Racial Ethnic Local Church grants available this fall

Grants up to $10,000 will be available this fall from Discipleship Ministries to strengthen leadership training, small groups, worship, stewardship and spiritual formation in racial-ethnic local United Methodist churches. The application deadline for Racial Ethnic Local Church Concerns (RELCC) grants is …

District team shares donated masks, sanitizer with communities

As the COVID-10 pandemic rages, the use of protective masks and hand sanitizer has become more crucial and widespread. The Rev. Myra Maxwell, East District Disaster Response Coordinator, and her team have been collecting and distributing both to disadvantaged communities …

New East District Supt. seeks excellence, starting with himself

“Excellence-Focused.” That core value is what drives the Eastern PA Conference’s new East District Superintendent and it is how he wants to see his district’s leaders and churches operating in ministry. “Long before I started serving God through The United …

New district staffing changes announced

The Eastern PA Conferences’ four districts will share two full-time District Resource Assistants (DRAs), plus additional part-time staff, as of September 1. The cost-saving, efficiency move follows the departure August 31 of Michael Yancey as East DRA and North DRA …

District Devotional: “Wise Up”

Greetings East District Clay (Clergy & Laity), Below is a District Devotional that can be shared with your leadership or small group ministries. The Devotional is adapted from “Dare2B Wise” by Joe White and Kelli Stuart. “Wise Up” Read Together: “The …