Eastern PA Conference of the UMCMissions & Outreach
Through its conference, district and congregational initiatives, the Eastern PA Conference is involved in mission and outreach locally, regionally and worldwide. United Methodists promise to support the church with our prayers, our presence, our gifts, our service, and our witness. Thus, we are present in all these important ways wherever there is need–physical or spiritual–offering our minds, hearts, hands, feet and voices to foster healing, hope and wholeness in the name of Jesus Christ.
Our local churches–individually and through their districts and mission connections–reach out with funds, volunteers, donated materials, advocacy, promotion and always prayer. And the conference promotes mission outreach and partnership especially with friends in Central Congo, Tanzania and other global areas, along with helping agencies in local communities. We are also renewing our mission efforts to eradicate a deadly, global disease through our involvement in the denomination’s Imagine No Malaria campaign.
We invite all to join our efforts, and we urge Eastern PA churches to tell Communications what they are doing in mission and outreach, so we can tell others through the pages of this Website.
Conference Advance SpecialsConference Advance Specials is a missional stewardship program of second-mile giving by generous churches, groups and individuals to support primarily local ministries. Churches that want to give to support Conference Advance Specials should first fulfill their primary connectional stewardship commitments to the conference and general church by remitting apportioned funds and direct bill payments. 2019-2020 Advance SpecialsThe list of programs and ministries, as approved by 2018 Annual Conference, designated as a list of Conference Advance Specials for the year July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020. Continue Advance Special ApplicationDear pastors, project coordinators, and mission leaders of Eastern Pennsylvania, On behalf of the Conference Global Ministries team, I thank you for the ministries you are involved in. We trust that you had a great year of serving the Lord and his people. Now is the time to submit applications for approval as an Eastern Pennsylvania Conference Advance Special for the coming year. Applications are needed now so that the advance special resolution can be prepared for 2020 Annual Conference. Please fill out the enclosed application form and return it electronically to me at bedrake15@aol.com. This year the deadline is March 12, 2020. Thank you for your consideration and help. Peace, Deaconess Barbara Drake Download the application |
Board of Global MinistriesBarbara Drake Volunteers in MissionRev. Russell Atkinson |
LUMINALancaster United Methodist Inner-City Alliance, also known as LUMINA, exists to offer impoverished residents of Lancaster County the light of hope. We encourage children and youth through education and building Christian character. We empower families through life-skills education and equip those in need with basic necessities and proper clothing for work and school.
We are a cooperative mission project of the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference of The United Methodist church, based in the West District and affiliated with the Conference Office of Connectional Ministries. We currently partner with a number of supportive United Methodist churches, located primarily in Lancaster County, PA. Please visit our website:
Please see our most recent newsletter and two special announcements to learn more about:
Correen Russo Melissa Artz |
United Methodist Neighborhood Services
UMNS continues to be a vital part of its community by providing food, clothing and resources to those in need. The agency strives to aid individuals and families. Learn more… Location Address: 47 E. Haines Street, Thelma Nichols Building at Janes Memorial UMC, Philadelphia, PA 19144
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 3477, Philadelphia,, PA 19122 Telephone #: 215-236-0304Fax #: 215-236-8618 Email: umns1973@gmail.com Mr. Carl Boyd Mr. Andrew Smith  Photo from the 2018 UMW Gathering. Pictured from left to right: Barbara Sveen, UMNS Board Member; Andrew Smith, President of UMNS; Susan Dziuks, UMNS Board Member and President of EPC UMW; and Millicent Clark, UMNS Volunteer. |
The Body of Christ at Work in Beverly, Kentucky
By Bishop Peggy A. Johnson
“For the body does not consist of one member but of many.” I Corinthians 12:14
The week of August 11-17, 2019, was probably the most diverse week ever recorded at the United Methodist Red Bird Mission Work Camp, in Beverly, Kentucky. Onto that campus came a group of about 75 Christians from many places, representing many forms of diversity. Read more….
Download the Bishop’s PPT presentation about the Red Bird Mission trip.
Congo Partnership
Partners in Mission through Christ
As an outgrowth of our Hope for the Children of Africa connection to the Central Congo Area, a Partnership was established the Central Congo Episcopal Area and now three US Annual Conferences: Peninsula-Delaware, W. North Carolina, and Eastern Pennsylvania. To learn more about the amazing things God is doing through the Congo Partnership, visit Congo-Mission.org for more information and updates!
You Can Make a Difference!
Pray for the Partnership and its outreach and share our stories giving others an opportunity to respond!
Remember, 100% of your contribution goes to the projects with no administrative costs.
EPA Congo Partnership
- Chairperson: Dr. Annette Onema-Orbach
Congo Partnership Resources
More Congo Partnership News
- South District answers urgent call to aid Central Congo
The Eastern PA Conference’s South District is answering the urgent call to help people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) who are suffering from hunger and malnutrition made worse... Read more - Urgent appeal to aid Peter D. Weaver Congo Partnership
You can make a difference! We have all been impacted by the pandemic in the United States. During our own challenges, God calls us to care for others. Your Peter... Read more
United Methodist Church of Tanzania
Mission News & Information
- Observe World AIDS Day 2019 Dec. 1
World AIDS Day is on Sunday, December 1 this year, but for 37 million people around the world, living with HIV and AIDS is an everyday reality. Millions who don’t... Read more - New Eastern PA EarthKeepers to be commissioned online Nov. 19
Sixty-seven United Methodists from 23 conferences—including seven in the Eastern PA Conference—will be commissioned as EarthKeepers in an online service conducted at the UMC’s Global Ministries agency in Atlanta on... Read more - EarthKeepers trained in environmental stewardship
By John W. Coleman Marion Grayson and her church, Cokesbury UMC in Marcus Hook, Pa., are seeking new ideas to help feed their community, a place with plenty of working-poor... Read more
