Plenary sessions of the 2016 General Conference got underway Monday, after a week of mostly legislative committee meetings, major addresses, worship services and several celebrations. While worship and celebrations continue, delegates now have elected new leaders and are casting final …
Proclaiming the gospel at Pentecost
A mid-session report on General Conference 2016 Dear Friends, We are one week into General Conference. And in this timely season of Pentecost we gather to celebrate and advance our ministry, speaking one faith in many languages with sisters and …
General Conference 2016 officially begins
With a drum welcome from indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest, United Methodists gathered at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland on Tuesday, May 10, for their 2016 General Conference. Delegates of the top legislative body of The United Methodist …
The Global Church Gathers for General Conference 2016
Leaders of The United Methodist Church’s top legislative body have come from four continents to meet at the Oregon Convention Center, the largest convention center in the Pacific Northwest, from May 10-20. General Conference is the top policy-making body of The United Methodist Church, …
UMC Bishops Adopt Covenant of Accountability
(UMCom) The United Methodist Council of Bishops, meeting in Portland, Ore., voted to adopt a “Covenant of Accountability for the Council of Bishops” and pledged to hold one another accountable for living according to the agreement while seeking the support …
Delegates to hear members’ concerns on General Conference
The Eastern PA Conference delegation to General and Jurisdictional conferences will sponsor four Listening and Discernment Sessions in April–three of them face-to-face and one by telephone. Delegates will not speak but instead want to hear annual conference members’ concerns about …
Eastern PA leader comments on Bishops’ accountability covenant
“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 …
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.
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…