“Accountability is a fundamental way of life among the people called Methodists,” said Philadelphia Area Bishop Peggy Johnson in a just-published UM News Service story on a task force recommendation that the Council of Bishops adopt a covenant of accountability …
Delegates prepare for General, NEJ conferences
April will be a defining month for Eastern PA Conference delegates to The United Methodist Church’s 2016 General Conference and Northeastern Jurisdictional Conference, as they carefully consider both legislation and leadership for the denomination’s future. The delegates will interview four …
Call to Prayer for GC2016: Stewards of God’s Grace
As we continue to journey toward General Conference which will be held in Portland, Oregon (May 10-20, 2016), I ask that you pray about the finances that the delegates will be discussing
Act of Repentance to open 2016 Annual Conference
Embracing that expansive theme, borrowed from 2 Corinthians 6:13, the Eastern PA Annual Conference will seek to open hearts, minds and doors of welcome and witnessing during its 230th annual session, June 16-18, at the Lancaster (Pa.) Marriott Hotel and Convention Center in historic Penn Square.
Call to Prayer for GC2016: Praising God in Worship at General Conference
Let us continue to pray for General Conference 2016 (May 10-20, 2016). We need to lift up the ministry of worship, in both music and message, at the conference and pray that it edifies each person present and all of us together.
Call to Prayer for GC2016 #2
As we continue to look toward General Conference 2016 I call you to prayer for the Pre-General Conference Briefing which will be held January 20-22, 2016 in Portland, Oregon.
Call to Prayer for GC2016 #1
I ask that we pray each day for General Conference, and pray all day as an annual conference on Wednesday, January 16. Many important issues will be decided.
Eastern PA members called to pray for General Conference 2016
On Jan. 6 the Eastern PA Conference will become one of the first annual conferences in The United Methodist Church to engage in a full day of prayer…
District prayer posts to fortify us for General Conference
The Rev. Tim Kriebel sees trouble ahead for The United Methodist Church in 2016, and he knows concentrated prayer may be the answer to expected conflict and uncertainty. “For a few months now,” he writes, “I’ve had the conviction that …