Watch the recording. This workshop will show how the work of UM Volunteers in Mission (UMVIM) continues in these pandemic times, and why your participation is vital. Presenter: Re. Russell J. Atkinson is the Pastor of Drexel Hill UMC, having …
Camp & Retreat Centers foresee ‘a future with hope’
What a difference a year can make—especially this year, and especially for the four Eastern PA Conference’s Camp & Retreat Ministry (CRM) sites.
“Spring has sprung, and we are so excited,” writes Apryl Miller, Director of Gretna Glen Camp & Retreat Center in a recent newsletter. Despite the ongoing, debilitating pandemic, she and the other camp directors are hoping to spring forward…
“Vaccines, variants and the road ahead” webinar: Recording, PowerPoint slides now online
Monday’s “Vaccines, variants and the road ahead” webinar, led by clinical pharmacists Dr. Elsen Jacob and Dr. Susan Jacob, was richly informative, with clear, helpful remarks and answers to questions. The Zoom recording and PowerPoint slides used for their 90-minute …
Church needs VIMs to make floors safe for children
There is pent-up energy among the UM Volunteers In Mission community right now. Because of the pandemic, the possibility of an UMVIM journey abroad is zero. And even movement around the nation is not prudent. But opportunities are opening up within our conference boarders.
Church delivers meals for Easter
Although he had participated in meal deliveries to disadvantaged neighbors at Thanksgiving and Christmas, Dick Stiles of Grace UMC in Pen Argyl—located in the Slate Belt region near the Poconos—felt that outreach mission should extend to Easter also. In fact, the extended isolation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic made an Easter outreach even more imperative for him.
Vaccines, variants and the road ahead
Updated information with new details
Experts to teach Eastern PA about COVID-19 and vaccines
Three current vaccines offer promise for an eventual end to the current COVID-19 pandemic. But the road ahead still has deep potholes to navigate in the form of threatening variants that are growing in our region alongside the number of persons being vaccinated.
Easter Event at Telford: Grace UMC
Grace UMC in Telford held a socially distanced Easter Drive-Through Parade on Saturday, March 27, from 1 to 3 PM in our church lot. This colorful celebration event was free for all who attended. We handed out “He Is Risen” plastic bags …
Church to give new meaning to ‘home delivery’
Bethel Hill UMC partners with Help Build Hope
Founded in 1870, Bethel Hill UMC in Lansdale, Pa., the state’s second oldest Methodist church, may be 250 years old. But it can still find new ways to serve in mission, especially when a viral pandemic demands adaptability.
Church seeks partners to bring ‘Living Waters’ to places in need
Conshohocken UMC’s 80 members believe in the adage, “Through God, all things are possible.” In addition to serving in mission with local neighbors, “ConshyUnited” works with Living Waters for the World to share the gift of clean, sustainable water with community partners in Kenya, Cuba and soon, at the Karama Education Center located in Uganda.
Church members still fighting hunger from home for Lent
St. John’s Ivyland UMC is continuing its fight against hunger in a small but important mission project during this season of Lent. Members are wrapping plastic eating utensils at home to donate to the Trenton (N.J.) Area Soup Kitchen (TASK). …