Communications Resource TeamChairperson: Rev. John Bletsch Report submitted by: John ColemanEmail: jcoleman@epaumc.orgPhone: (443) 745-5654Date submitted: 02/13/2021 Files
Quadrennial Report of The General Commission on the Status and Role of Women, General Conference 2020
View this report on the General Commission of the Statas and Role of Women (GCSRW) website. “In Christ’s family there can be no division into Jew and non-Jew, slave and free, male and female. Among us you are all equal.” Galatians …
A national focus in February on teen dating violence
President Joseph Biden has continued a recent, annual tradition with a White House Proclamation that observes February 2021 as National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month. Announced Feb. 3, the proclamation reads in part: This February, during National Teen …
Global Ministries Team Update: Annual Report – 02/11/2021
Global Ministries TeamChairperson: Barbara Drake Report submitted by: Barbara DrakeEmail: bedrake15@aol.comPhone: (610) 446-1394Date submitted: 02/11/2021 Recent Events & Activities The Global Ministries Team prepared a Fall 2020/Winter edition of our newsletter, Wellspring, to explain the combination of 3 previous committees …
Domestic Violence Committee Update: Domestic Violence Committee – 02/11/2021
Domestic Violence CommitteeChairperson: Jody Anderson Jacqueline Hines Report submitted by: Jacqueline HinesEmail: pastorjacquelineumc@gmail.comPhone: (410) 963-1721Date submitted: 02/11/2021 Recent Events & Activities The Domestic Violence Committee has had regular meetings. Our last workshop held on October 9 and and 10th 2020 …
Readers flock to Conference’s new book study of Caste
“As we go about our daily lives, caste is the wordless usher in a darkened theater, flashlight cast down in the aisles, guiding us to our assigned seats for a performance.” —From Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents On Feb. 23 …
Gov. Wolf urged to release more inmates during COVID crisis
In response to soaring rates of COVID-19 infection and death among incarcerated people and throughout the Pennsylvania prison system, nearly three dozen state senators and state representatives have issued a joint letter to Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf. Calling it “a …
A lack of privilege: Imprisoned during a pandemic
By the Rev. Jeff Kapp Many of us are learning to talk about racial privilege in conversations about racism. Let’s talk for a moment about another area of privilege. Regardless of our race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, socio-economic status, physical or …
Advocacy Statement by the Commission on Religion and Race – February 10, 2021
An Advocacy Statement by the Commission on Religion and Race, Eastern Pennsylvania Conference of The United Methodist Church Co-chairpersons: the Rev. Susan Worrell and the Rev. Alicia Julia-Stanley “We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not …
Online Tools for Ministry coming March 13
The Eastern PA Conference’s 2021 Tools for Ministry, March 13, from 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM, will make history by being totally online for the first time, rather than being held in onsite district locations. Offering virtual classrooms on Zoom for this annual, …