Urban Commission grants help fund diverse outreach ministries

The Eastern PA Conference Urban Commission awarded $30,000 in urban ministry grants to eight churches and three church/community alliances at the end of 2020. Their diverse ministries include provision of free food, temporary shelter, outreach to youth and young adults, …

Seminary to offer webinar, What’s Next in Digital Worship?

New Brunswick Theological Seminary in New Jersey will host a free, day-long webinar March 6, 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM, titled What’s Next in Digital Worship? Training for Both Online and Hybrid Worship Experiences in Preaching, Liturgy, Music, and Technological Integration. Digital preaching, worship and liturgy, music, …

Church teaches Lent is for caring, sharing

The Christian Education ministries at Fritz UMC Bethlehemisobserving Lent in special ways, including these activities among our children and youth: Lenten Care Packages have been sent home to families, complete with snap pea seeds, soil, newspaper, the Lord’s Prayer broken into 6 graphics, and …

A Charter for Racial Justice

A Charter for Racial Justice Policies in an Interdependent Global Community From The Book of Resolutions of the UMC— 2016. You can view and learn more about the charter on the UMW website: www.unitedmethodistwomen.org/racialjusticecharter

A national focus in February on teen dating violence

President Joseph Biden has continued a recent, annual tradition with a White House Proclamation that observes February 2021 as National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month. Announced Feb. 3, the proclamation reads in part: This February, during National Teen …

CE youth ministry workshop on Zoom, Feb. 24

Longtime youth ministry leader Christian Endeavor (CE) will host its Intentional NextGen Discipleship Workshop on Zoom on Wednesday, Feb. 24, and it invites Eastern PA Conference youth leaders and ministers to attend. The 90-minute session begins at 12 PM.  Dave Coryell, an ordained Deacon, is …

Denman Evangelism Award Nominations due by March 5

Eastern PA Conference, The United Methodist ChurchCongregational Development Team (CDT) Evangelism in the midst of COVID… Psalm 89:37 reminds us of the faitful witnessing of the moon, the most visibly celestial reflector of light God created. The church is the …

CDT Book Club to explore Caste for Lent

On the heels of Gil Rendle’s Quietly Courageous (Jan. 13 to Feb 3), the Congregational Development Team (CDT) Book Club will next launch into the Lenten season with a study of a new, highly touted, instant classic.  Caste: The Origins …