Thirty-two Eastern PA Conference churches will send over 500 youth, from 6th to 12th grade, and adults to the 2016 Peninsula-Delaware Conference Youth Rally this weekend, Jan. 8-10, at the Roland Powell Convention Center in Ocean City, Md. Nearly 5,000 …
Ferguson, Mo., pastor to lead FUMCOG racial dialogue
First UMC of Germantown (FUMCOG) in Philadelphia will host an important racial dialogue Jan. 16, the day after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. The event will feature a United Methodist pastor who led efforts to foster peace in …
Virginia bishop to inspire clergy at Lenten Day Apart
Bishop Young Jin Cho moved in 2012 from being the pastor of the largest worshiping congregation in the Virginia Conference, which has one of the largest conference memberships in The United Methodist Church, to eventually becoming bishop of that conference …
‘I was in prison and you visited me.’
Cabinet emulates Matthew 25:36 The terrible human cost of high incarceration rates–among the highest in the world–became a critical concern in 2015 for U.S. politicians, the media and other social critics, even prompting an historic first-time visit to a prison …
Clergywomen retreat for soul-care
Hosting the Eastern PA Conference’s Women in Professional Ministry (WiPM) for its annual “Advent Morning Apart” Dec. 9, Bishop Peggy Johnson closed with a devotion about Christmas and culture, and gave everyone a Polish Christmas Oplatki wafer. The gift, a …
‘Open wide your hearts!’
Called to welcome suffering sojourners
This Friday, Dec. 18, many people will recognize International Migrants Day. And on Thursday, Dec. 10, many observed International Human Rights Day. These observances, although barely known to most, are significant and timely in light of the refugee and migrant crises happening right …
YES Youth Retreat, Vocational Intern Program
Dear Pastors and Youth Pastors, As Christmas approaches fast, I wanted to take time to remind you of two great opportunities available through the Eastern PA Conference and the Board of Ordained Ministry. [box align=”left”] Registration is now open for …
Preventing Church Emergencies during Advent and Christmas
By the Rev Greg Ellis (gellis@epaumc.org) Coordinator of Disaster Preparedness & Response Ministry and Coordinator of UM Volunteers in Ministry Eastern PA Conference, The United Methodist Church Phone: 484 350 5965 (cell) The Conference Disaster Preparedness and Response Committee does …
UMW Report, 2015 Annual Conference
2015 UMW Presentation and UMW Report Script
Camp & Retreat Centers welcome winter’s wisdom
“How many lessons of faith and beauty we should lose,” wrote Thomas Wentworth Higginson in 1861, “if there were no winter in our year!” Our year-round camp and retreat centers are getting a head start on the big chill, welcoming …