November is National Native American Heritage Month, a great time to learn about Indigenous culture, history and concerns. Members of Eastern PA’s Committee on Native American Ministries (CoNAM) learned a lot at 182-yea-old St. John UMC in Bridgeton, NJ, when …

A Transformed Church Parsonage Becomes Home to Ukrainian Refugees
“This grew from being just a project to becoming a home.” That’s how Eddystone United Methodist Church describes its journey—an inspiring labor of love—that converted its once dilapidated, abandoned parsonage into a comfortable new home for refugees who journeyed there …

View “Home from School: The Children of Carlisle” in November
EPA CoNAM offers free online viewing of this compelling documentary. Contact vmcolliver@gmail.com to get access. November is National Native American Heritage Month, a great time to use and share resources for learning about Native American and Indigenous culture and history. …

Breakthrough creative worship resources impact churches near and far
Breakthrough, the increasingly popular worship resource, is breaking through our over-reliance on ordinary worship themes and patterns, as many churches now enjoy its extraordinary approaches to preaching, teaching, learning and celebrating our faith. The easy-to-use, time-saving worship resources include liturgies, sermon …

Missionaries from Tanzania visit EPA conference, churches
The Rev. Umba and Ngoy Kalangwa, a missionary couple from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) serving in Tanzania, visited the Eastern PA Conference in mid-October to worship, fellowship and share inspiring information about their mission work. Deaconess Barbara Drake …

CoNAM promotes “Home from School” documentary
Eastern PA’ s Committee on Native American Ministries (CoNAM) invites members to view the Home from School documentary about U. S. Indian Boarding Schools that it showed at a recent gathering. CoNAM leased rights to enable church groups to show …

Church packs 10,000+ meals to donate in 1 special day
Members of Cedarville United Methodist Church in Pottstown (North Coventry) celebrated the church’s 150th anniversary in “Mission First” style, by packing 10,800 high-nutrition meals up in a single day to help feed children and families in need around the world. …

Domestic Violence seminar to introduce Triumph Over Trauma
Churches can help foster healing through peer groups October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. And Triumph Over Trauma is a support-group remedy that is helping survivors of domestic violence and sexual abuse find healing for their bodies, minds and …

Reentry simulation offers bitter taste of released prisoners’ frustration
The Lancaster County Reentry Coalition invite all to experience a reentry simulation event on Friday, November 3, from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., at the IU13 Conference Center, 1020 New Holland Ave, Lancaster. Participants will experience what it is like …

Reclaim, Revive, Renew: Korean United Methodists meet in Chicago
Chicago, IL – Nestled between the historic walls of the First Korean UMC of Chicago and the modern facilities of the Crowne Plaza Chicago Northbrook, the power of unity and a shared vision echoed. Approximately 300 Korean American United Methodist …