Bishop Peggy Johnson led annual Thanksgiving devotions for the Eastern PA Conference Staff and Cabinet on Monday, Nov. 21, at the Conference Office. She began with a PowerPoint devotional on praising God that offered richly illustrative visuals along with an …
Eastern PA to help launch UMC prayer vigil in 2017
The Eastern PA Conference will help lead off a more than yearlong United Methodist prayer vigil in 2017 by being the second conference to gather daily, even hourly in many places for a full week of prayer together. Our urgent …
UMC leaders respond to presidential election outcome
As Americans continue to process the outcome of Tuesday’s presidential election in various ways that span a spectrum of emotions, United Methodist Church leaders are reaching out to encourage respect, reconciliation and a forward-looking resolve to seek peace and progress …
Bishop urges districts to go forth in faith, reach out in love
“Therefore, go!” the theme of General Conference 2016, was also the message Bishop Peggy Johnson offered during her visits to the six Eastern PA Conference districts in October, as she reported on the state of the church. Recalling the apostle …
‘Open wide your hearts,’ Bishop urges churches
Eastern PA Conference members should read Bishop Peggy Johnson’s recent blog essay, Open wide your hearts. She challenges us to live out the popular United Methodist Church motto “Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors” so that it’s not just a …
Bishop Johnson begins 2nd term on Church & Society board
Bishop Peggy Johnson begins her second term on the General Board of Church and Society today at the board’s organizational meeting for the 2017-2020 quadrennium. The meeting, Sept. 21-24, is being held at the Sheraton Columbia Town Center in Columbia, MD. Church …
Water Works
A sermon preached at the Eastern PA Conference Service of Ordination– “There are few things more important to life than water. Humans are composed of 70-80% water. Water has everything to do with our body temperature…”
NEJ Bishops urge response to racism, recent violence
Statement by the NEJ College of Bishops of The United Methodist Church Delivered by Bishop Sandra Steiner Ball to the Opening Session of the Northeastern Jurisdictional Conference, July 13, 2016 As we gather for this Jurisdictional Conference many persons have been …
Bishop Johnson returns to Philadelphia Area
Bishop Peggy A. Johnson is returning to the Philadelphia Episcopal Area to lead the Eastern PA and Peninsula-Delaware conferences for another four years. Her reassignment was announced Friday morning in the closing session of the UMC’s Northeastern Jurisdictional Conference by …
General Conference struggles to keep the UMC united
The 2016 General Conference in Portland, Oregon, May 10-20, was a dramatic, sweeping marathon of legislation, celebration and demonstrations, and it was one for the ages. In keeping with the theme “Therefore, Go,” much was accomplished in celebrating and sending …