Using AI in ministry the right way

In today’s digitally driven world, artificial intelligence (AI) has become a powerful tool that can significantly impact your church’s communication and ministry efforts. As church leaders and pastors, you are uniquely positioned to explore the ethical use of AI, understanding …

Breakthrough’s new website is here to help revitalize worship

It’s here! We’ve just launched the new colorful, easy-to-use website for our Breakthrough worship resource for United Methodists of Eastern PA and Greater NJ. Check it out at Breakthrough Worship Resources (breakthroughseries.org). The new site provides easy access to Breakthrough’s free, time-saving, creative …

Olu Brown talks leadership in new podcast episode

In this week’s episode of the Uncovered Dish Christian Leadership Podcast, hosts Gabby Corbett and James Lee chat with the Rev. Olu Brown, an inspiring innovator who founded and led the phenomenal, fast-growing Impact Church (UMC) in Atlanta, Georgia, for 14 years. …

Uncovered Dish podcast serves up healthy wisdom

The resurgent Uncovered Dish Christian Leadership Podcast, produced by the Greater New Jersey Conference every Wednesday, offers a diverse weekly menu of informed, insightful conversations that can feed healthy wisdom to inquiring minds, bodies and souls. Our first episode explores …

EPA&GNJ welcomes new Communications Administrator

We welcome Joshua Watkins (“JW”) to the EPA&GNJ Communications Team as our new Communications Administrator. He has served as a temporary worker for us since February 2022, supporting our database and communications efforts. JW has labored reliably behind the scenes …

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 …

Conference Office moving to new phones, email domain

 If you’ve called your EPA Conference Office recently you may have noticed improved phone service. In January we moved to a better, more stable, more functional phone system with VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) technology. Our extensions are based on names …

NEWSpirit newspaper’s Spring 2022 issue is published

Read the new issue on our website and please share it with others. Check out these new articles and more: Project Restoration underway; seeks volunteers for disaster recovery efforts  Prayers and provisions: EPA churches offer local support to war-torn Ukraine …

Communications Learning Week to advance church leaders’ skills

United Methodist Communication (UMCom) announces a week-long ecumenical training opportunity launching this spring for anyone in ministry seeking to enhance their communications skills.  Communications Learning Week: Taking the Next Step will be held May 9-13, and it is designed with busy …