In the United States, May is observed as Mental Health Awareness Month. This is a perfect time to talk about mental health/mental illness in your congregation! You might consider mentioning in the pastoral prayer that many of us face mental …
Grants go to fight COVID-19 in India
The United Methodist Committee on Relief will assist two partners in India to provide ventilators, hospital beds, money and more to help combat the dire COVID-19 crisis there.
“The COVID-19 pandemic continues to challenge the capacities of national and global health systems, as it has for more than a year… Read More
CONAM spotlights Missing, Murdered Women and Girls at powwow
The Eastern PA Conference Committee on Native American Ministries (CONAM) attended the 7th annual Pottstown Powwow, May 1-2, and hosted a display that featured the growing tragedy of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. Their colorful, much-visited display included posters, buttons, t-shirts and post cards for sale, and symbolic red dresses hanging from trees.
Seeking gun violence remedies, policing reforms
For the Rev. Myra Maxwell, a pastor in Philadelphia, the city’s escalation in shootings and murders hits hard and close to home. She has lost a family member and friends to violence.
The City of Brotherly Love recorded 499 homicides last year, a 40 percent increase from 2019 and the second most since 1960…
May 5: National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls
*Even with so much attention focused on Indian Country’s reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic, we cannot forget that May 5 is the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls (MMIWG). Social distancing and “shelter-in-place” guidelines may prevent in-person MMIWG …
State of the Black Church
March 18, 2021 Co-sponsored by The Eastern PA and Peninsula-Delaware (Pen-Del) conferences, and The Eastern PA Urban Commission.
Policing in African-American Communities
April 22, 2021 Sponsored by the Eastern PA Conference Urban Commission’s Fight for Floyd and Beyond Initiative
Virtual Urban Summit 2021 – Event Recordings
Part 1 – April 24, 2021. Sponsored by the Eastern PA Conference Urban Commission. View the recording. Part 2 – May 1, 2021. Sponsored by the Eastern PA Conference Urban Commission. View the recording.
Virtual Urban Summit: Part 2 to happen in 2 parts Saturday
The Rev. Rudy Rasmus, co-pastor of St. John’s Downtown UMC in Houston, Texas, and the Rev. Rashawn Clark, pastor of New Spirit UMC in Atlanta, Ga., kicked off the Eastern PA Conference’s multi-session Virtual Urban Summit on Saturday morning, April 24. In Part 1, the two visionary, impactful pastors shared their experiences and insights in “Engaging Communities in Change” and “Doing Spiritually-Focused Urban Evangelism.”
United Methodists react to Chauvin verdict
Bishop Peggy Johnson joined other UMs across the connection in responding to a jury’s guilty verdict –three counts of murder and manslaughter–given April 20 to former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for killing George Floyd. Learn more…