippers
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — It’s Sunday morning and a small group sits around a fire pit in a community garden under the limbs of an expansive box elder tree. Church is about to start. And it’s cold. “God our Father, we …
New EPA/GNJ joint communications team collaborates
The newly aligned EPA/GNJ Conference Communications Team is working together from EPA’s Conference Office and GNJ’s Mission Resource Center (MRC) on numerous shared tasks. Included are: EPA’s former newspaper, NEWSpirit, will return as a quarterly publication in 2023. The six …
EPA sends over 10,000 Christmas cards to prisoners
A heart-to-heart ministry Eastern PA Conference members and churches again reached out to incarcerated persons with caring messages of encouragement penned on signed Christmas cards. And again, we went the second mile by also donating unsigned cards that inmates can …
EPA’s hurricane recovery efforts in Puerto Rico continue
The Rev. Nicolas Camacho led his seventh mission team of Eastern PA volunteers to Puerto Rico Nov. 5-12 to help residents there recover from the widespread destruction caused by Hurricane Maria in 2018. The ramshackle, storm-damaged house they transformed into …
Mrs. Ginger S. Goudie
We have received word of the passing of Mrs. Ginger S. Goudie, who died November 28, 2022. She was the wife of Rev. James A. Goudie, Retired Elder. Rev. Goudie has served the following Eastern PA Conference churches: Her life …