Urban Commission Urban Alliance / Urban Church Initiative Grant Application The Urban Commission of the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference will award grants to assist in funding Urban Alliances or Urban Church Initiatives. The Urban Commission hopes to offer grants twice a …
Ministry grants available, with approaching deadlines
A number of Eastern PA Conference grants are available to support ministry, and application deadlines are fast-approaching for several of them. Dewees Grants applications due Sept. 1 Dewees Grants are available to support EPA’s mission to grow vital congregations. Grants …
IRS Mileage Rate for 2023
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today issued the 2023 optional standard mileage rates used to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, charitable, medical or moving purposes. Beginning on January 1, 2023, the standard mileage rates …
Eastern Pennsylvania Conference Scholarships for undergraduate college students
Print an application. The Eastern Pennsylvania Conference awards scholarships annually to United Methodist undergraduate college and university students who have been members of an Eastern PA Conference church for at least two years. Scholarships are funded by annual conference offerings …
3 Annual Conference offerings, 3 ways to give
The 2022 Annual Conference, May 20-21, will again receive offerings to provide crucial support to conference youth and young adult ministries and scholarships for higher education—both undergraduate and seminary. While the Annual Conference will take place online for a third …
Grants to help defray higher education costs: Students should apply April 25 to May 9
On April 25 the Education Society of the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference of the United Methodist Church will start accepting applications for grants to assist worthy individuals with defraying the cost of higher education for the 2022-2023 school year. That date …
More EPA churches respond to crisis in Ukraine
With increasing daily reports of Russia’s horrific war on Ukraine—the destruction of cities and the tragic loss and uprooting of lives—United Methodists are finding ways to respond with their support. Many are donating much-needed funds through UMCOR (United Methodist Committee …
Church Statistical Reports (EZRA) due Feb. 28, 2022
The mailings for the Statistical Reports were processed and mailed om Wednesday, Dec. 22. Churches should be able to enter their 2021 data starting Thursday, Dec. 23. The website is the same: ezra.gcfa.org. Login user name: the church’s six-digit GCFA number The initial …
Narberth UMC Legacy Ministry Action Grants
2021-2024 Action Grants The Narberth Legacy Ministry Action Fund is a Permanent Endowment Fund administered by the Mid-Atlantic United Methodist Foundation on behalf of the Eastern PA Conference. It was established from the 2014 discontinuation of Narberth (PA) UMC, as …
Churches to enjoy Connectional Ministries Fund ‘holiday’
Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s Day. These are our three, ordinary, end-of-the-year holidays. But the Eastern PA Conference is offering its churches an extraordinary “holiday” as this year ends—one that’s all about thanks and about giving. In fact, it’s more than just a …