Learn about JFON and opportunities to help this UMC-led ministry serve low income and rural immigrants in need of affordable legal assistance. With sites across the U.S., the new JFON of the Delaware Valley serves the Eastern PA, Peninsula- Delaware and Greater New Jersey conferences. At church legal clinics immigrant families meet privately with lawyers, while volunteers provide hospitality, food, childcare and language translation.
Presenter: Rev. David Eckert is co-chair of the PA Regional Council overseeing JFON clinics in Eastern PA. A pastor for 20 years, he serves Messiah UMC in Lafayette Hill and co-chairs the conference’s Urban Commission.