Monday’s “Vaccines, variants and the road ahead” webinar, led by clinical pharmacists Dr. Elsen Jacob and Dr. Susan Jacob, was richly informative, with clear, helpful remarks and answers to questions. The Zoom recording and PowerPoint slides used for their 90-minute …

Vaccines, variants and the road ahead
Updated information with new details
Experts to teach Eastern PA about COVID-19 and vaccines
Three current vaccines offer promise for an eventual end to the current COVID-19 pandemic. But the road ahead still has deep potholes to navigate in the form of threatening variants that are growing in our region alongside the number of persons being vaccinated.
Global Ministries Team Update: Annual Report – 02/11/2021
Global Ministries TeamChairperson: Barbara Drake Report submitted by: Barbara DrakeEmail: bedrake15@aol.comPhone: (610) 446-1394Date submitted: 02/11/2021 Recent Events & Activities The Global Ministries Team prepared a Fall 2020/Winter edition of our newsletter, Wellspring, to explain the combination of 3 previous committees …

Wheelchairs provide freedom for 50 Liberians
“This wheelchair is my Mercedes-Benz,” said 55-year-old Alice M. Nyankolor. She said her movement is no longer restricted, adding, “All I have to do is go to the bus station check-in and upload my wheelchair and off I go.” Nyankolor …
Missionary visits on Zoom to continue monthly in 2021
Despite the pandemic UM missionaries remain deeply engaged in work around the world. Normally, a number of them “itinerate” each year to visit the churches and individuals that support them in ministry. COVID-19 has put a stop to most travel …

UM missionaries Mark and Deidre Zimmerman: The gift of being present
United Methodist missionaries Mark and Deidre Zimmerman, who serve as healthcare professionals in Nepal, share the importance of being present to God and with their patients. Watch this episode of “Get Your Spirit in Shape” and learn more here.

Newsletter marks debut of new Global Ministries Team
The new Eastern PA Conference Global Ministries Team, which combines the work of three previous committees, has published an expanded Fall/Winter issue of Wellspring, the newsletter formerly published by the Conference’s Health & Healing Council. That council has now merged …

Eastern PA-supported missionaries featured on Zoom
By Barbara Drake*, Deaconess During the COVID-19 pandemic, UM missionaries are participating in weekly virtual visits, titled #stillinmission, arranged by the General Board of Global Ministries (GBGM) and held on Thursdays, with the time determined by where they are located. …

Eastern PA-supported missionaries to appear on Zoom Thursday at noon
Eastern PA Conference members interested in global mission can learn more directly from missionaries we support through #stillinmission weekly video chats over Zoom, sponsored by the UMC’s Global Ministries agency. Two missionaries supported by churches in our conference will talk …

South District answers urgent call to aid Central Congo
The Eastern PA Conference’s South District is answering the urgent call to help people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) who are suffering from hunger and malnutrition made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic. Responding to an appeal by the …