Vision + Teamwork = Success

“Be united in the same mind and the same purpose.”  (I Corinthians 1:10b NRSV) A compelling vision, paired with a competent and committed team, can accomplish extraordinary feats of mission. The president of my graduate school alma mater recently shared …

‘The best summer of my life!’ EPA Camps touch, change many lives

By Apryl Miller This summer our four sites served 1,375 individual families from Pennsylvania, New Jersey and 12 otherstates—Arizona, Delaware, California, Florida, Maryland, Michigan, New York, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia—plus Washington DC. Those families provided an opportunity …

IGNITE 2023 sets hundreds of young faithful hearts on fire

“God sees us and loves us, no matter how unworthy we may think we are!” The Rev. Lydia Sohn’s blessing reverberated like a pulsing heartbeat throughout the IGNITE youth conference, whose excitement filled the Wildwood New Jersey Convention Center from …

Clergy find soul-care at ‘Reset’ spiritual retreat

Over 70 clergy serving in the Eastern PA Conference—including several from Greater New Jersey—found much-needed soul-support during a free, daylong retreat for spiritual renewal Sept. 20, at the Daylesford Abbey in Paoli, Chester County. The monastery was an ideal setting—both …

Gil Rendle to speak on his new book, Countercultural, Nov. 15

EPA clergy are invited to attend another Cabinet-sponsored, special teaching event November 15—this one led by the Rev. Gil Rendle, preeminent author and EPA clergy member, to discuss his latest book, Countercultural: Subversive Resistance & the Neighborhood Congregation. GNJ clergy …