Watch the recording. Sharing ways to more effectively address economic poverty and hunger through education and building strategic community partnerships that can lead to relationships and fruitful collaboration. Presenter: Paul A. Thibodeaux is a pastor on staff at Impact Church …
Advanced Church Marketing & Communications
Watch the recording. Not for the novice, this course will cover strategies for audience targeting and how to write ads with strategic messaging. We will review tools for taking church communications to the next level. Some experience with using email …
Adaptive Leadership: Building an Adaptive, Iterative Leadership Model Grounded in Faith
Watch the recording. A follow-up to the leadership workshop Building a Sustainable Leadership Practice. While the previous workshop was designed to guide participants in identifying their particular leadership style and explore the strategies Christ used to create a restorative leadership …
A Time To Be Born And A Time To Die (Event Recording)
Watch the recording. The mission of the UMC is “to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.” We emphasize bringing people to Christ and focus on the hope and promise of the eternal life that awaits …
A Renewed Emphasis on Evangelism for the 21st Century (recording)
Watch the recording. A course designed to help everyone who is a follower of Jesus Christ learn how to more effectively represent Him in everyday life. We focus on cross-generational ministry and how the various generations can learn from and …
Seven Things John Wesley Expected Us to Do For Kids
Watch the recording. Are you wondering what you can do to better connect with the children and families in your congregation and community? Let’s chat together about this, and explore ways to build and maintain relationships. This isn’t just for …
Leveraging Communication for Greater Connection, April 20-21
Be a part of a new, ecumenical, virtual training conference on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 20-21, from 11 AM to 3:30 PM. Leveraging Communication for Greater Connection will include 20+ learning opportunities–social media, church newsletters, digital ministry and more–facilitated by …
“Vaccines, variants and the road ahead” webinar: Recording, PowerPoint slides now online
Monday’s “Vaccines, variants and the road ahead” webinar, led by clinical pharmacists Dr. Elsen Jacob and Dr. Susan Jacob, was richly informative, with clear, helpful remarks and answers to questions. The Zoom recording and PowerPoint slides used for their 90-minute …
2021 Annual Conference Resolutions
2021-01 CRSP 2021-02 Increasing PSR 2021-03 Housing Allowance 2021-04 Advance Specials 2021-05 Discontinue First UMC of Perkasie 2021-06 Distribution of 2553 Funds 2021-07 Discontinue Asbury UMC of Norristown 2021-08 Equitable Compensation for 2022
UMPIP Billing Change as of April 1, 2021
Exciting news! Paying a pastor’s UMPIP contribution will be simplified with your April Remittance Statement. The Eastern PA Conference is participating in a test group of conferences in preparation for pension changes following the General Conference. As of April 1, 2021, …