“If you don’t know history, then you don’t know anything. You are a leaf that doesn’t know it is part of a tree,” wrote Michael Crichton. In this 250th year since the founding of our country, we are especially poised …
Bringing a God-sized Vision to Life: Help Build Yatosha Deaf School in Tanzania
In Tanzania today, thousands of deaf children live without access to the basic education every child deserves. While the country has made progress in expanding primary and secondary schooling, children with hearing impairments remain among the most underserved and overlooked. In Tanzania, there …
Does your church have a cemetery?
If your church has responsibility for a cemetery, your Conference Board of Trustees would appreciate your assistance with updating information about that cemetery. Per the Book of Discipline ¶2512.3b,c church owned properties including cemeteries become the responsibility of the …
Christ UMC offers dignity & hope to neighbors in need
It is said that good ministry always has a zip code. Christ UMC in Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania, is located less than a mile from a homeless shelter. Chartered in 1975 as the result of a merger between two congregations, Christ UMC came into being about the same time …
The Foundation for Evangelism Laity Awards
Call for Nominations The Eastern Pennsylvania Annual Conference is now accepting nominations for The Foundation for Evangelism Laity Award, formerly the Denman Award. This award honors laity with exceptional evangelistic ministries that bring people into a life- transforming relationship with …
Creative Media Specialist – Part Time
The United Methodist Church forms disciples of Jesus Christ who, empowered by the Holy Spirit, love boldly, serve joyfully, and lead courageously in local communities and worldwide connections. Title: Creative Media SpecialistClassification: Non-Exempt, Part-Time (20 hours/week with a maximum of …
East Stroudsburg UMC plants seeds of faith through service
It is Monday afternoon, the sidewalks are lined with snow, and the temperature is well below freezing in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. But inside East Stroudsburg United Methodist Church, the gymnasium is bustling with warmth. Tables are lined with fresh groceries, …
Stroudsburg UMC breaks ground on new community resource center
Stroudsburg UMC, winner of the 2024 Herbert E. Palmer Award for Urban Ministry for the North District, is deeply committed to serving the community that surrounds the church. For more than 24 years, they’ve been welcoming people through their doors …
United Methodists from across Philadelphia gather to advocate for change amidst affordability crisis
On November 12, Philadelphia community leaders, service providers, and residents filled the sanctuary of Mother African Zoar UMC to raise a unified alarm about a crisis they say is devastating the lives of Philadelphians. Affordability of basic needs—housing, food, utilities, …
Honoring the Lives Lost and the Work Still Before Us
A Reflection from the General Commission on Religion and Race (GCORR) Today marks the anniversary of the Sand Creek Massacre (November 29, 1864), the deadliest day in Colorado’s history. At sunrise, the U.S. Army attacked a peaceful encampment of Cheyenne …