June 6, 2021 View the recording.
Conference hires Brawner to lead Youth and Young Adult Ministries
The Eastern PA Conference has hired the Rev. William Brawner as its new Coordinator of Youth and Young Adult Ministries, effective July 1, 2021. The coordinator works with the Conference Council on Youth Ministries (CCYM) and with youth and young adult ministry …
Conference launches Dismantling Racism Facebook group
The Eastern PA Conference Commission on Religion & Race (CORR) has launched a timely new Facebook Group page aptly titled Dismantling Racism. It’s timely because it launches on the day that the U.S. Congress and President Joe Biden joyfully approved Juneteenth, June 19, also …
Conference to offer two Laity Academies in 2021
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.