By the Rev. Greg Ellis Recent flooding, fires and storms in numerous areas of the U.S. have nearly depleted the UM Committee on Relief’s supply of clean-up kits (i.e., cleaning buckets or flood buckets). Help is desperately needed to replenish …
Supporting higher learning with higher purpose
Please give on Campus Ministry Sunday By John W. Coleman Millersville University, Lebanon Valley College, Albright College and Drexel University. Campus ministers at these four institutions of higher learning are helping students also find a higher purpose by offering worship, …
Summer camps offer ‘God’s Love without Boundaries’
The adventure of Summer Camp ends in early August at the Eastern PA Conference’s four bustling Camp & Retreat Centers. But what an awesome, animated, action-packed adventure it has been for hundreds of blessed young campers, as well as counselors, …
Help flood victims now through prayerful restraint
By the Rev. Greg Ellis Eastern PA Conference Disaster Ministry Coordinator We all want to be helping our beleaguered brothers and sisters in West Virginia…and Texas…and Oklahoma. And the list goes on… Turn on the news and you see devastation …
LUMINA needs Camper Care Sponsors
LUMINA, a cooperative mission project of the Eastern PA Conference serving the Southwest District, is searching for Camper Care Sponsors for to help 32 deserving children and youth attend go to Gretna Glen’s Christian Camp in July. The 32 earned what is …
Simulation opens district members’ eyes, hearts to poverty
Of the more than 100 people who filled the bustling fellowship hall of Grace UMC in Pen Argyl on Saturday, March 12, many were rushing about with nervous tension, getting into long lines, becoming frustrated, trying to be served, trying …
Donations sought for storm-damaged Congo mission
Central Congo Area Bishop David K. Yemba recently reported destruction caused by heavy rains and strong winds to Diengenga, where United Methodists have created a clinic, a trade school and a farm, all lifesaving, cooperative mission enterprises. “The disaster is …
Camp & Retreat Centers are ministry in motion
Our four conference-owned Camp & Retreat Centers are accepting registrations for Summer Camp 2016, as well as applications for staff and volunteers. The 2016 Summer Camp theme is God’s Love without Boundaries. Children, youth and families who sign up can …
Preparedness Information for Winter Storm Jonas
It looks like winter has finally arrived. While winter sports enthusiasts are saying “finally!” many of us are saying “aw shucks!” In either case, personal preparedness is important. This storm may drop between 2 inches and 2 feet of snow …
Mission of Peace returns Eastern PA youth ‘home’ to China
Mei-Ling Blackstone, 16, of Macungie, Pa., returns this weekend from visiting nearly three weeks in her native land of China, where she joined other youth from around the Northeastern Jurisdiction (NEJ) on a Mission of Peace (MOP). When she shares …