EPA clergy of color invited to renewal retreat in June

Just weeks after an Annual Conference focused on the theme “Possibility,” Eastern PA clergy of color will get to explore their own possibilities of learning self-renewal and restoration through a joyful, guided process of spiritual and emotional nurture. And they …

Message from DS Foster

Good afternoon excellence Focused Pastors, I was recently informed by the General Board of Global Ministries that we will receive a missionary to work in our district to strengthen Latino/Hispanic ministries in our area. I’m asking that the churches that …

NOTICE: Scam Email Alert

East District, Please DO NOT reply to any email or click any link sent to you from us (the DS, DRA, conference staff, pastors etc.). If you are being asked to handle a matter discretely or confidentially on behalf of the Conference …

2022 East District Charge Conferences

Important Clergy Interview and Charge Conference Information The Ministries Financial Portal is now LIVE for Clergy Profile Reporting. Your login, as clergy, will take you directly to the Clergy Profile under Church Reports. Please view this recording for an introduction. https://youtu.be/vjPtg9zyIbQ  By …

Local Pastors Licensing School to begin in August

The Eastern PA Conference’s next Local Pastor Licensing School will begin August 19 and run eight weekends total until Oct. 8. That includes six weekends total of in-class modules, again offered fully online via Zoom video-conferencing, with a weekend off …

The Unfolding Story of a Methodist Church in Lansdale

On May 22, 2022, Lansdale First United Methodist Church, Lansdale PA, celebrated its 150th Anniversary with a special worship service.  It was followed by a brunch and a historical presentation by Pat Rieker, a researcher and trustee of the Lansdale Historical Society. The church was established in 1871 as the Methodist Episcopal Church of Lansdale, but the 150th Anniversary celebration was delayed a year because of the pandemic…