Locals Do their Part to Change the World

United Methodists throughout Western PA are out to Change the World by “thinking globally and acting locally” to make a difference in their communities and raise awareness and funds to save lives in Africa, where children are dying from malaria, a preventable disease.  The last weekend in April was Change the World weekend and United Methodist all over the world participated in community outreach projects, as well as activities centered on the launch of our denomination’s...

Connectional Network Calls for Realignment Study

After discussing a plan to reduce the number of districts and realign staff of the Western PA Conference, the Conference Connectional Network (CCN) opted to endorse studying the proposal for a year rather than submitting it to 2010 Annual Conference for action.   The realignment proposal called for reducing the number of districts and superintendents from the current 10 to seven, while replacing some program staff at the Conference Center with six ministry “facilitators”...

May 7, 2010 The Journey Continues ...

Bishop Bickerton was in Africa recently to kickoff the Imagine No Malaria campaign in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The experience both inspired him and made him ever more determined to work toward eliminating deaths from malaria by 2015. Here are excerpts from his Congo Journal, which was posted on www.wpaumc.org/blogs. From Lubumbashi: For several years, we have promoted a basic understanding of how to do effective ministry on a global scale that has been, for several, difficult to...