As we support EPAUMC’s efforts toward Dismantling Racism, we can learn more about Native American heritage, culture, concerns and faith expressions–especially on Native American Ministries Sunday, May 1, and beyond. View EPA’s Committee on Native American Ministry” (CONAM) 2022 Tools …
Restored Language = Restored Culture = Healing
Watch a fascinating presentation on how an American Indian people are trying to rescue and preserve their native language. Halay Turning Heart, a formally-trained tribal language preservationist for the Yuchi people, spoke with the EPAUMC Committee on Native American Ministries …
UMCOR collaborates to relieve Ukrainians’ suffering
The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), a Texas-based humanitarian organization focused on Ukraine and Ohio Health are collaborating to send 47,895 pounds of medical supplies and equipment worth $935,000.00 to three hospitals in Kyiv, Ukraine. AEC Parcel Services is handling transport of the supplies, which are being sent in three shipments…
Bakers report on their return tour of Congo mission sites
Donna and Jonathan Baker recently returned from “an inspiring and exciting journey” to Central Congo. There they reconnected with many friends while visiting and assessing many projects of the Congo Partnership that they helped create and support during their time …
Project Restoration underway; seeks volunteers for disaster recovery efforts
Project Restoration is fully staffed and doing needs assessments, building strategic partnerships, finding resources and recruiting volunteers to help residents recover from the severe damages—physical, financial and emotional—wreaked by floods caused by recent hurricanes. The three staff members—Denise Shelton, director; …
EPA leaders learning ‘3R’s’ of dismantling racism
Dismantling Racism may start with learning a new form of “the 3Rs”: Relationships, Recognition and Revelation. Relating openly and lovingly to others who are different—especially cross-racially or cross-culturally—can lead to honest recognition of what one doesn’t know and then to …
Merged churches inspire hope through mission center
“Hope Starts Here,” penned in colorful letters, is a small sign on the door of a big room where food is prepared at Mission First, a ministry located at the former First United Methodist Church in downtown Pottstown. And that …
As JFON’s immigration cases grow, so does its need for help
Justice for Our Neighbors of the Delaware Valley (JFON-DV) has been operating immigration legal clinics for 13 months in three states, handling a growing docket of cases, as it looks for volunteers, especially language interpreters. The Eastern PA regional office moved …
Black and Brown Youth Retreat to build cross-cultural bridges
The EPAUMC Black and Brown Youth Retreat, April 1-3, an unprecedented spring gathering of 55 Black and Latino/Latinx young people at Gretna Glen Camp & Retreat Center in Lebanon, is designed to plant fertile seeds of relationship and revival. The …
Laity Session to nominate next Lay Leader, April 2
The Eastern PA Conference Laity Session will nominate a new Conference Lay Leader when it convenes online, via Zoom, on Saturday, April 2, at 10 AM. David Koch (right), Conference Lay Leader for eight years, since 2014, will open the …