BY JOHN W. COLEMAN Leaders of St. John’s UMC in Tremont, Pa., Schuylkill County, are working with Eastern PA conference and district disaster response officials to help their community recover from recent storm flooding that caused extensive damage to homes …
Conference members dialogue in search of UMC’s ‘Way Forward’
Bishops call for talking, praying, listening, learning By John W. Coleman The United Methodist Council of Bishops and its special study commission completed their lengthy deliberations in May, recommending “A Way Forward” for the denomination, as it grapples with long-standing …
District conferences lift up ministries, mission and milestones
Inspirational music and messages, prayers and praise reports, clergy comings and goings, important information-sharing and generous offerings for mission—these and other highlights filled the busy agendas of four district conferences for two hours on Sunday, May 6. From about 3:00 …
Church leaders to take the field with Tools for Ministry
While Philadelphia’s Super Bowl-champion Eagles are nesting, and the 76ers and Flyers are in mid-season, the Phillies are enjoying baseball’s spring training. Hundreds of Eastern PA Conference church leaders will also be in spring training March 10, when they attend …
Conference teams visit DRC, Puerto Rico to explore mission needs
A small, joint team of Eastern PA and Peninsula-Delaware Conference Cabinet members and church leaders arrived Wednesday night, Feb. 14, in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) capital city. About an hour away in Mpasa, they began a …
North District Missons Update: Hurricane Relief Project
The North District Mission Project of raising funds for those affected by the hurricanes of 2017 is in full swing! To date, the District Office has received over $68,588.77! We are well on our way to meeting the district goal …
Conference raising funds, sending aid to Puerto Rico
Will launch $100,000 fundraising goal in January By John W. Coleman Like the three kings, or Magi, who journeyed to Bethlehem bearing gifts for Christ’s birth, three Eastern PA Conference Cabinet members will visit Puerto Rico in the coming months …
New North District hosts clergy family picnic
By Sheila Milz North District Resource Assistant The first North District Clergy Family Picnic at Knoebels Amusement Resort, on August 26, was a hit! More than 110 folks attended, including single clergy, families and multi-generational families as well. We always …
New districts plan picnics in August, celebrations in September
The new North and South districts will both hold picnics in August for their clergy families, inviting all to come and get better acquainted. But clergy and laity of all four new districts will have a chance to get better …