Local Pastors Licensing School to begin in August
Jun. 16, 2022The 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…
Morton to manage Leadership Development in EPA
May. 27, 2022The Rev. Steve Morton, North District Superintendent, will become the Eastern PA Conference’s new Leadership Development Manager July 1. Morton, who has led the North District since 2018, will now…
Charles Yrigoyen remembered as pastor and scholar
May. 13, 2022Key points: The Rev. Charles Yrigoyen Jr., a leading United Methodist historian, oversaw the denomination’s Commission on Archives and History for nearly 24 years. He also had years of experience…
EPA honors churches, leaders for the fruit they bear
May. 13, 2022“Be purposeful and fruitful.” That creative challenge is in the last line of Bishop John Schol’s April 4 essay titled “ Direction: A Key Ingredient for Successful Leadership – Part 2: Mission.”…
Ordinands’ fruitfulness projects respond to individual, church, community needs
May. 13, 2022As the COVID pandemic in late 2020 took a heavy toll on many lives—including health, housing, businesses, jobs and family incomes—members of Wooddale UMC in East Stroudsburg and nearby rural…
Pastor serves as PA Senate Chaplain for a Day
Dec. 17, 2021The Rev. Mandy Miller, pastor of Holy Cross UMC and its Calvary Campus in Reading, served as Guest Chaplain for the Pennsylvania Senate in Harrisburg Dec. 13, invited by State Sen.…
First UMC Lancaster to memorialize Bill and Ginny Cherry, Aug. 7
Aug. 04, 2021First UMC Lancaster will hold a delayed memorial service for Rev. Dr. Willam Cherry and his wife Ginny, on Saturday August 7, at 11 AM. “We lost both of them late…
Words of wisdom and warmth
View video of our 2021 clergy retirees
Jun. 24, 2021Enjoy the heartwarming video of our Clergy Retiree Celebration Service, recorded in April and presented at the 2021 Annual Conference May 21. Each year our clergy retirees’ career remembrances and…
Celebration of our 2021 Retirees
May. 28, 2021Celebration of our 2021 Retirees Recorded at the April 20th Retiree Celebration Service. Presented at the 2021 Annual Conference – May 21, 2021. View the video. View the full AC2021 playlist.…
Rev. Sukja Bang featured in Fordham News
Mar. 30, 2021Korean-American Polio Survivor and Longtime Pastor Prepares to Counsel Parishioners Rev. Sukja Bang, pastor of Ackermanville UMC in Bangor, is featured in the Fordham News (March 29, 2021), an online publication of …
Recent Death Notices:
- Rev. William W. Spiegelhalder
- Patricia A. Owens
- The Rev. Charles Yrigoyen Jr.
- Mrs. Carol Puckhaber
- The Rev. David Briddell
- Mrs. Wilma I. Musser
- Rev. Paul W. Dissington
- Mrs. Eleanor F. Palmer
- The Rev. Janet Hess
- Mrs. Evelyn Ochs
- The Rev. John D. O’Neill
- The Rev. James E. Tallman
- The Rev. Jared J. Rardin
- The Rev. Howard K. Vassallo
- The Rev. Leon Frisby