Bishop John Schol announced Dec. 16 the imminent departure of two district superintendents in June 2022, and he appealed to EPA Conference members for recommendations of who should succeed them. “I am sad that the Rev. Bumkoo Chung (right) will finish his …
United Methodists reach settlement in Boy Scouts’ Bankruptcy Case
United Methodist leaders have reached a settlement in the matter of the Boy Scouts of America’s (BSA) pending bankruptcy proceedings. Upon final court approval, the settlement would resolve any claims of sexual abuse that may have occurred…
UMCOR grants EPAUMC $417,000 to aid disaster recovery efforts
We are pleased to announce that the United Methodist Committee on Relief of Global Ministries (UMCOR) has approved your grant request of USD ($)417,737 on behalf of the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference for Hurricane Ida and Hurricane Isaias Recovery (Project Restoration)…
Pastor serves as PA Senate Chaplain for a Day
The Rev. Mandy Miller, pastor of Holy Cross UMC and its Calvary Campus in Reading, served as Guest Chaplain for the Pennsylvania Senate in Harrisburg Dec. 13, invited by State Sen. Judy Schwank of the 11th District. In presenting Miller to …
Cabinet offers churches recorded Christmas worship service
Bishop John Schol and the Extended Cabinet recorded a full Christmas worship service, offering it online to EPAUMC churches for suggested use on Dec. 26. The 54-minute long, English-language version of the worship service can be viewed on the conference’s …
2022 Annual Conference: onsite, online or both?
Group surveys conference members for help with decision The Eastern PA Annual Conference will meet May 20-21, 2022, with the usual highlights, including: the Ordination and Commissioning Service; Ministry Reports and Holy Conferencing with Resolutions; the Service of Passage to …
EPAUMC Extended Cabinet sets priorities for its work
The Eastern PA Conference’s Extended Cabinet, comprising district superintendents, senior staff and Bishop John Schol, is building on EPA’s vision, mission and a recent survey of laity and clergy to set priorities for its work. That conversation started in September …
7,200 Christmas cards sent to inmates in 13 prison facilities
This year Eastern PA Conference members and churches again reached out to incarcerated persons with caring messages of encouragement penned on signed Christmas cards. And again, the ongoing pandemic required such determined creativity as arranging pick-up and drop-off sites at …
Latino Commission Retreat for Young Adults
The EPAUMC Latino Commission will sponsor “Generation of Revival,” a weekend retreat for young adults, ages 16-27, to help them reconnect with God and with each other at Gretna Glen Camp & Retreat Center. The cost is $25 for registration. …
A hard-fought hope
A Message for Advent and Christmas by Bishop John Schol
Pastoral theologian Frederick Buechner described what God said to Job about suffering and calamity: “You don’t want to know why things happen. You want to know that I love you.”