The two main featured speakers at The United Methodist Church’s Eastern Pennsylvania Annual Conference in June set a tone that was healing and harmonious, like the Apostle Paul’s good news that Jesus Christ had “broken down the dividing wall of …
Open Wide Your Hearts! Part 2
During the Annual Conference, June 16-17, some enthusiastic leaders told us how their churches are living out this year’s Annual Conference theme by opening wide their hearts in ministries of outreach and welcome to their communities. We recorded six short …
Open Wide Your Hearts! Part 1
During the Annual Conference, June 16-17, some enthusiastic leaders told us how their churches are living out this year’s Annual Conference theme by opening wide their hearts in ministries of outreach and welcome to their communities. We recorded six short …
Annual Conference defers votes on key legislation
By John W. Coleman The 2016 Eastern PA Annual Conference, meeting June 16-18, cautiously postponed action on some key resolutions during debates, at times choosing compromise over controversy. But while some of the 21 submitted resolutions were approved, none were …
Repenting for sins against Native peoples
Church leaders repent, seek healing for sins against Native peoples By John W. Coleman The UMC’s Eastern PA Conference began its three-day annual session Thursday, June 16, with worship and a solemn ceremony that confessed and repented for an egregious …
Disability group to serve, educate conference members
At the Eastern PA Annual Conference, June 16-18, the Disability Concerns Committee will have a registration table to offer large-print materials and audio…
Conference resolutions propose advocacy and new policies
A new process for episcopal endorsements, revised Safe Sanctuaries and sexual harassment policies, and a new policy for secure usage of church computers and the Internet are among the 21 resolutions the Eastern PA Annual Conference will consider when it …
Remember, Repent, Rejoice! Annual Conference 2016
The 230th Annual Session of the Eastern PA Annual Conference, meeting June 16-18, at the Lancaster Marriott Hotel and Convention Center, will have some special features, including one that will resemble the recent General Conference in Portland, Oregon. With theme …
Repentance for the Carlisle School’s lost children
During its opening worship service on June 16 the Eastern PA Annual Conference will become one of many United Methodist conferences to perform an Act of Repentance toward Healing Relationships with Indigenous Peoples. The Rev. Thom White Wolf Fassett, our …
Act of Repentance to open 2016 Annual Conference
Embracing that expansive theme, borrowed from 2 Corinthians 6:13, the Eastern PA Annual Conference will seek to open hearts, minds and doors of welcome and witnessing during its 230th annual session, June 16-18, at the Lancaster (Pa.) Marriott Hotel and Convention Center in historic Penn Square.