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 …
Clergy and candidacy mentors to be trained Dec. 13, 2018
Conference-wide training will be offered to all clergy in full connection (including part-time local pastors who have completed the course of study) at Wesley UMC…
2019 FAMLP / Local Pastors Retreat, May 5-7, 2019
Peninsula-Delaware And Eastern Pennsylvania Conferences Fellowship of Associate Members and Local Pastors Annual Retreat, May 5-7, 2019 “Anxious Church, Anxious People: How to Lead Change in an Age of Anxiety” Camp Pecometh, 136 Bookers Wharf Road Centreville, MD 21617 Retreat Open to Associate Members, Local Pastors, Student …
revitup! An Event for Young Clergy! Nov. 12-14, 2018
“Revitup! For a Lifetime in Ministry” is an annual event hosted by Wespath Benefits and Investments for clergy under the age of 39. Young adult clergy are invited to this year’s event Nov. 12-14, at the Hilton Pensacola Beach Gulf Front …
Vocational Internship Program can benefit churches, too
The Eastern PA Conference Vocational Internship Program enables college-level young adults to explore first-hand their call to ministry at participating churches. During 10 summer weeks they will be exposed onsite to different aspects of ministry, while assisting the sponsoring church …