Certified Lay Minister Program Class of 2023 Certification 2024 Introduction Orientation Sessions for Admission April 1, 2023: session dates, times, and locations in 2022. Contact Judy to register your attendance preference, attendance at one introduction-orientation session is required for program …
Urban Alliance / Urban Church Initiative Grant Application
Urban Commission Urban Alliance / Urban Church Initiative Grant Application The Urban Commission of the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference will award grants to assist in funding Urban Alliances or Urban Church Initiatives. The Urban Commission hopes to offer grants twice a …
Advent planning workshop for children, family ministries, Oct. 3 via Zoom
Elizabeth Christie, education director at Fritz UMC in Bethlehem, will offer EPA churches a free, interactive Advent planning workshop for children’s and family ministries on Monday, Oct. 3, from 7 to 8:30 PM on Zoom. Register to attend this helpful online event. See and share the event flyer.
Church caters to brain differences
WEST FARGO, N.D. — Flame of Faith United Methodist Church, spurred by a member who is a psychology professor, has made strides helping children and adults with attention deficit disorder and autism be more comfortable in church. The church has …
8 ways to nurture faith in young children
It’s never too early to begin sharing faith practices with our children. “Helping kids to know God’s love and to know that God loves them is a really foundational concept that little ones, even from diapers, can be taught,” says one …
Brawner to leave EPA staff
The Rev. William Brawner, Coordinator of the EPA Conference’s Youth & Young Adult Ministries and Coordinator of the EPA’s Open Door Campus Ministry (Wesley Foundation) at Drexel University, will leave the Conference Connectional Ministries staff Sept. 15.
Pathways initiative prepares for September launch
The Eastern PA Conference’s new Pathways to Congregational Fruitfulness & Health initiative has its crew and initial passengers all aboard, as it prepares to taxi down the runway for a September takeoff. Eighteen chosen facilitators have received an orientation to begin …
Wholeness Centers to spur BIPOC church-community ministry partnerships
The Eastern PA Conference is placing a new milestone on its justice-centered Dismantling Racism: Path Toward Wholeness initiative with the launch of its Wholeness Centers program this month. Wholeness Centers are intentional church-based partnerships with local residents and groups in …
From a nudge, Leap of Faith praise band takes flight
“Right before the beginning of Covid shutdowns a small group of young adults who love music were nudged to begin a praise band.” That’s how the Rev. Jean Howe, former pastor of Grace UMC in Reading, began her email message …
Musicians partner with camp, church to spread gospel in verse
Ripe Creatives, a collective of young, dynamic, Christian poets, singers and rappers, has been delighting and discipling campers and staff at EPA’s Carson Simpson Farm Christian Center in Hatboro this summer. And they will bring their message-rich music—sung and spoken—to …