Conference Budget

Please reference Schedules A and Schedule B for a summary of the conference budget for April 2012.

The total annual budget for 2012 shows revenue of $3.40 million and expenses of $3.050 million. The conference expense budget for 2012 of $3.050 million is 8.6% less than total spending of $3.34 million in 2011. The local churches support the conference budget through the CMF bill.

Through four months of 2012, revenue from church giving to CMF totalled $1,068,831. This was $64,503 or 5.7% less than budget but $79,049 or 7.4% more than April 2011.  The increase over the prior year is due, in part, to the slow start some of our churches experienced in the early part of 2011 with the roll out of the new remittance system.  

By Hannah Adair Bonner*

In the fall of 2010, the Charge Conference of Faith United Methodist Church in Lititz, PA, took a routine vote that would have repercussions that they could not have imagined.  Having met an impressive young member named Jordan Harris soon after my appointment to be the pastor of Faith UMC, I suggested that we make Jordan the alternate lay delegate to Annual Conference.  The church that had nurtured his faith, and supported and encouraged his growth, voted in agreement and set in motion a series of events that would eventually result in Jordan Harris becoming elected as a lay delegate to General Conference at the age of 19. 

By Suzy Keenan*

This is Ruth Daugherty’s eleventh consecutive time to serve as an elected lay delegate to General Conference from Eastern Pennsylvania.

Ruth, 81, of Lancaster, PA, and her late husband, Bob, came out of the EUB tradition.  She first accompanied Bob, a clergy delegate, to the EUB General Conference in 1968. 

In 1972, Ruth became the first elected lay delegate of The Eastern Pennsylvania Conference.  The first elected laity was to have served as head of delegation that year. 

General Conference is now over.  What happened?  www.umc.org

Photo above by the Rev. Dr. Christopher Kurien, who is serving as a monitor in legislative committee meetings.  See more photos contributed by attendees below:

The Eastern Pennsylvania Conference of The United Methodist Church

Welcome!  The Eastern Pennsylvania Conference of the United Methodist Church is made up of about 465 churches, which serve nearly 125,000 members in 16 counties.   Led by Bishop Peggy A. Johnson, the Conference's mission is to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. Today, this mission is the focus of the conference’s 465 churches, congregations which speak to diverse and multi-generational populations in the many cities, towns, and rural areas throughout our area.  The Eastern Pennsylvania Conference and its sister Peninsula/Delaware Conference together compose the Philadelphia Area, with nearly 1,000 churches served by Bishop Peggy Johnson.

If you are a clergy person or member of one of our 465 churches, we invite you to explore this website for resources and information to support you in your effort to make disciples of Jesus Christ.

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