Some Eastern PA Conference members and others, perhaps from Greater New Jersey and elsewhere, will embark this month on a challenging literary expedition through Jemar Tisby’s acclaimed 2019 book The Color of Compromise: The Truth About American Church’s Complicity in …
EPA seminar to explore ‘Healing from the Trauma of Domestic Violence’
The Eastern PA Conference Domestic Violence Committee will sponsor its eighth annual seminar October 20-21 to address a widespread, often lethal problem that afflicts many families, intimate-partner relationships and even churches. October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. “Healing from …
Sharing God’s Love at Christmas once again
‘Remember those who are in prison…’ (Hebrews 13:3) Can you imagine being separated from your family and friends at Christmas? Those who are incarcerated suffer this isolation and other deprivations on a daily basis, but at Christmas, those losses can …
Learn to prepare for a Congregational Racism Audit
For churches seeking a path toward ending the sin of racism, looking inward may be a good first step. Eastern PA’s Healing the Wounds of Racism core team will help churches prepare to take that step with a workshop titled …
Toiletry Bowl generosity delivers ‘a reflection of God’s love’
The Eastern PA Conference’s Toiletry Bowl campaign to provide basic necessities to incarcerated persons went from high-tech to high-touch on August 30. That’s when over 2,300 toiletry items—soap, toothpaste, deodorant and hand cream—ordered by donors online from Amazon.com were bagged …
A Path Toward Wholeness | Journey of Hope
A Church for All People, Serving All People with Justice and Equity A Path Toward Wholeness/Journey of Hope (PTW/JOH) is the plan developed and approved by the 2022 Eastern PA Annual Conference in its quest to dismantle and end the …
Sharing the Journey to end the sin of racism
EPA&GNJ staff leaders met April 27 at EPA’s Carson Simpson Farm Camp & Retreat Center to learn about each conference’s work to end the sin of racism and to explore how they might work together in affiliation. “We saw significant …
Moving Forward on Two Journeys to End the Sin of Racism
Published in NEWSpirit newspaper, Summer 2023 issue. The United Methodists of Eastern Pennsylvania and Greater New Jersey are committed to “Ending the Sin of Racism,” a clarion call answered in both conferences by some promising initiatives. They include coaching, giving …
Only weeks left till Prison Ministry’s Toiletry Bowl ends
EPA’s Prison Ministry & Restorative Justice Team’s Toiletry Bowl ends August 15, and they are hoping many more generous souls will go to the Amazon website gift list and buy toiletries of competing brands to donate to people incarcerated in …