Invoking God’s call to courageous, visionary leadership, the Eastern PA Conference celebrated the installation of two new district superintendents on Sunday, Sept. 18, in two places—outdoor and indoor sanctuaries—just 74 miles apart.
Districts to install 2 new superintendents Sept. 18
A worship service celebrating the installation of the Rev. Jennifer S. Freymoyer as West District Superintendent will take place outdoors at Gretna Glen on Sunday, Sept. 18, at 2 PM. The service of installation for North District Superintendent Hun Ju Lee will take place also on Sunday, Sept. 18, at 7:00 PM at Wesley UMC in Bethlehem.
Installation Service for DS Hun Ju Lee
The service of installation for North District Superintendent Hun Ju Lee will take place on Sunday, September 18 at 7:00 PM at Bethlehem: Wesley UMC (2540 Center St., Bethlehem PA). All clergy are invited to robe and join in the …
District donates $20,000 to Ukrainian relief, resettlement, Aug. 1
The North District keeps showing its support for the beleaguered people of war-ravaged Ukraine. The district donated $5,000 in March to the Transfiguration Ukrainian Catholic Church in Shamokin, then more funds in April to the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Centralia …
One last note from DS Morton
He said to them, “The harvest is plentiful but the laborers are few…” (Luke 10:2a) By now we’re all well-aware of the acute shortage, for any number of reasons, of available laborers in American businesses. “Workers are in demand,” reports AARP magazine. …
Service of Recognition of DS Steve Morton
North District clergy and laity gathered at Grace-St.Paul UMC in Jim Thorpe on June 15th for evening worship and to celebrate Rev. Steven Morton as he leaves us as North District Superintendent on July 1. The District Superintendency Committee planned …
Gifts of Financial Support
The initial response to our Farewell Offering in thanksgiving for the service of our District Superintendent over the past four years has gone amazingly well: more than $5,000.00 received during the event at Jim Thorpe: Grace-St Paul on June 15, plus checks received in the North District office in Valley Forge.
Local Pastors Licensing School to begin in August
The Eastern PA Conference’s next Local Pastor Licensing School will begin August 19 and run eight weekends total until Oct. 8. That includes six weekends total of in-class modules, again offered fully online via Zoom video-conferencing, with a weekend off …
Districts to bid fond farewells to Chung, Morton in June
On Wednesday, June 8 West District clergy and laity will celebrate the Rev. Bumkoo “BK” Chung’s (right) ministry as District Superintendent there since 2014. He leaves to become pastor of Olivet UMC in Coatesville July 1. Well-wishers will gather at Faith UMC …
A Message from DS Morton – May 28, 2022
“Chance favors the prepared mind.” (Louis Pasteur, 1854) Recent surveys among American church-goers further convince me of the need for careful, creative, strategic thinking from our pastors and other key leaders these days. One of those from back in the early …