EPAUMC’s Open Door Christian Community, a United Methodist campus ministry at Drexel University in Philadelphia, is sponsoring Winter Wellness Wednesdays this season…
Phila. church to host young people’s music, arts festival
Midtown Parish UMC in Philadelphia (718 W Norris St.) will host a young people’s music and arts concert on Saturday, Nov. 13. Their goal is “to bridge the challenging relational and missional gap between the young and old generations.” “Because art …
Conference hires Brawner to lead Youth and Young Adult Ministries
The Eastern PA Conference has hired the Rev. William Brawner as its new Coordinator of Youth and Young Adult Ministries, effective July 1, 2021. The coordinator works with the Conference Council on Youth Ministries (CCYM) and with youth and young adult ministry …
Youth Group Lessons from the Pandemic: Finding the Light in the Darkness
Transforming Youth Group in 2021 and Beyond! Watch the recording. Youth groups seem to have suffered in many ways during the Pandemic and it’s not ending anytime soon. Trying to plan activities and even virtual, online events are not working …
Conference youth are socially distanced but spiritually connected
Most teenagers by Saturday are no doubt tired of looking, listening and talking to computer screens all week for school instruction and social interaction during the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, Eastern PA Conference youth gladly gather on-screen twice a month for Conference Council on Youth Ministry (CCYM) meetings that for some have become like talk therapy.
A national focus in February on teen dating violence
President Joseph Biden has continued a recent, annual tradition with a White House Proclamation that observes February 2021 as National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month. Announced Feb. 3, the proclamation reads in part: This February, during National Teen …
CE youth ministry workshop on Zoom, Feb. 24
Longtime youth ministry leader Christian Endeavor (CE) will host its Intentional NextGen Discipleship Workshop on Zoom on Wednesday, Feb. 24, and it invites Eastern PA Conference youth leaders and ministers to attend. The 90-minute session begins at 12 PM. Dave Coryell, an ordained Deacon, is …
Young adults, college students invited to new Fireside Chat & Prayer
The Open Door Christian Community, our UM campus ministry at Drexel University in Philadelphia, will partner with the Eastern PA Conference’s Young Adults Ministry to offer a new, weekly Fireside Chat & Prayer ministry on Tuesdays, 7 to 8 PM, …
‘Persevere’: All youth invited to Virtual Youth Rally, Jan. 8-9
All youth and youth ministry leaders should plan now to attend our exciting 2021 Eastern PA Conference Virtual Youth Rally, which will span two sessions during youth-friendly hours: on Friday, Jan 8, from 8 to 10 PM, and continuing on …
Dual online events engage youth and youth leaders in learning
While many are avoiding public gatherings this summer during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Eastern PA Conference and its churches are making ample use of Zoom video-conferencing for meetings, worship, education and special events. And the Conference’s Youth Ministries program is …