Some Eastern PA Conference members and others, perhaps from Greater New Jersey and elsewhere, will embark this month on a challenging literary expedition through Jemar Tisby’s acclaimed 2019 book The Color of Compromise: The Truth About American Church’s Complicity in …
Progress report follows bishop’s meetings with EPA members
Bishop John Schol will hold video-conference listening sessions, as promised, with EPA lay and clergy conference members via Zoom on August 29, at 11 a.m., and August 31 at 6:30 p.m.* He will discuss and answer questions about the proposed …
EPA&GNJ publishes inaugural issue of NEWSpirit newspaper
Read and please share the inaugural, Summer 2023 issue of NEWSpirit. The United Methodists of Eastern Pennsylvania and Greater New Jersey have a new newspaper that encompasses both conferences in its reporting of news and information, its sharing of the …
Build your church’s future with Tools for Ministry
Nearly 200 people attended 22 classes at the South-East Region’s Tools for Ministry at Palmer Seminary at Eastern University Saturday, March 4. Many showed visible appreciation for a half-day of lively learning and face-to-face fellowship. It was the first onsite, …
Leadership Academy planners generate ideas for learning, doing
It was a cloudy day outside on Saturday, February 11; but inside of St. Mark United Methodist Church in Hamilton, near Trenton, the fellowship hall was illuminated by bright ideas that filled the room. The EPA&GNJ Leadership Academy Planning Day …
Support groups: a new chapter in youth ministry
I have been in ministry with youth, young adults and families for over 25 years; and over time I have seen ministry with young people change as their needs have changed. Still, I felt there was more we could do. …