“How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!” – Romans 10:15b Together, as siblings in Christ, we have made an amazing commitment—to build a world where every pastor in Tanzania receives a living wage. When you …
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Next Sunday, our Philadelphia Eagles will face off against the Kansas City Chiefs on the football field—a rematch of sorts, after a disappointing loss in 2023. We, the United Methodists in EPA & GNJ, must face a rematch of our …
Camp’s suburban farm feeds urban families
The Carson Simpson Farm Christian Center is located in suburban Hatboro, PA. Since he arrived as its director in 2020, Jonathan Curtis always wondered about that odd name because it didn’t have a farm. Well, now it does…albeit a small …
Project Restoration, local church host visiting disaster response teams
Thelma Bruton has lived in her family’s modest, two-story brick home in Darby, Pa., for over seven decades, since she was a year old. But for over three years she slept downstairs, away from the hole that Hurricane Isaias ripped …
Congo Partnership mission leader Dr. Yamba Yamba available to visit EPA
Susie Keefer, of the Bishop Peter D. Weaver Congo Partnership, reports that Dr. Adolphe Yamba Yamba, Partnership Mission Coordinator in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), will visit supportive Delaware churches April 29 to May 9. The Eastern PA and …
A Holy Week delivery of Undies for Easter
Remember those who are in prison, as though you were in prison with them. Remember those who are suffering, as though you were suffering as they are. Hebrews 13:3 (Good News Version) The Philadelphia Prison Complex received a special delivery …
Tanzania missionaries share gospel of faith in action
“And I will show you my faith by my works.“ (James 2:18b) The Rev. Mutwale wa Mushidi and Kabaka Alphonsine, United Methodist Global Ministries missionaries in Tanzania, have shared an inspiring gospel of faith in action in their visits over the …
EPA&GNJ staff work together on Undies for Easter campaign
“Can you imagine a life with only one pair of underwear?” This poignant question, posed by the Rev. Marilyn Schneider of the Eastern PA Conference Prison Ministries & Restorative Justice Team, underscores the circumstances faced by incarcerated individuals in Philadelphia. …
Tanzania missionaries to visit GNJ, EPA from mid-February to March
The Rev. Mutwale wa Mushidi and Kabaka Alphonsine, longtime Global Ministries missionaries in Tanzania, will visit and fellowship with United Methodists in both the Greater New Jersey and Eastern PA conferences from February 17 to March 6. They will visit …
2024 Advance Special project applications due Jan. 4
The EPA Conference Global Ministries Team announces Jan. 4 as the application deadline for churches and other entities to request mission funding from EPA churches through the Advance Specials program. Advance Specials are local projects in EPA approved annually by …