As the COVID pandemic in late 2020 took a heavy toll on many lives—including health, housing, businesses, jobs and family incomes—members of Wooddale UMC in East Stroudsburg and nearby rural Analomink UMC saw their communities increasingly in dire need of …
3 Annual Conference offerings, 3 ways to give
The 2022 Annual Conference, May 20-21, will again receive offerings to provide crucial support to conference youth and young adult ministries and scholarships for higher education—both undergraduate and seminary. While the Annual Conference will take place online for a third …
Women’s History Month Feature
UM advocacy agency reveals lagging equity for clergywomen
The General Commission on the Status and Role of Women (GCOSROW), created by General Conference in 1972, provides research, advocacy, training, monitoring and educational resources to churches and conference commissions like Eastern PA’s COSROW…
This Holy Mystery: A UM Study of Holy Communion
The EPAUMC Board of Ordained Ministry will again offer an exploration of Holy Communion on two Saturdays, March 19 and 26, at 9 to 11:30 AM via Zoom. The Revs. Candy LaBar and Gary Knerr will lead the study again…
Aid available for clergy’s counseling & spiritual direction
The EPAUMC Board of Ordained Ministry (BOOM) recognizes the importance of clergy practicing good self-care through both spiritual direction and counseling. The board wants to ensure that all clergy are aware of financial resources available for both counseling and spiritual direction. …
Weekly Preaching Forum (Sept. 7 – Nov. 30, 2021)
Weekly Preaching Forum returns in September The popular presentation and discussion session offered to preachers weekly via Zoom will return on Tuesday, Sept. 7, at 2 PM. The Rev. Jeff Raffauf, the longtime lead pastor of West Lawn UMC in …
Next Local Pastor Licensing School begins Oct. 1, 2021
The Eastern PA Conference’s next Local Pastor Licensing School begins Oct. 1-2 and will run for eight weeks total but with two intervening weeks off for completion of assignments. That means six weekends of online class attendance, again via Zoom. The total …
Orientation to Ministry (March 2021 Workshop Recording)
Watch the recording. Might God be calling you? This workshop is for anyone wanting to explore a possible call to ordained, licensed or other forms of ministry in the UMC.
Local Pastor Licensing School, January 2021
The Eastern PA Conference has launched its new Local Pastor Licensing School, to begin in January 2021. Registration is open now for classes that will gather online for just six weeks, from Jan. 15 to Feb. 28. The school’s new …
Board of Ordained Ministry Report: Work of Board of Ordained Ministry – 03/29/2019
Board of Ordained Ministry Chairperson: Rev. Gary Knerr & Rev. Johnson Dodla Report submitted by: Barbara E. Drake, Secretary Email: bedrake15@aol.com Phone: (610) 446-1394 Date submitted: 03/29/2019 Recent Events & Activities Prepared for and participated in interviews of candidates for …