Christmastide-Epiphany Sermon Series YouTube playlist. Or, click here to download the files from Dropbox. The COVID-19 pandemic prevented Bishop Peggy Johnson and her Cabinet from doing their annual December outreach visit to a church or ministry site this year. But …
Wise Worshipers
Sermon Outline for Epiphany Sunday, January 3, 2021 By Bishop Peggy A. Johnson Text: Matthew 2:1-12 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem, in Judea, during the time of King Herod, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, …
‘In this sacred hour’
Watchnight Services: ‘A meaningful and remarkable blessing’ View Bishop Johnson’s New Year’s Greeting (above) and see the suggested Watch Night Service Liturgy (by Rev. Michael Johnson). By Bishop Peggy A. Johnson The founder of the Methodist movement, John Wesley devised …
October 2020 EPA Financial Update
Connectional Ministries Fund Church giving for the Connectional Ministries Fund (CMF) was $2,568,138 through October 2020. Local church giving to CMF was $16 thousand more than budget and $190 thousand less than October 2019. The Annual Conference was approved for …
Bishop urges caution in ‘A Season of Darkness and Light’
Calling on all Eastern Pa Conference members and churches to be “be bearers of light and hope,” Bishop Peggy A. Johnson has urged more caution and even cancellation of plans for indoor gatherings in the coming weeks, as the COVID-19 …
Discovering Our ‘Theologies of Conflict,’ Jan. 12
The Eastern PA Conference will welcome the Rev. Leah Schade, author of Preaching in the Purple Zone: Ministry in the Red-Blue Divide, for an interactive conversation on Zoom, on Tuesday, Jan. 12, from 7 to 8:30 PM. In the U.S. and in the …
‘Persevere’: All youth invited to Virtual Youth Rally, Jan. 8-9
All youth and youth ministry leaders should plan now to attend our exciting 2021 Eastern PA Conference Virtual Youth Rally, which will span two sessions during youth-friendly hours: on Friday, Jan 8, from 8 to 10 PM, and continuing on …
Does Christmas have roots in pagan beliefs?
The belief that celebrating Christmas on Dec. 25 emerged from a pagan holiday isn’t true, says a book on liturgical origins. And its third-century origins may have had North African roots. Read story
Newsletter marks debut of new Global Ministries Team
The new Eastern PA Conference Global Ministries Team, which combines the work of three previous committees, has published an expanded Fall/Winter issue of Wellspring, the newsletter formerly published by the Conference’s Health & Healing Council. That council has now merged …
La iglesia debe escuchar voces hispanas / latinas
Por el Rev. David Maldonado 24 de noviembre de 2020 | ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. La Iglesia Metodista Unida está compuesta por muchas voces. Como ha demostrado el debate sobre el futuro de la iglesia, no todos los metodistas unidos hablan con …