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Join Celebrating our Cultures at Christmas
It’s been a tough year. But the Eastern PA Conference’s Celebrating our Cultures at Christmas, on Sunday, Dec. 13, from 3 to 5 PM, will bring music to our ears and smiles to our hearts. It’s our virtual celebration on …
New Connection for Health Ministries, Missions, and Social Action
The Global Ministries Team was just formed to combine the work of three conference committees: the Health and Healing Council, the Mission Committee, and the Church and Society Work Team. Why? Because there is a natural connection between health, missions, …
List of African American UM churches in the Eastern PA Conference
Some of these congregations may be predominantly African American or people of African descent. Mother African Zoar UMC, Philadelphia Tindley Temple UMC, Philadelphia Trinity UMC, Philadelphia Mount Zion UMC, Philadelphia Devereaux UMC, Philadelphia Haven Peniel UMC, Philadelphia Eastwick UMC, Philadelphia …
Phila. BMCR 2017-2018 Caucus Report
Phila. BMCR 2017-2018 Caucus Report — Submitted to NEJ BMCR, August 2018
Guidelines for working with Non-Latino Churches
Guidelines for working with Non-Latino Churches [PDF]
Navigating evangelism across a shifting cultural landscape
The Eastern PA Conference’s annual Faith-Sharing Seminar, Nov. 14, was presented like a well-designed, well-packed suitcase, ready for travel to unknown but potentially exciting locales. Perhaps rarely has so much knowledge-sharing insight from an acknowledged thought-leader been so neatly packed …
Fall 2020 LUMINA Newsletter
Fall 2020 Newsletter
Conference offers full calendar of learning events, and finally, a celebration
After the COVID-19 pandemic led to a mostly quiet summer with few events, the Eastern PA Conference calendar recovered and has bustled since September, creating an online university of sorts on Zoom. With a full curriculum of leadership courses, the …
Implicit Bias: What We Don’t Think We Think
We know many of you have downloaded and used the Implicit Bias Workbook. This popular resource is now available as a free, on-demand online course designed for you to take at your own pace. By taking an intentional look at …