Nearly 200 people attended 22 classes at the South-East Region’s Tools for Ministry at Palmer Seminary at Eastern University Saturday, March 4. Many showed visible appreciation for a half-day of lively learning and face-to-face fellowship. It was the first onsite, …
EPA clergy of color invited to renewal retreat in June
Just weeks after an Annual Conference focused on the theme “Possibility,” Eastern PA clergy of color will get to explore their own possibilities of learning self-renewal and restoration through a joyful, guided process of spiritual and emotional nurture. And they …
2022 Equalizing Lay Member Application
Access the online form here: Application to be an Equalizing Lay Member – online form
Exton UMC to remember Centralia “From Ashes to Rebirth” Oct. 22
The Revs. Meagan Ackerman of Exton UMC and Rose Marquardt of Zion UMC in Aristes will once again tell the history of Centralia UMC, the coal-region predecessor of present-day Exton UMC in Chester County. The two churches will come together to share their connected stories.
South District Staff Transitions
Deb Boyd, our District Resource Assistant, has resigned effective June 30th. She has truly been an excellent resource for the South District…
Joan Lawson has resigned as the Administrative Assistant for the South District, effective June 3rd. She began serving…
South District 2022 Clergy Interviews & Charge Conferences
* * * * 2022 CLERGY INTERVIEWS * * * * South District Clergy Interviews began on June 15 and will continue until August 25. Like last year, the interviews are individual, require 45 minutes, and are on Zoom. However, …
Church welcomes neighbors into its ‘spiritual home’
“Welcome Home.” One sees that greeting written down at First UMC in Media and on its website. But now members are also saying it more, as they welcome new and diverse attendees to join them in worship and ministry. The …
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 …
Clark to become Cabinet Dean in July
“It is my great joy to share with you that the Rev. Evelyn Kent Clark, South District Superintendent, will be the new dean of the cabinet starting July 1,” announced Bishop John Schol, Thursday. “Her colleagues recognize in her wisdom, …
How To Fill Out Charge Conference Forms
Greetings Super South District, We have had many requests for the recording of the ZOOM session conducted on Monday evening (9/20) when we did a Q&A regarding Charge Conference forms. HERE IS THE VIDEO RECORDING! Please note, however, that during our …