The General Conference of The United Methodist Church is underway in Charlotte, North Carolina, from April 23 to May 3. The denomination’s highest legislative body convenes every four years but last met in full session in 2016. The 2020 session …
Church invites youth to serve in MyCalling! mission adventure
Yardley (PA) United Methodist Church’s youth invite others to come join in their annual MyCalling! youth mission adventure July 14-18, as they learn to serve others, while learning about themselves and worshiping God together. The young people enjoy working at …
Congo Partnership mission leader Dr. Yamba Yamba available to visit EPA
Susie Keefer, of the Bishop Peter D. Weaver Congo Partnership, reports that Dr. Adolphe Yamba Yamba, Partnership Mission Coordinator in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), will visit supportive Delaware churches April 29 to May 9. The Eastern PA and …
How do you help people Belong?
Our 2024 Annual Conference theme is Belong. EPA&GNJ Communications wants to celebrate that theme by inviting churches to tell us, so we can tell others, how they help people—members, nonmembers and guests—feel they Belong. “People go where they are welcome,” …
EPA retired clergy invited to fellowship at regional lunches in May
Eastern PA’s Retired Preachers’ Association will gather in May for Spring Regional Lunches at three convenient locations to enjoy food and fellowship together, as they connect with colleagues in their areas. Spouses are welcome. The first group will meet in …
Find rest, renewal in God at pastors spiritual retreat May 1
Eastern PA’s next Pastors Spiritual Retreat will happen May 1 at Quakertown UMC (1875 Freier Rd.) and online via Zoom, at 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. On each first Wednesday pastors are invited to “stop, take some time for ourselves to …
‘Radicle Methodism: Back to our Roots’
Enjoy a timely video course on Methodist history As we look forward to what will no doubt be a historic United Methodist General Conference, it’s a good time to also look back at the highlights and lowlights that brought us …
Call to Prayer for General Conference and EPA’s Delegates
A Call to Prayer for General Conference (2024) and for EPA’s Delegates Judy Ehninger, Eastern PA’s delegation leader to The United Methodist Church’s General & Northeastern Jurisdictional conferences, shares a General Conference prayer calendar when she talks with groups about …
Meet Nathan Solorio on Native American Ministries Sunday, April 14
The Eastern PA Conference Committee on Native American Ministries (CONAM) invites all to its annual spring gathering at Innabah Camp & Retreat Center in Spring City, on Sunday, April 14, at 2:30 p.m., to meet a young, dynamic change-maker, Nathan …
Church and partners ‘Help Build Hope’ through new home
Bethel Hill United Methodist Church in Lansdale and its generous partners are proving that Hope can be chronic and infectious—not as a disease but as a cure. Together, they “helped build hope” by erecting a fourth house—their second duplex—April 5-7, …