Haven-Peniel UMC in Philadelphia invites everyone to come learn about “the African American experience from then till now” during its “Black History Explosion” on Saturday, Feb. 24, 5 to 7 PM, followed by dinner.
Blest be a broken tie that binds
St. George’s UMC worships at St. Thomas African Episcopal Church The Rev. Mark Salvacion, the new pastor of Philadelphia’s Historic St. George’s UMC—and its first non-white pastor—preached at St. Thomas African Episcopal Church on Sunday, Feb. 11, observing the 200th …
Conference teams visit DRC, Puerto Rico to explore mission needs
A small, joint team of Eastern PA and Peninsula-Delaware Conference Cabinet members and church leaders arrived Wednesday night, Feb. 14, in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) capital city. About an hour away in Mpasa, they began a …
Immigrant Welcoming Communities in the Eastern PA Conference
Immigrant Welcoming Communities is an invitation to a journey into a reciprocal missional experience alongside and among immigrant communities. The journey is open to all that wish to develop deeper, incarnational relationships among immigrant communities and who wish to engage in both …
Eastern PA committed to ‘Helping Puerto Rico Rise Again’
With a new missional fundraising campaign underway to support Puerto Rico’s recovery from hurricane devastation, Eastern PA Conference leaders plan to tour Methodist churches and their communities there in February, bringing much-needed prayers and financial aid raised in our conference. …
Camps offer winter wonders, while preparing for summer
“He who marvels at the beauty of the world in summer will find equal cause for wonder and admiration in winter.” — John Burroughs We’re in that season now when our Camp & Retreat Centers may seem like they are …
Frigid trek to youth rally yields heart-warming inspiration
For many Eastern PA Conference youth and adults who braved ice and windswept snow en route to the 31st Peninsula-Delaware Conference Youth Rally, Jan. 5-7, the event’s guiding scripture verse, Hebrews 12:1, must have seemed most fitting—especially the part that …
Minutes of Connectional Table – 10/07/2017
Connectional Table Chairperson: Lawrence Lee Report submitted by: Jason Perkowski Email: jbperkowski@gmail.com Phone: (717) 333-9238 Date submitted: 01/20/2018 Recent Events & Activities Connectional Table met on 10 October 2017 under new leadership and to begin to discuss the new Conference …
2017 UMM Annual Meeting presentation
David Marks’ (UMM secretary) presented the following presentation–on the benefits of having UMM groups at local churches–at the 2017 UMM Annual Meeting: UMM Values, Challenges [PDF] UMM Values, Challenges [PPT]
Christmas card outreach to inmates grows
The Eastern PA Conference’s Christmas Cards to Inmates Project scored another record-breaking year in December 2017. Nearly 9,500 Christmas cards were, in the words of a popular song, “signed, sealed, delivered,” mostly to recipients in 11 of our region’s county and state correctional facilities.