The first academy is August 6-7, Friday evening and all-day Saturday, using Zoom video-conferencing. The second will be on October 1-2, when in-person classes will be hosted at several churches across the conference. Learn more…
Hanke looks back at UM Men tenure
This week, and every week, thousands of United Methodist men will reflect online and out loud on how well they are living out their faith. This ongoing communication with their peers will continue long after Gilbert C. Hanke retires as …
2021 Laity Session – Full Recording
Additional resources provided by Rev. Jacqueline King:
2021 Lay Leader’s Report
Dave Koch, Conference Lay Leader Presented at the 2021 Annual Conference – May 21, 2021. View the video. Download a PDF of the script. See the full 2021 Annual Conference playlist.
United Methodist Women Program Advisory Group Hold First Meeting of 2021-2024 Quadrennium
The 2021-2024 United Methodist Women Program Advisory Group gathered via Zoom for its first annual meeting March 11-13, 2021. This global gathering included Janet Mills representing the Eastern Pennsylvania conference. The group members met for orientation and preparing for their …
Seeking gun violence remedies, policing reforms
For the Rev. Myra Maxwell, a pastor in Philadelphia, the city’s escalation in shootings and murders hits hard and close to home. She has lost a family member and friends to violence.
The City of Brotherly Love recorded 499 homicides last year, a 40 percent increase from 2019 and the second most since 1960…
State of the Black Church
March 18, 2021 Co-sponsored by The Eastern PA and Peninsula-Delaware (Pen-Del) conferences, and The Eastern PA Urban Commission.
Policing in African-American Communities
April 22, 2021 Sponsored by the Eastern PA Conference Urban Commission’s Fight for Floyd and Beyond Initiative
Virtual Urban Summit 2021 – Event Recordings
Part 1 – April 24, 2021. Sponsored by the Eastern PA Conference Urban Commission. View the recording. Part 2 – May 1, 2021. Sponsored by the Eastern PA Conference Urban Commission. View the recording.
Virtual Urban Summit: Part 2 to happen in 2 parts Saturday
The Rev. Rudy Rasmus, co-pastor of St. John’s Downtown UMC in Houston, Texas, and the Rev. Rashawn Clark, pastor of New Spirit UMC in Atlanta, Ga., kicked off the Eastern PA Conference’s multi-session Virtual Urban Summit on Saturday morning, April 24. In Part 1, the two visionary, impactful pastors shared their experiences and insights in “Engaging Communities in Change” and “Doing Spiritually-Focused Urban Evangelism.”