Recorded video of our June 15-17 Annual Conference is now accessible from our Annual Conference webpage. Or you can go right to our conference YouTube page to see the full 2017 Annual Conference sessions playlist. See, hear and feel it all, from the stirring …
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Church leaders awarded for planting seeds of growth
Honoring those who draw others to Jesus Christ, the self-proclaimed “true vine,” the 2017 Eastern PA Annual Conference recognized particular leaders and churches who have labored to plant seeds of growth in the eternal “vinegrower’s” garden. The Conference Congregational Development …
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EPAC members ‘Rise Up’ to face prayerful concerns
2017 Eastern PA Annual Conference “What troubles have we seen,” begins the third, ominous verse of Charles Wesley’s venerable hymn, “And Are We Yet Alive,” which heralds the beginning of every Annual Conference. What mighty conflicts past, fightings without, and …
UMM Report to the 2016 Annual Conference
Friday, June 17, 2016 The Eastern Pennsylvania Conference Organization of United Methodist Men (EPCOUMM) would like to start by acknowledging all the support it gets from the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference, its Bishop, and officials. This was a difficult year for EPCOUMM …
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Laity to learn about laundromat library ministry
Lay members attending the 2017 Annual Conference will learn about a lay-led ministry that is no doubt helping to open young minds through the adventure of reading books. And like many other treasures, those books are being found in rather …
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More of what to expect at Annual Conference
AC2017 will feature musical variety The Annual Conference Worship Planning Team will offer a creative, intergenerational mix of musical styles–from traditional hymns played on the organ to praise songs by adult and youth bands–during conference session gathering times this week. …
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Covering Annual Conference in prayer
The theme for Annual Conference 2017 is “Rise Up and Pray.” We want not only to know the theme but to live it out as we also live into it. As in past years, we will precede the start of Annual Conference on Thursday morning…
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Getting ready for AC 2017
You can find Annual Conference 2017 information and links on two pages of this website. Visit our AC 2017 News Articles Page for access to recent Annual conference-related news and feature articles. Visit our AC 2017 Information Page for information and resources.
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Liberty, justice, equality dominate conference resolutions
“I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” The U.S. Congress adopted that Pledge of Allegiance to the nation …
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Conference to highlight reports, guests, offerings
The Eastern PA Annual Conference, June 15-17, will offer a witness to all things Methodist in its inspiring worship, sermons, prayers, reports and presentations. There will also be acts of grace and generosity. Among the several reports will be Bishop …