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 …
Learn about Multi-Site/Satellite Model for churches
‘We’re stronger together’ The Eastern PA Conference Congregational Development Team will welcome the Rev. Mike Slaughter, pastor emeritus and global church ambassador for Ginghamsburg Church in Tipp City, Ohio, to discuss “The Multi-Site/Satellite Model for Churches” on Thursday, Jan. 21, …
True Justice: Bryan Stevenson’s Fight for Equality
True Justice: A powerful film in which Bryan Stevenson shows how we will need to deal with our past in order to ensure we can provide equal justice for all in the present. A tremendous resource for education and group discussion. Click …
Leadership and Service Interest Form
The Eastern PA Conference Committee on Leadership and Service Interest Form as part of its process for identifying capable, gifted persons to lead and serve in various important areas of conference-wide ministry. Responses will help the committee recommend future members and leaders …
Pursuing racial justice in a ‘Fight for Floyd and Beyond’
2nd meeting reveals progress but much work to be done By John W. Coleman In Round 2 of the Eastern PA Conference’s Fight for Floyd campaign, at a Oct. 29 follow-up to the initial June 1 meeting, three action committees …
Study Resource: “Hidden in Plain Sight: A Call to End Domestic Violence”
Violence against women and girls is a sin. It goes against God’s design and plan for us. And yet, one in three women experiences sexual or gender-based violence. Why is that? And what does it say about our theology that so …
COVID-19 Resources for Disability Ministry
The DisAbility Ministries Committee of the UMC has developed resources to help congregations be inclusive of people with disabilities as they switch to meeting online and doing things differently. These were linked in our most recent newsletter. Deaconess Lynn Swedberg, …
UM Committee on Deaf and Hard of Hearing Ministries – August 2019 Newsletter
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Honduras, Nicaragua devastated by two hurricanes
Honduras and Nicaragua are getting a double dose of disaster with two back to back hurricanes tearing through the two Central American nations, causing destruction, many deaths and massive evacuations. Iota, became a Category 5 hurricane and the 13th of …