Hurricane Dorian, now a Category 2 storm, is slowly making its way up the southeast U.S. coast, after attacking Florida with less-than-feared fury. The Carolinas and Georgia are now in its sights. The storm battered the Bahamas as a rare, destructive Category 5 (winds at 157 mph or higher), causing severe damage.
UMCOR
awarded a grant to
Bahamas Methodist Habitat
, the Disaster Ministry of the Bahamas Conference of the Methodist Church. It provides emergency short-term funding to address basic human needs of those affected by this catastrophic storm. UMCOR leaders are monitoring this dangerous storm closely and are in contact with annual conference disaster relief partners along the East Coast.
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Our weather should be excellent this Saturday. So please be sure to
register online today if you plan to attend the
Celebrating Our Cultures multicultural celebration, family cookout and fellowship gathering on
Saturday, September 7, from 11 AM to 2 PM, at Innabah Camp & Retreat Center. If you plan to grill food onsite, grills will be set up and ready by 10:30.
Along with joyful fellowship, cultural festivities and a savory feast, we have an outstanding program planned with music and messages to illuminate and inspire us all. This may be the best 3 hours of your week. So please come!
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Camping at the Crossroads. Sept. 7
Part festival, part rally, part retreat, all rolled into one event to reach youth and young adults for Christ. All Eastern PA Conference youth and young adults are invited!
Hosted by
Covenant United Methodist Church of Moore Township
, 2715 Mountain View Drive, Bath, PA
Come Saturday for the day, or come Friday, too. Registration starts at 3 PM. Camp out and prepare your own meals, or visit our food trucks onsite. Cost is $10 per person, or $100 total for groups of 10 or more.
This event, featuring great Christian bands and powerful speakers, starts at 7 PM Friday and will end at 7 PM Saturday. Come for the music, the messages, the fellowship, the fun.
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Racial Trauma Workshop Postponed to 2020
The “
Racism, Post-Traumatic Stress, & Transformation
” six-hour workshop, scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 14, at Simpson House in Philadelphia, has been
postponed and rescheduled for Saturday, March 28, 2020
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The workshop facilitator, the
Rev. R. Dandridge Collins
(Ph.D., M.Div), is recovering from a recent cardiac incident and has had to reduce his work schedule. A pastoral psychologist, author, lecturer, minister and trauma expert, he says he is eager to lead this educational dialogue for people of color in our conference at a later date.
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Any paid $25 registration fee will be refunded or may be applied to the new date for this workshop, March 28, 2020. Contact Lindsey Cotman at
lcotman@epaumc.org or
484-762-8215.
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Eastern Pennsylvania Conference of The United Methodist Church
980 Madison Avenue, Norristown, PA 19403
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