Plenary sessions of the 2016 General Conference got underway Monday, after a week of mostly legislative committee meetings, major addresses, worship services and several celebrations. While worship and celebrations continue, delegates now have elected new leaders and are casting final …
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General Conference 2016 officially begins
With a drum welcome from indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest, United Methodists gathered at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland on Tuesday, May 10, for their 2016 General Conference. Delegates of the top legislative body of The United Methodist …
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The Global Church Gathers for General Conference 2016
Leaders of The United Methodist Church’s top legislative body have come from four continents to meet at the Oregon Convention Center, the largest convention center in the Pacific Northwest, from May 10-20. General Conference is the top policy-making body of The United Methodist Church, …
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District Prayer Posts lift General Conference in prayer
Churches in two Eastern PA Conference districts hosted broadly intercessory prayer services recently, welcoming more than 70 people in total who gathered to pray for the United Methodist Church’s General Conference 2016. The last of six district “Prayer Posts,” leading …
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General Conference Countdown “Call to Prayer” #7
Restructuring the Church: At our 2016 General Conference in Portland, Ore., May 10-20, there will be a number of restructuring proposals…
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Delegates to hear members’ concerns on General Conference
The Eastern PA Conference delegation to General and Jurisdictional conferences will sponsor four Listening and Discernment Sessions in April–three of them face-to-face and one by telephone. Delegates will not speak but instead want to hear annual conference members’ concerns about …
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Delegates prepare for General, NEJ conferences
April will be a defining month for Eastern PA Conference delegates to The United Methodist Church’s 2016 General Conference and Northeastern Jurisdictional Conference, as they carefully consider both legislation and leadership for the denomination’s future. The delegates will interview four …
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Call to Prayer for GC2016: Praising God in Worship at General Conference
Let us continue to pray for General Conference 2016 (May 10-20, 2016). We need to lift up the ministry of worship, in both music and message, at the conference and pray that it edifies each person present and all of us together.
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Eastern PA members called to pray for General Conference 2016
On Jan. 6 the Eastern PA Conference will become one of the first annual conferences in The United Methodist Church to engage in a full day of prayer…
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District prayer posts to fortify us for General Conference
The Rev. Tim Kriebel sees trouble ahead for The United Methodist Church in 2016, and he knows concentrated prayer may be the answer to expected conflict and uncertainty. “For a few months now,” he writes, “I’ve had the conviction that …