When the Eastern PA Annual Conference returns to meeting in-person at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks May 18-20, it will also recapture the spirit and tradition of onsite, collective engagement in mission. But to do that requires that …
UMCOR increases EPA’s disaster recovery funds and wisdom
As the EPA Conference increases its support to survivors of devastating storms spawned by Hurricanes Ida in 2021 and Isaias in 2020, the UMC’s disaster relief agency is increasing its support of our ongoing efforts. UMCOR (the UM Committee on …
EPA’s hurricane recovery efforts in Puerto Rico continue
The Rev. Nicolas Camacho led his seventh mission team of Eastern PA volunteers to Puerto Rico Nov. 5-12 to help residents there recover from the widespread destruction caused by Hurricane Maria in 2018. The ramshackle, storm-damaged house they transformed into …
Project Restoration Youth Day of Service a success; 3 more to come
While off from school, about 15 youth from three South District churches came to Otterbein UMC in Mont Clare on Monday, Sept 26, to help the church recover from 2021’s Hurricane Ida flood damage. It was the first of four …
Phone volunteers needed to aid Hurricane Ian survivors
The EPA Conference’s Project Restoration disaster recovery service is offering an easy way for people to help survivors of Hurricane Ian, which devastated communities in Florida last week. All you need are a telephone, a computer, some free time during …
Disaster Response leader urges prayers, patience in response to Ian
The Eastern PA Conference’s Disaster Response Coordinator asks for prayers but also patience as Hurricane Ian wreaks havoc and extensive damage in Florida and heads north on course to attack other states–including South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia. “Please keep …
Prayers, support urged for Puerto Rico’s Fiona victims
UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief) is calling for prayers and donations to support its disaster relief efforts, as we wait to learn the full severity of Hurricane Fiona’s destruction in Puerto Rico. The storm, a Category 1 hurricane when …
Hurricane Ida recovery, one year later
This weekend marks one year since Hurricane Ida unleashed its devastating winds and floods on Pennsylvania—from August 31 to Sept. 5. Just over a year earlier, August 4-5, 2020, it was Hurricane Isaias. Now the Eastern PA Conference’s Project Restoration …
Project Restoration to host 4 CCYM Youth Days of Service
The EPA Conference Council on Youth Ministry (CCYM) will sponsor four Youth Days of Service in each of our four districts this fall, engaging youth in volunteer disaster recovery work with EPA’s Project Restoration…
Rental Unit Needs for Survivors of Hurricane Ida in Montgomery County
$1,000 signing bonus available for landlords who sign a one-year lease with disaster survivors with these identified and vetted needs. Courtesy of Southeast PA Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (SEPA VOAD) member organizations Lutheran Disaster Response – Eastern PA & …