On March 29, 2025, United Methodists from across EPA gathered at Paoli UMC for the Annual Conference Awards ceremony. The event was more than a celebration of individual achievements—it was an opportunity to pause and notice the ways God is …
Ballot #4 Educational Requirements for Clergy
Every four years, United Methodists vote on who will represent them at General, Jurisdictional and Central Conferences. Half of the delegation is comprised of laity, that is elected by annual conference lay delegates, half of the delegation is comprised of …
Ballot #3: Article V: Racial Justice
The third proposed constitutional amendment concerns Article V: Racial Justice. It was submitted to the General Conference by the General Commission on Religion and Race. It strengthens the language and clarifies the antiracism work that all United Methodists are called …
Constitutional Amendment #2: Protecting Membership for all
The 2020/2025 General Conference passed an important amendment to The United Methodist Constitution. It’s called Paragraph 4, Article IV, and this is what it says: Inclusiveness of the Church – The United Methodist Church is a part of the church …
Annual Conference Awards Ceremony at Paoli UMC
It is good to gather together and to celebrate meaningful ministry. On Saturday, March 29, United Methodists across EPA will have the opportunity to do just that at the Eastern Pennsylvania Annual Conference Award Ceremony at Paoli UMC. Gathering time …
Regionalization: Effective Ministry in Every Culture
History of the Movement The movement toward regionalization began at General Conference 2012 when the Connectional Table brought forth a recommendation that the United States become a regional conference, like all the others. In 2019, a group of leaders from the …
Laity Session highlights lay leadership, ministry, Fresh Expressions
At their annual Laity Session, May 21, Eastern PA Conference lay members learned about how both the conference and the emerging Fresh Expressions movement are inviting and helping church laity to grow in discipleship through community engagement.
Historic conference offers healing and hope
The Eastern Pennsylvania Annual Conference, meeting May 21-23 in Wildwood, NJ., made history twice with two actions—one offering a redemptive healing of its past; the other offering a resilient hope for its future. John Coleman reports.
Eastern PA Annual Conference celebrates Beth Stroud’s reinstatement as an elder
WILDWOOD, NJ, May 21, 2024 – On its final day, May 3, The United Methodist Church’s momentous 2020/2024 General Conference voted to allow for the reinstatement of clergy who were previously defrocked due to their sexual identity. On the first …
Urban Ministry Awards Go to 4 Community-Engaged Churches
In describing the urban ministry challenge today, the Rev. Evelyn Kent Clark, Eastern PA Conference Dean of the Cabinet, may have turned iconic author Charles Dickens’ most famous opening line into a call for mission evangelism. “We think these are …