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The Eastern PA Conference Urban Commission’s Fight for Floyd and Beyond Initiative will sponsor a webinar on African Americans and Policing: Developing Healthy Police and Community Relationships on Thursday, April 22, 6:30 to 8:30 PM on Zoom.
Dismantling Racism. The term, growing in use, conveys an apt understanding that this social scourge is large, systemic and complex, with many parts—and that it must be taken apart or demolished from different angles. That is how the Eastern PA Conference is approaching the stubborn sin of racism.
Monday’s “Vaccines, variants and the road ahead” webinar, led by clinical pharmacists Dr. Elsen Jacob and Dr. Susan Jacob, was richly informative, with clear, helpful remarks and answers to questions. The Zoom recording and PowerPoint slides used for their 90-minute …
The Spring 2021 issue of NEWSpirit Newspaper is online now with lots of important news:
2021-01 CRSP 2021-02 Increasing PSR 2021-03 Housing Allowance 2021-04 Advance Specials 2021-05 Discontinue First UMC of Perkasie 2021-06 Distribution of 2553 Funds 2021-07 Discontinue Asbury UMC of Norristown 2021-08 Equitable Compensation for 2022
We have received word of the death of The Rev. Theodore W. Loder, retired elder. He died on April 1, 2021. He served in the Eastern PA Conference at Philadelphia: Germantown: First UMC from 1962 to 2000. Expressions of sympathy may …
There is pent-up energy among the UM Volunteers In Mission community right now. Because of the pandemic, the possibility of an UMVIM journey abroad is zero. And even movement around the nation is not prudent. But opportunities are opening up within our conference boarders.
Although he had participated in meal deliveries to disadvantaged neighbors at Thanksgiving and Christmas, Dick Stiles of Grace UMC in Pen Argyl—located in the Slate Belt region near the Poconos—felt that outreach mission should extend to Easter also. In fact, the extended isolation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic made an Easter outreach even more imperative for him.
UM churches across the U.S. can receive grants of up to $2000 to help refugees and migrants living in their communities, thanks to a new grant program from the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR). The “Mustard Seed Migration Grants” continue the agency’s 80-year tradition of helping refugees, immigrants and migrants seeking to build a new life.
We have received word of the death of Mrs. LaRue D. Spencer, surviving spouse of Rev. Denton L. Spencer, retired elder. Mrs. Spencer died on April 1, 2021. Her funeral service was held on April 6, 2021. The Rev. Denton L. Spencer served the following …
