The church offers a mix of traditional music with choir and on other Sundays, praise band. The organist plays for the traditional Sunday worship services and rehearses with the choir on a weeknight. Part time position approximately 5 hours/week. To …
Music Director, Glossbrenner Church
Seeking an experienced choir and praise band leader to oversee the music ministry. We offer traditional music with choir alternating with praise band. The Music Director provides song leadership for the choir, praise band, congregation, and our online community. Part …
Laity Academy Announces 2025 Spring Learning Event
You asked….we listened! In Person Laity Academy Classes to be Held at 2 Locations on April 26 ! The EPAUMC Laity Academy provides learning opportunities for members of local churches who are seeking additional avenues for personal spiritual growth or …
A tale of radical hospitality and sacrificial love at Otterbein UMC
On December 30, 2024, Otterbein UMC in Lancaster opened its doors in a wide welcome to its unhoused neighbors. The vision began when the Lancaster County Housing and Redevelopment Authority (LCHRA) was evaluating potential sites for a low-barrier homeless shelter. …
‘Brave the Dark’ celebrates mentoring and EPA sites, including Ranck’s UMC
New Holland, PA You may not know the names Nate and Stan Deen today, but if you like to go to the movies, you may soon know their names and celebrate them like most people connected to New Holland, PA …
Spotlighting the work of deaconesses and home missioners
Deaconesses and Home Missioners are theologically trained lay women and men who dedicate their lives to full-time lay ministry as part of the United Methodist Church. They live out their call to lay ministry in the vocational field to which …
2024 Church Anniversary Celebrations
As we continue to peer forward into the new year with anticipation, let’s look back at some of the churches that celebrated anniversaries in 2024. Zoar’s 230th anniversary highlights past, present, future in ministry By John W. Coleman* “Emboldened by …
Journey of Healing: From Lamentation to Praise
In a letter sent to thousands of United Methodists across Eastern Pennsylvania (EPA) and Greater New Jersey (GNJ) on New Year’s Day, Bishop Cynthia Moore-Koikoi extended an invitation both audacious and humble: participate in a collective journey of healing. Titled …
UMCOR Cleaning Bucket Challenge
Back-to-back hurricanes led to widespread devastation in the south-eastern region of the United States. Recovery will take years of investment. As the body of Christ here on earth, we are called to embody hope by responding when and as we …
Lighthouse Congregations: Embracing All in a Polarized World
St. Mark’s Mount Joy is a Lighthouse Congregation, a faith community that chooses to shine a beacon of radical welcome into our polarized and polarizing world. No matter what you believe or which side of the political aisle you sit …